Global turbulence : social activists' and state responses to globalization / edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Stephen McBride.

"Most of the chapters in this book were originally presented at a conference on Global turbulence: instability in national and international political economy held at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in July 2001"--Ackn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization begins (and ends) at home : bringing the state back in / Leo Panitch -- International economic agreements as systems of power / Stephen McBride -- Regulatory games states play : managing globalization through sectoral policy / Anil Hira -- Tax expenditures : the social policy of globalization? / Lois Harder -- National politics and globalization : varieties of neo-liberal youth labour market policy under Thatcher and Blair / Nigel Boyle and Ravi Roy -- Contesting neoliberalism : the political economy of transnational protest / Jeffrey M. Ayres -- Trade unions and competitive nationalism : a house of mirrors / Peter Graefe -- Emerging transnational coalitions around diamonds and oil in civil conflicts in Africa / J. Andrew Grant, Sandra J. MacLean and Timothy M. Shaw -- Foreign migrant workers and civil society in South Korea : the search for power in an era of global turbulence / Timothy C. Lim -- Shaping 'best practice'? Union responses to lean production in the North American automotive industry / Chris Roberts -- 'Decent work' : the shifting role of the ILO and the struggle For global social justice / Leah F. Vosko.