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The Social Construction of Free Trade

Duina, Francesco

2013,2006,2005,2007

Overview

This book offers a compelling new interpretation of the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) at the end of the twentieth century. Challenging the widespread assumption that RTAs should be seen as fundamentally similar economic initiatives to pursue free trade, Francesco Duina proposes that the world is reorganizing itself into regions that are highly distinctive and enduring. With evidence from Europe, North America, and South America, he challenges our understanding of globalization, the nature of markets, and the spread of neoliberalism. The pursuit of free trade is a profoundly social process and, as such, a unique endeavor wherever it takes place. In an unprecedented comparative analysis, the book offers striking evidence of differences in the legal architectures erected to standardize the worldview of market participants and the reaction of key societal organizations--interest groups, businesses, and national administrations--to a broader marketplace. The author gives special attention to developments in three key areas of economic life: women in the workplace, the dairy industry, and labor rights. With its bold and original approach and its impressive range of data, The Social Construction of Free Trade represents a major advance in the growing fields of economic sociology and comparative regional integration.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press,Princeton Univ. Press
• Subject: 1992 October 7 / Activism / ASEAN Free Trade Area / BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Canada / Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7 / Capitalism / Chamber of commerce / Collective agreement / Collective bargaining / Common external tariff / Comparative advantage / Competition (economics) / Consumer protection / Developed country / Duty-free shop / Economic development / Economic integration / Economic interventionism / Economic liberalization / Economic planning / Economic sociology / Economic union / Economics / Economy / Employment / Equal opportunity / Equal Rights Amendment / EU-Staaten / Europe / European Free Trade Association / European Union / European Union law / Export subsidy / Free trade / Free trade -- Social aspects / Free trade area / Freihandelsabkommen / General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / General Agreement on Trade in Services / Globalisierung / Globalization / Handelsliberalisierung / Harmonized System / Import quota / International / International Trade Organization / Investment policy / Investment protection / Labor Right / Labor rights / Liberalization / Market (economics) / Market economy / Market integration / Market participant / Member state / Mercantilism / MERCOSUR / MERCOSUR (Organization) / Mercosur-Staaten / Multilateral trade negotiations / NAFTA / Neoliberalism / New trade theory / North American Free Trade Agreement / Political Science / POLITICAL SCIENCE / General / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy / Price controls / Protectionism / Regional integration / Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration / Regionalism / Social Action / Social aspects / Social construction / Social dialogue / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General / Social sciences / Sociology / Sozialer Wandel / State-owned enterprise / Subsidy / Tariff / Trade barrier / Trade bloc / Trade blocs / Trade creation / Trade diversion / Trade regulation / Treaties, etc / USMCA-Staaten / Varieties of Capitalism / Vergleich / Voluntary export restraints / Welfare reform / Welfare state / World economy / World Trade Organization
• ISBN: 1400849411, 9781400849413, 9780691133782, 9780691123530, 0691123535, 0691133786