Global Tensions

Against the backdrop of demonstrations in Seattle Porto Alegre and Genoa and within the context of growing resistances to free trade and the current global trends <em>Global Tensions</em> takes a close look at the challenges posed by the processes of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Composed of original essays by renowned scholars this volume explores controversial topics such as free trade women's rights labor standards the World Trade Organization and global tensions.<br>