Serving Whose Interests? : The Political Economy of Trade in Services Agreements

by Kelsey, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780203933930
• ISBN10: 0203933931
• Copyright: 2008-07-02
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Serving Whose Interests? examines the political economy of trade in services agreements. It explores the tensions and contradictions in the GATS and bilateral trade agreements by combining a theoretical and technical analysis with a series of truly global case studies that include the market in internet gambling, education, pensions, electricity privatisation, supermarkets, tourism, oil, culture, temporary migrants, private finance initiatives and call centres. The product of extensive research by an internationally renowned expert in the area, yet written in an accessible manner, Serving Whose Interests? will be of interest to informed trade specialists, academics and students working in the areas of international trade and international trade law, and others with interests in the organisation and regulation of the global economy.

Table of Contents

1. Taking Services to Market 2. Constructing a Legal Artifice 3. Trade-related Human Rights 4. Cyber Flows 5. Minds and Markets 6. Energy Wars 7. Feeding the World 8. Trade in People 9. Plundering Nature's Bounty 10. The Illusion of Public Services 11. Serving Whose Interests?