Civil Society and Global Finance (Routledge Warwick Studies in Globalisation)

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Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 314
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This key text brings together twenty activists, officials and researchers from the five continents to discuss this burning question of today's globalization debate. Providing rare, authoritative analyses by those who deal with the issues first hand, Civil Society and Global Finance is rich in insight and policy ideas for decision-makers, students and concerned citizens.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables......Page 9
List of figures......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 11
Foreword by Andrew Crockett......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
General issues......Page 28
Civil society and the governance of global finance......Page 30
Regional experiences......Page 52
Latin American NGOs and the IFIs: the quest for a South-determined agenda......Page 54
Civil society and global finance in Africa: the PRSP process in Uganda......Page 70
Civil society and the Asian financial crisis......Page 83
Global finance and civil society deficits in Russia......Page 98
Global finance and incipient civil society in China......Page 113
Perspectives from multilateral institutions......Page 128
The World Bank and civil society: an evolving experience......Page 130
Civil society and the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy in Argentina......Page 147
The IMF and civil society: striking a balance......Page 163
Civil society and the Financing for Development initiative at the United Nations......Page 181
Perspectives from civil society sectors......Page 198
Trade unions and the promotion of socially sustainable global finance......Page 200
Business associations and global financial governance......Page 218
The environmental movement and global finance......Page 232
Global finance and gender......Page 247
Looking ahead......Page 266
What next? Civil society's prospects in a world of global finance......Page 268
Global finance: representation failure and the role of civil society......Page 283
Index......Page 304

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