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Global Movement Coalitions: The Global South and the World Trade Organization in Cancun

Global Movement Coalitions: The Global South and the World Trade Organization in Cancun © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447494 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 226–246 brill.nl/swb S W B Global Movement Coalitions: Th e Global South and the World Trade Organization in Cancun 1 Louis Edgar Esparza Stony Brook University Received 15 June 2008; accepted 27 March 2009 Abstract A group of developing countries within the World Trade Organization, called the G22, formed in 2003 to bring attention to important economic concerns of the Global South. Th is coalition building at the global level is instructive to the literature on social movement coalition building and strategies in a transnational context. Th is article examines coalition building among nation-states within the context of the WTO. Drawing upon existing trad- ing blocs, the G22 are able to leverage attention away from the WTO consensus. Th e declining signifi cance of the global institution is a result of the breaking of this consensus. Keywords comparative politics, social movement theory, globalization, Global South Th e 2003 World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico saw a wide rift between several developed and developing nations over specifi c economic proposals. One of the most divisive issues between the group of developing nations, which http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Societies Without Borders Brill

Global Movement Coalitions: The Global South and the World Trade Organization in Cancun

Esparza, Louis Edgar
Societies Without Borders , Volume 4 (2): 226 – Jan 1, 2009
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/187219109X447494
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447494 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 226–246 brill.nl/swb S W B Global Movement Coalitions: Th e Global South and the World Trade Organization in Cancun 1 Louis Edgar Esparza Stony Brook University Received 15 June 2008; accepted 27 March 2009 Abstract A group of developing countries within the World Trade Organization, called the G22, formed in 2003 to bring attention to important economic concerns of the Global South. Th is coalition building at the global level is instructive to the literature on social movement coalition building and strategies in a transnational context. Th is article examines coalition building among nation-states within the context of the WTO. Drawing upon existing trad- ing blocs, the G22 are able to leverage attention away from the WTO consensus. Th e declining signifi cance of the global institution is a result of the breaking of this consensus. Keywords comparative politics, social movement theory, globalization, Global South Th e 2003 World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico saw a wide rift between several developed and developing nations over specifi c economic proposals. One of the most divisive issues between the group of developing nations, which

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Societies Without Borders – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: COMPARATIVE POLITICS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY; GLOBAL SOUTH; GLOBALIZATION

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