The Politics of Trade and Tobacco Control

2015. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-38415-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 159 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3207 g

This book uses the concept of political conflict to examine the effects of globalization on tobacco control policies. Analyzing a range of challenges to policies enacted by Australia, Canada, the United States, the European Union and Uruguay, the book examines how the global trading system has narrowed the scope of conflicts over tobacco control.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarman, H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Acknowledgements 1. Globalization, Tobacco Control, and Political Conflict 2. Trade Threats in Domestic Tobacco Control Debates 3. Tobacco at the World Trade Organisation 4. Investors Versus States 5. Changing the Rules of Trade 6. Trade-proofing Tobacco Control Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Holly Jarman is an Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, USA. As a political scientist, she researches policies and regulations designed to shape markets and their effects on social policy outputs and outcomes.