1st Edition

Critical Perspectives on Global Governance Rights and Regulation in Governing Regimes

By Jean Grugel, Nicola Piper Copyright 2008
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies on labour, migration, children and development that explore the actual nature of governance policies in the GPE. Jean Grugel and Nicola Piper clearly show how global governance, the creation of global norms and regimes to regulate... Read more

List of Acronyms  List of Tables and Figures  Acknowledgements  Table of Contents  1. Global Governance and Rights  2. International Migration  3. The Regulatory Framework of Economic Migration  4. The Governance of Migration in Southeast and East Asia  5. Children’s Sphere in a Globalizing World  6. Governing Childhood  7. The Governance of Children in Latin America  8. Conclusion  Bibliography

Biography

Jean Grugel is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Nicola Piper was Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore during the research and drafting process of this book and has meanwhile taken up a Senior Lectureship in the Department of Geography at the University of Wales Swansea, UK.

"This book effectively combines empirical research, theoretical reflection, and political analysis of the limits and possibilities of global rights regimes.  It will be a useful reference for scholars, policy practitioners, and activists." -- J. R. Weidner, Florida International University