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Power in the International Investment Framework
Maria A. Gwynn
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Description for Power in the International Investment Framework
Hardback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KCP; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book offers a unique analysis of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). By developing a new, power-focused paradigm for understanding the international investment framework, the author illustrates why there was no paradoxical behaviour when developing countries agreed to the BIT regime, and what has spurred their reaction against it now. She also examines how attempts to regulate investment at a multilateral level have failed, and why the rules of the framework are evolving. Inspired by the work of Susan Strange, Gwynn fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of these issues by demonstrating how power determines the actions of all those ... Read more
This book offers a unique analysis of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). By developing a new, power-focused paradigm for understanding the international investment framework, the author illustrates why there was no paradoxical behaviour when developing countries agreed to the BIT regime, and what has spurred their reaction against it now. She also examines how attempts to regulate investment at a multilateral level have failed, and why the rules of the framework are evolving. Inspired by the work of Susan Strange, Gwynn fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of these issues by demonstrating how power determines the actions of all those ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
International Political Economy Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137571427
SKU
V9781137571427
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About Maria A. Gwynn
Maria A. Gwynn is Oxford-Princeton Global Leader Fellow, and is affiliated to the University of Princeton, USA, and the University of Oxford, UK.
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