Screen LibraryThe political economy of hemispheric integration：responding to globalization in the Americas
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies of the Americas |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 283 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230606579 0230606571 |
| Index Number: | F171 |
| CLC: | F171.25-532 |
| Call Number: | F171.25-532/P769/2006 |
| Contents: |
Papers presented at a conference held in London on June 1-2, 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. "The contributors to this book evaluate the economics and politics of this new pattern of North-South integration in the Americas. The book begins by considering the developmental implications of this new pattern of integration. Such agreements provide Latin American and Caribbean countries with significantly improved access to the US market, yet purchasing such preferential access via negotiation of RBTAs agreements with the US obliges countries to adopt US-style practices in areas such as the management of inward foreign investment and intellectual property. "-- Publisher's description. |