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Legalizing Transnational Activism

The Struggle to Gain Social Change from NAFTA's Citizen Petitions
  • ISBN-13: 9780271033624
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Jonathan Graubart
  • Price: AUD $113.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/06/2008
  • Format: Hardback 184 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: International economics [KCL]
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Examines the effectiveness of the citizen-petition mechanisms established by North American Free Trade Agreement's parallel labor and environmental accords. Reconceptualizes the changing roles of international law and transnational activism in shaping global and domestic politics.


Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: Transnational Activism, Soft Law, and Nafta’s Social Model

1. Legalizing Politics

2. Politicizing Law

3. The Rise and Decline of Nafta’s Labor Petitions

4. The Importance of Institutional Support: Nafta’s Environmental-Petition Mechanism

Conclusion: Lessons Learned

References

Index



“This short, provocative study is a valuable contribution to the literatures on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), labor and environmental law, and transnational activism.”

—M. E. Carranza, Choice

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