Arguing about matters of public policy is ubiquitous in democracies. The ability to resolve
conflicts through peaceful contestation is a measure of any well-ordered society. Arguing is …

The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent
during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to …

Two high-level commissions—the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission
report in 2007—addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals …

Globalization and Politics brings together vision and imaginative insight to the analysis of
the evolution of inter-state politics to produce a clear, comprehensive and coherent sense of …

In contrast to other international organizations, the World Trade Organization does not
require its members to be states. This constitutionalfeature has allowed Taiwan to join the …

There are cultures in which sheer experience is so precarious that human beings find it hard
to transcend the immediate task of obtaining food and shelter to survive. There are cultures …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to
the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international system. The …

The legitimacy of the WTO's decision-making process has always been questioned, and
many have advocated public participation mechanisms as a remedy. Yves Bonzon …

If the infrastructure of economic globalization is depicted as a network of national
motorways, intercity highways, urban arteries and country lanes criss-crossing the globe …

Talking about global constitutionalism encounters serious scepticism in constitutional theory
and international legal thinking. There are reasons, however, for accepting that the concept …