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Resisting Economic Globalization: Critical Theory and International Investment Law (Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies)
David Schneiderman
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Description for Resisting Economic Globalization: Critical Theory and International Investment Law (Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies)
Hardcover. Is economic globalization irresistible? One of its main effects has been to shield financiers and investors from democratic processes deemed out-of-sync with powerful economic interests. This book is an inquiry into the ways by which citizens and states may be able to undo some of these constraints imposed by transnational legality. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; L; LB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
There is at present much disenchantment with the rules governing international investment. Conceived as a set of disciplines establishing thresholds of tolerable state behaviour, dissatisfaction has precipitated acts of resistance in various parts of the world.
Resisting Economic Globalization explores the magnitude of the legal constraints imposed by these rules and institutions associated with the worldwide spread of neoliberalism. Much contemporary theorizing has given up on national states as a locus for countering the harmful effects of economic globalization. Though states provide critical supports to the construction and ongoing maintenance of transnational legal constraints, David Schneiderman ... Read more
There is at present much disenchantment with the rules governing international investment. Conceived as a set of disciplines establishing thresholds of tolerable state behaviour, dissatisfaction has precipitated acts of resistance in various parts of the world.
Resisting Economic Globalization explores the magnitude of the legal constraints imposed by these rules and institutions associated with the worldwide spread of neoliberalism. Much contemporary theorizing has given up on national states as a locus for countering the harmful effects of economic globalization. Though states provide critical supports to the construction and ongoing maintenance of transnational legal constraints, David Schneiderman ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137004055
SKU
V9781137004055
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About David Schneiderman
David Schneiderman is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Reviews for Resisting Economic Globalization: Critical Theory and International Investment Law (Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies)
"Schneiderman's book offers, undoubtedly, a wellspring for further theoretical work on this 'exotic' area, inquiring into the opportunities for effective 'politics of resistance' after economic globalization and the importance of the 'local' in the global discourse." - Ricardo Campos, International Journal of Constitutional Law