Dynamics of Regulatory Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policies

Book Overview

Critics of globalization claim that economic liberalization leads to a lowering of regulatory standards. As capital and corporations move more freely across national boundaries, a race to the bottom results as governments are forced to weaken labor and environmental standards to retain current contracts or attract new business. The essays in this volume argue that, on the contrary, under certain circumstances global economic integration can actually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520245350
• ISBN13: 9780520245358
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"