Sophie Thoyer, Benoit Martimort-Asso - Participation for Sustainability in Trade
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing | 2007-02-01 | ISBN: 0754646793 | PDF | 278 pages | 1.08 MB



This study represents extensive new research addressing the criticaldimensions of participatory and democratic processes in the field oftrade-sustainability relationships and sustainability assessments oftrade rules. The specific issues in trade include social andenvironmental concerns for which there is a wide disparity ofpreferences and no economic benchmark. This volume provides analyticalresponses to questions of how deliberate processes can adequately closethe democratic gap in global governance and how institutional reformsare ensuring better access to information, transparency, deliberationand more accountability. This book provides the necessary theoreticalbackground as well as case studies to understand these issues and issuitable for students and academics in international law, internationalrelations and economics.