1st Edition

Commodity Conflict The Political Economy of International Commodity Negotiations

By L.N. Rangarajan Copyright 1978
386 Pages
by Routledge

386 Pages
by Routledge

Commodity Conflict (1978) examines the world economy after the crises of the early 1970s, with the collapse of the international monetary system, the quadrupling of oil prices, the boom in commodity prices in 1973 and 1974 and by unprecedented inflation, followed by a recession, in almost all major industrialised countries. In this unstable world economic situation, instability was most marked... Read more

1. The Arena of Conflict  2. More Disagreements than Agreements  3. Anatomy of International Commodity Trade  4. Equity, Efficiency and Earnings  5. Conflict and Cooperation among Exporters  6. Access, and more Access  7. The Price and the Market Place  8. Acts of God and Men  9. Techniques of Regulation  10. The Politics of Commodity Negotiation  11. Political Will and Bargaining Power  12. Aspects of Conflict Resolution  13. After UNCTAD IV…?  14. Act! A Framework Agreement on Commodity Trade

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L.N. Rangarajan