The making of international trade policy NGOs, agenda-setting and the WTO

1. Introduction : NGOs and the WTO -- 2. NGOs, states and the WTO : towards a governance-centred perspective -- 3. Conceptualizing NGO activity in the WTO contex -- 4. The campaign for international core labour standards at the WTO -- 5. Safeguards pending : TRIPS and the access to medicines campaig...

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Main Author: Murphy, Hannah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar 2010
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520 |a This book investigates the contributions of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to policymaking at the WTO, challenging the idea that NGOs can be narrowly understood as potential 'democratic antidotes' to the imperfections of Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs)