This book introduces the idea of policy space as an innovative way to reframe recent developments in global governance.

Part I. Trade Governance and Human Rights: 1. Humanizing global economic governance Sol Picciotto; 2. The promise of linking human rights and trade Ernest-Ulrich Petersmann; 3. Free trade agreements and global policy space after the great recession Jorge Heine and Joseph Turcotte; Part II. Global Protest and Innovation from Below: 4. From Seattle to occupy: the shifting focus of social protest Tomer Broude; 5. What's next for global labour? Power dynamics and industrial relations systems in a hyperglobalized world Daniel Drache; 6. Global tobacco control and trade liberalization: new policy spaces? Lesley Jacobs; Part III. Paradigm Shifts and Structural Change: 7. Business, policy spaces, and governance in India Kuldeep Mathur; 8. India's pharmaceutical industry: policy space that fosters technological capability Amit Ray and Saradindu Bhaduri; Part IV. Contested Policy Spaces in Social Welfare: 9. Reducing poverty in Brazil: finding policy space for meeting developmental needs Kathryn Hochstetler; 10. The global health policy agenda and shrinking policy spaces in the post crisis landscape Ron Labonté; 11. The World Trade Organization and food security after the global food crises Matias Margulis; Part V. Innovations in International Human Rights: 12. Decent work for domestic workers as a new policy space Adelle Blackett; 13. Is there policy space for human rights linkages in China's trade and investment strategy? Ljiljana Biukovi¿; Part VI. China`s Evolving State Policy and Practices: 14. Human rights and social justice in China Pitman Potter; 15. New policy space for collective bargaining in China Sarah Biddulph; 16. Industrial relations in post-transition China: the challenges of inequality and social conflict Chang-Hee Lee.