Economic Governance in the Age of Globalization

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-13155-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

Rapid growth, reduced poverty, and stable societies: the announced benefits of the world economy celebrated by neoliberal proponents of "the Washington consensus" have failed to materialize. What does this failure mean for future world order and the U.S. role as global hegemon? Addressing this crucial question, William Tabb argues that global economic institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund constitute a nascent international state for which all previous models of sovereignty, accountability and equity are inadequate. Integrating economics and political science, Tabb traces the emergence of this global state from the closing days of World War II and examines its future prospects.

Even as the United States will continue to dominate the emerging structures of world governance, Tabb maintains, it will have to change the assumptions behind its championing of classical models of international free trade. A new financial architecture must encompass debt forgiveness, multilateral agreements on investment, and a more inclusive model of growth in the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tabb, William K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. The Verb and the Noun3. Debating Globalization4. The Nature and Scope of International Political Economics5. The Postwar Economic Order and Global State Economic Governance Institutions6. Clubs, Soft Law and International Financial Institutions7. Finance: Orthodox and Heterodox8. The Bretton Woods Institutions9. Transnational Corporations and Trade Theory10. From International Trade Organization to World Trade Organization11. Market Efficiency Versus Labor Rights and Environmental Protection12. Redecorating and New Architecture13. The Evolving International Political EconomyReferences

Über Autor(innen)

William K. Tabb is professor of economics at Queens College and (sometimes) professor of political science at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. His previous books include The Amoral Elephant, Reconstructing Political Economy, and The Postwar Japanese System.