Politics of International Trade Books

New and Published Books

1. Governance and Knowledge

   The Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas

   Edited by Helge Hveem, Carl Henrik Knutsen

   Series: Routledge/GARNET series

   This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance. An important empirical contribution to the literature on the relations between politics and technology, this volume contains...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World

   Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration

   Edited by Mahmoud Elkhafif, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad, Mutasim Elagraa

   Series: Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

   The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies;...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Economic Reform and Employment Relations in Vietnam

   By Ngan Thuy Collins

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   The transformation of the Vietnamese economy from socialist planning to a market economy has led to Vietnam having one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world; and to also to Vietnam engaging much more with the international economy, joining the World Trade Organisation in 2006. This book...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Discipline in the Global Economy?

   International Finance and the End of Liberalism

   By Jakob Vestergaard

   Series: New Political Economy

   In Discipline in the Global Economy, Jakob Vestergaard investigates the currently prevailing regulation of international finance, launched in response to the financial crises of the 1990’s. At the core of this approach is a set of standards of ‘best practice’, ranging from banking supervision to...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
5. The European Union and Multilateral Trade Governance

   The Politics of the Doha Round

   By Arlo Poletti

   Series: Routledge/GARNET series

   What role does the EU play in WTO trade negotiations? What are the implications for the EU of the expansion of the international trade agenda that has taken place in the last fifteen years? The European Union and Multilateral Trade Governance examines the EU's role in global economic governance and...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State

   The Cult of the Individual

   By Richard Münch

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines the increasingly international division of labour, which promotes transnational integration. It analyses the change in worker solidarity as it moves from collective national welfare to a transnational inclusion of workers from various links in the production chain. Examining...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
7. Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade

   Remedying the 'Past'?

   Edited by Fernne Brennan, John Packer

   Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the ‘Past’? Addresses how reparations might be obtained for the legacy of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. This collection lends weight to the argument that liability is not extinguished on the death of the plaintiffs or perpetrators. Arguing...

   Published October 30th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Rise of Asia

   Trade and Investment in Global Perspective

   Edited by Prema-chandra Athukorala

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   The Rise of Asia examines emerging trends and patterns of foreign trade and investment in Asia with a view to contributing to the policy debate on how development strategies should be adopted in response to challenges to economic globalization. The existing body of knowledge in this subject area...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. Asian Regionalism and Japan

   The Politics of Membership in Regional Diplomatic, Financial and Trade Groups

   By Shintaro Hamanaka

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   This book explores the essential nature of regionalism by conducting a comprehensive analysis of more than 30 regionalist proposals made by Japan and other Asian countries throughout the post-war period. Shintaro Hamanaka examines the whole post war period and covers all regionalist...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. International Development and Global Politics

    History, Theory and Practice

    By David Williams

    This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of wider contexts. Divided into two historical...

    Published September 20th 2011 by Routledge