Business-managed democracy: The trade agenda

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-518

  Beder, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

business influence; corporate coalitions; GATT negotiations; General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GATT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL POLICY; TRADE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649298182     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018310376803     Document Type: Article

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