Brian J. Gareau
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300175264
- eISBN:
- 9780300188912
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300175264.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. However, this book argues that the Montreal Protocol ...
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The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. However, this book argues that the Montreal Protocol has failed—largely because of neoliberal ideals involving economic protectionism, but also due to the protection of the legitimacy of certain forms of scientific knowledge. The book traces the rise of a new form of disagreement between global powers, members of the scientific community, civil society, and agro-industry groups, leaving efforts to push for environmental protection relatively ineffective.Less
The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. However, this book argues that the Montreal Protocol has failed—largely because of neoliberal ideals involving economic protectionism, but also due to the protection of the legitimacy of certain forms of scientific knowledge. The book traces the rise of a new form of disagreement between global powers, members of the scientific community, civil society, and agro-industry groups, leaving efforts to push for environmental protection relatively ineffective.
Julie Fette
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801450211
- eISBN:
- 9780801463990
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801450211.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This book examines how professionalization became intertwined with xenophobia and economic self-defense in the French Third Republic. Focusing on the fields of law and medicine within the complex ...
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This book examines how professionalization became intertwined with xenophobia and economic self-defense in the French Third Republic. Focusing on the fields of law and medicine within the complex setting of interwar and Vichy France, it considers the rise of a social movement that lobbied for state intervention to exclude undesirable competitors from these professions. More specifically, it explores how lawyers and physicians, complaining that their professions were overcrowded with foreigners and naturalized citizens, persuaded legislators to create a second-class level of citizenship in France. These lobbying efforts led to exclusionary legislation imposing a two percent quota on Jews in both legal and medical professions. The book discusses three motivations behind this exclusionary movement: prejudice, economic protectionism, and professional identity-formation.Less
This book examines how professionalization became intertwined with xenophobia and economic self-defense in the French Third Republic. Focusing on the fields of law and medicine within the complex setting of interwar and Vichy France, it considers the rise of a social movement that lobbied for state intervention to exclude undesirable competitors from these professions. More specifically, it explores how lawyers and physicians, complaining that their professions were overcrowded with foreigners and naturalized citizens, persuaded legislators to create a second-class level of citizenship in France. These lobbying efforts led to exclusionary legislation imposing a two percent quota on Jews in both legal and medical professions. The book discusses three motivations behind this exclusionary movement: prejudice, economic protectionism, and professional identity-formation.
Conan Fischer
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199676293
- eISBN:
- 9780191755613
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676293.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, Economic History
The Berlin Conference of September 1931 secured a formal agreement to create a Franco-German customs union, envisaged wider cooperation, and established mechanisms to achieve this. This bilateral ...
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The Berlin Conference of September 1931 secured a formal agreement to create a Franco-German customs union, envisaged wider cooperation, and established mechanisms to achieve this. This bilateral agreement would initiate a wider process of European union and even secure German participation in the French Empire. A successful visit to Berlin by the Mayor of Paris in the cause of detente followed. However, momentum was soon lost as the destabilizing impact of the Great Depression undermined the synergies between the financial strength of the French economy and industrial strength of the German economy. These synergies had informed the thinking at the Berlin Conference, but soon enough Paris imposed trade quotas in an effort to stave off domestic economic crisis. Briand, mortally ill, was sorely missed as French protectionism fostered an acute sense of betrayal in German diplomatic circles. Impending French parliamentary elections overshadowed residual efforts to revive rapprochement with Germany.Less
The Berlin Conference of September 1931 secured a formal agreement to create a Franco-German customs union, envisaged wider cooperation, and established mechanisms to achieve this. This bilateral agreement would initiate a wider process of European union and even secure German participation in the French Empire. A successful visit to Berlin by the Mayor of Paris in the cause of detente followed. However, momentum was soon lost as the destabilizing impact of the Great Depression undermined the synergies between the financial strength of the French economy and industrial strength of the German economy. These synergies had informed the thinking at the Berlin Conference, but soon enough Paris imposed trade quotas in an effort to stave off domestic economic crisis. Briand, mortally ill, was sorely missed as French protectionism fostered an acute sense of betrayal in German diplomatic circles. Impending French parliamentary elections overshadowed residual efforts to revive rapprochement with Germany.
