Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Wto : Crisis And the Governance of Global Trade, Hardcover by Wilkinson, Rord... - Picture 1 of 1

WTO : Crisis and the Governance of Global Trade by Rorden Wilkinson (2006, Hardcover)

Great Book Prices Store (334693)

96.5% positive feedback

Price:

$164.09

Free shipping

Estimated delivery Mon, Jun 9 - Wed, Jun 18

Returns:

14 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Brand New

Wto : Crisis And the Governance of Global Trade, Hardcover by Wilkinson, Rorden, ISBN 041540553X, ISBN-13 9780415405539, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Rorden Wilkinson explores the factors behind the collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerials – as in Seattle in 1999 and Cancun in 2003 – and asks why such events have not significantly disrupted the development of the multilateral trading system.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-10041540553X

ISBN-139780415405539

eBay Product ID (ePID)24038298421

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

Publication NameWto : Crisis and the Governance of Global Trade

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

SubjectPolitical Economy, International Relations / Trade & Tariffs, International Relations / General, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorRorden Wilkinson

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Table Of Content1. The WTO, Crisis and the Governance of Global Trade 2. Forging Multilateral Trade Regulation: The Post-War Settlement and the Rise of the GATT 3. Establishing Asymmetry: Liberalising Trade under the GATT 4. Fashioning the WTO: Formalising Multilateral Trade Regulation 5. Perpetuating Asymmetry: The Collapse of Ministerial Meetings and the Doha Development Agenda 6. Conclusion

SynopsisRorden Wilkinson explores the factors behind the collapse of World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerials - as in Seattle in 1999 and Cancun in 2003 - and asks why such events have not significantly disrupted the development of the multilateral trading system. He argues that the political conflicts played out during such meetings, their occasional collapse and the reasons why such events have so far not proven detrimental to the development of the multilateral trading system can be explained by examining the way in which the institution was created and has developed through time. In addition, this new text: explores the development of the multilateral trading system from the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 to the WTO's Hong Kong ministerial in December 2005 examines the way in which the interaction of member states has been structured by the institution's development assesses the impact of institutional practices and procedures on the heightening of political tensions and explains why WTO ministerials exhibit a propensity to collapse but why the breakdown of a meeting has so far not prevented the institution from moving forward This book will be of interest to scholars and students of international politics, economics and law, Rorden Wilkinson explores the factors behind the collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerials - as in Seattle in 1999 and Cancun in 2003 - and asks why such events have not significantly disrupted the development of the multilateral trading system., This book explores the reasons for the collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings (as in Seattle in 1999 and Cancun in 2003) and the political conflicts that arose therein. Drawing from a body of literature concerned with how and why institutions emerge and change, and an analysis of the development of multilateral trade regulation that stretches from the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 to the WTO's Hong Kong ministerial meeting in December 2005, the book argues that the political conflicts played out during ministerial meetings are the inevitable product of the way the institution was created and has since developed. It argues that the specific purposes for which multilateral trade regulation was created built into the institution an asymmetry of economic opportunity that has been extended and amplified through time. This asymmetry has come to shape the interaction of member states in such a way that contestation over the shape and direction of the trade agenda - and on occasion the collapse of a ministerial meeting - are inevitable consequences. However, the rather than significantly disrupting the development of the multilateral trade regulation, the book explains why the collapse of ministerial meetings may actually have helped take it forward.