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Resisting Economic Globalization

Critical Theory and International Investment Law

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Important book from respected author
  • Timely study of the effects of economic globalization
  • Latest in wellregarded Palgrave Macmillan SocioLegal Studies series
  • International relevance

Part of the book series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies (PSLS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 1-23
  3. Hardt and Negri and the Immobilization of States

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 24-51
  4. Teubner and System Liberation

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 52-70
  5. Habermas and Global Power Policy

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 71-90
  6. Santos and the Difficulty of Sustainable Resistance

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 91-112
  7. Wolin and Democracy’s Debasement

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 113-135
  8. Conclusion: Resistance’s Prospects

    • David Schneiderman
    Pages 159-166
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 167-218

About this book

There is at present much disenchantment with the rules governing international investment. Conceived as a set of disciplines establishing thresholds of tolerable state behaviour, dissatisfaction has precipitated acts of resistance in various parts of the world.
 
Resisting Economic Globalization explores the magnitude of the legal constraints imposed by these rules and institutions associated with the worldwide spread of neoliberalism. Much contemporary theorizing has given up on national states as a locus for countering the harmful effects of economic globalization. Though states provide critical supports to the construction and ongoing maintenance of transnational legal constraints, David Schneiderman argues that states remain crucial sites for resisting, even rolling back, investment law disciplines. Structured as a series of encounters with selected critical theorists, the book contrasts theoretical diagnoses with recent episodes of resistance impeding investment law edicts.
 
This novel approach tests contemporary hypotheses offered by leading political and legal theorists about the nature of power and the role of states and social movements in facilitating and undoing neoliberalism's legal edifices. As a consequence, the foundations of transnational legality become more apparent and the mechanisms for change more transparent.

Reviews

"Schneiderman's book offers, undoubtedly, a wellspring for further theoretical work on this 'exotic' area, inquiring into the opportunities for effective 'politics of resistance' after economic globalization and the importance of the 'local' in the global discourse." - Ricardo Campos, International Journal of Constitutional Law

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    David Schneiderman

About the author

David Schneiderman is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resisting Economic Globalization

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Theory and International Investment Law

  • Authors: David Schneiderman

  • Series Title: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137004062

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-00405-5Published: 15 May 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53594-8Published: 04 December 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-00406-2Published: 15 May 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2947-9274

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-9282

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 218

  • Topics: International Economic Law, Trade Law

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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