National Governance and Investment Treaties: Between Constraint and Empowerment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781316512791)

Much of the existing accounts assume that investment treaties affect national governance. However, how exactly this happens has been subject to little analysis. Conventional accounts presume that these treaties improve national governance, leading to good governance and the rule of law for all. Critical accounts charge that investment treaties unduly empower foreign investors and cause a regulatory chill. On both accounts, investment treaties are expected to empower and constrain. Comparing extended case studies of Argentina, the Czech Republic, India and Mexico, this book shows how investment treaties influence national governance ideologically, institutionally, and socially. We show how the overarching role of IIAs in national governance - to cultivate constraining discipline in public administration - is realised and who gets empowered and marginalised in the process. The book's findings will serve in the debates about alternative ways of economic governance and help explain the investment treaty regime's significant resistance to change.

Author: Josef Ostřanský, Facundo Pérez Aznar
ISBN-10: 1316512797
ISBN-13: 9781316512791
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d