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Governing Cotton

Globalization and Poverty in Africa

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Adam Sneyd

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, Canada

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 1-12

  3. Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 13-47

  4. Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 48-78

  5. Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 79-103

  6. NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 104-124

  7. CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 125-164

  8. Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication

    • Adam Sneyd
    Pages 165-182

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 183-241
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About this book

This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.

Reviews

'Adam Sneyd's critique significantly contributes to the ongoing debate on poverty among commodity producers.' - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development

'This is a must read for scholars and policy-makers who are attempting to understand the micro-realities and lived experience of Africa's poverty problem. Sneyd belongs to an innovative and gifted generation of young scholars who are forcing us to rethink the basics of international political economy. His important book deserves high praise.' - Daniel Drache, Associate Director, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Professor of Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

'This book offers a thoughtful and balanced assessment of the linkages between cotton production and poverty in Africa in an era of economic globalization. The book's discussion of new governance initiatives such as corporate social responsibility efforts is both rich in detail and highly engaging.' Jennifer Clapp, CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Environment and Resources Department, University of Waterloo, Canada

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, Canada

    Adam Sneyd

About the author

ADAM SNEYD Assistant Professor of International Political Economy and Development at the University of Guelph, Canada. He has published on the relevance of the North-South debate in the present era of globalization, and his current research focuses on tropical timber and poverty in the Central Africa region.

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