ISBN:
9781137412720
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (318 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
International Political Economy Series
Series Statement:
International Political Economy Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Beyond Free Trade : Alternative Approaches to Trade, Politics and Power
DDC:
338.102983764
Keywords:
International relations
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈p 〉The world of trade is changing rapidly, from the 'rise of the South' to the growth of unconventional projects like fair trade and carbon trading. 〈span style=""font-style:italic;"" 〉Beyond Free Trade 〈/span〉advances alternative ways for understanding these new dynamics, based on historical, political, or sociological methods that go beyond the limitations of conventional trade economics
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Beyond Free Trade; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Beyond Free Trade; Beyond trade economics; Seeing trade differently; Outline of the book; References; Part I Historicizing Trade; 2 Trade History: From the Tree to the Futures Market, the Historical Process of Coffee Commodification, 1500-Today; Introduction; Ethiopia origins, Yemeni commodification; Brazil changes the world coffee economy; The transformation of consumption; State intervention; A new world post-1989; Specialty Coffee; "Ethical coffee movements"
Description / Table of Contents:
The growing Asian role in the world coffee marketConclusions; Note; References; 3 Food Regimes and Food Import Dependence: An Analysis of Jamaica's Food Imports, 1950-2000; Introduction; Theoretical framework; Data and methods; A brief economic history of Jamaica3; Analysis; Discussion; Notes; References; 4 Historicising Trade Preferences and Development: The Case of the ACP-EU Canned Tuna Preference; Introduction; EU trade preferences and ACP development: The technical debate; A historical political economy of ACP-EU trade preferences; Phase I: Colonialism and early independence
Description / Table of Contents:
Phase II: Capitalist crisis and Third WorldismPhase III: Neoliberal counter-revolution; Phase IV: Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations; Trade preferences and industrial upgrading: Tuna processing in the ACP; Market access for processed tuna in Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II Politicizing Trade: Shifting Alliances and New Trends; 5 Regional Trading Agreements, the Geopolitics of China's Rise, and Development in East Asia; Introduction; China's regional initiatives; The US and the TPP; Responding to the TPP; Conclusion; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
References6 The New Chinese Presence in the Caribbean: Towards a Global Understanding; Introduction; The new Chinese presence: Historical precedents and contemporary contexts; The new immigrants; Finding meaningful parallels within the wider literatures; In conclusion . . .; Notes; References; 7 The New Geoeconomics of Capital in Latin America: Alternative Trade and Development in an Era of Extractive Capitalism; Introduction; Neoliberalism: Capitalist development in the new world order; The new geoeconomics of capital under the Washington consensus
Description / Table of Contents:
Changing dynamics of foreign investment in Latin AmericaProgressive extractivism: A new model for Latin America?; ALBA: New trade for new times; Conclusion; References; 8 Canada, Extractivism, and Hemispheric Relations; Introduction; Canadian extractivism; Staples-based development in Canada; Extractivism under the Harper government; Promoting Canadian extractive capital in Latin America; Canada and the extractivist resurgence in Latin America; Notes; References; 9 The Commodities Boom in South America: A Case of Regressive Restructuring?
Description / Table of Contents:
From the primary export model to import substitution industrialization to neoliberalism
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