Description
Book SynopsisExamines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, and the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs.
Trade Review. . . a careful, thorough work with unique content . . . This new volume is a must for graduate libraries. . . . Highly recommended.June 2009
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[This book] helps unravel the complexity and deepens understanding of the role the United Nations played in promoting an understanding of TNCs (transnational corporations) and FDI (foreign direct investment). This is a unique book . . . . Simply put, the book is well written and makes for interesting reading. No scholar devoted to the global economy should be without it.Vol. LIV.2 Fall 2009
-- Edward Nissan * The University of Southern Mississippi *
Table of ContentsList of Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Series Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss
Preface & Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Ideas and Institutions Relevant to Foreign Investment and TNCs Prior to World War II
2. The Early Post-World War II Era: From the Golden Years of FDI to the Incipient Rise of Economic Nationalism
3. The 1970s: Gathering Storm
4. The Group of Eminent Persons: The Eye of the Hurricane
5. The Commission and the Centre, New York Years, 1974-1992
6. New York to Geneva: The UNCTAD Years
7. World Investment Report Series: 1991-2005
8. Other Members of the UN Galaxy: The Constellation
9. The Legacy and Future
Notes
Appendix 1: Organizational Diagram of UNCTC at its Inception, 1974
Appendix 2: From New York (UNCTC) to Geneva (DITE): Leadership
Index
About the Authors
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project
