Introduction - Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath Section I: Globalization and Global Governance 1. Towards a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization, Stephen Gill 2. Tax Distortion in the Global Economy, Howard Wachtel 3. Human Rights and Corporate Profits: the UN Global Compact - Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Diane Elson 4. Cross-Border Externalities and International Public Goods: Implications for Aid Agencies, Ravi Kanbur Section II: North-South Tensions 5. Financial Sector Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis: The IFIs Got it Wrong Twice, Iwan J. Azis 6. Developing Countries and the New Financial Architecture, Stephanie Griffith-Jones 7. Globalization: Eight Crises of Social Protection, Guy Standing Section III: The Politics of International Trade 8. Biotechnology and Food Security: Profiting on Insecurity?, Philip McMichael 9. The WTO, GATS and TPRM: Servicing Liberalization and Eroding Equity Goals?, Savitri Bisnath 10. Labour Standards, Women's Rights, Basic Needs: Challenges to Collective Action in a Globalizing World, Naila Kabeer 11. Contesting Global Trade Rules: Social Movements and the World Trade Organization, Marc Williams Section IV: Gender, Globalization and Development 12. Utilizing Interdisciplinarity to Analyze Global Socio-economic Change: A Tribute to Ester Boserup , Irene Tinker 13. Development and Productive Deprivation: Male Patriarchal Relations in Business Families and their Implications for Women in S. India, Barbara Harriss-White 14. Promoting Women's Capabilities, Martha Nussbaum Section V: Urban and Global Linkages 15. The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier, Saskia Sassen 16. Urban Tensions: Globalization, Industrial Restructuring, and the Post-metropolitan Transition, Edward Soja 17. Urban Transport and Structural Tensions in Developing Countries, Eduardo Vasconcellos
