Globalization / Anti-Globalization

Globalization / Anti-Globalization
Author: David Held
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2007-11-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745639119

Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Demise of Globalization? : Current Controversies Part One - The Globalization Controversy 2 The Recon?guration of Political Power? 3 The Fate of National Culture 4 Global Insecurities: Military Threats and Environmental Catastrophe 5 A New World Economic Order? : Global Markets and State Power 6 The Great Divergence? Global Inequality and Development 7 (Mis)Managing the World? Part Two - Remaking Globalization 8 Beyond Globalization / Antiglobalization 9 World Orders, Ethical Foundations 10 The Contentious Politics of Globalization: Mapping Ideals and Theories 11 Reconstructing World Order: Towards Cosmopolitan Social Democracy 12 Testing Cosmopolitan Social Democracy; the challenge of 9/11 and global economic governance References Index.

In Defense of Globalization

In Defense of Globalization
Author: Jagdish Bhagwati
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2007-09-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199838968

In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today. Drawing on his unparalleled knowledge of international and development economics, Bhagwati explains why the "gotcha" examples of the critics are often not as compelling as they seem. With the wit and wisdom for which he is renowned, Bhagwati convincingly shows that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem. This edition features a new afterword by the author, in which he counters recent writings by prominent journalist Thomas Friedman and the Nobel Laureate economist Paul Samuelson and argues that current anxieties about the economic implications of globalization are just as unfounded as were the concerns about its social effects.

The G7, Anti-Globalism and the Governance of Globalization

The G7, Anti-Globalism and the Governance of Globalization
Author: Chiara Oldani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429014945

The G7, a self-selected club of like-minded industrialized countries, looks at first glance ill-suited to address current anti-globalist concerns. Despite this, it has successfully confronted anti-globalization, populist and protectionist pressures by focussing on concerns surrounding the destruction of the natural environment, immigration, transnational crime, drugs, disease and terrorism, thus demonstrating the social and ecological advantages that globalization brings. Exploring how the world’s oldest informal summit institution continues to respond to rising anti-globalisation, populism and protectionism, this book investigates the contribution the G7 makes to global governance through its actions and accountability of its members. The expert contributors analyse from different perspectives the issues that have contributed to the rise of populism and protectionism, and how well the G7 has responded to them. Each contribution identifies avenues that might allow renewing and strengthening the role of the G7 in times of global change, with a view of strengthening its legitimacy and effectiveness. It will be of interest to policy makers, diplomats, scholars of international relations, international political economy, diplomacy, summitry and global governance. The issues discussed will also be particularly relevant to those working for civil society and non-governmental organizations seeking to participate in governance forums or to influence those who do.

The Conservative Challenge to Globalization

The Conservative Challenge to Globalization
Author: Ray Kiely
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Anti-globalization movement
ISBN: 9781788210966

Ray Kiely examines the conservative discourse of "winners" and "losers" of globalization that has emerged since the financial crisis. He provides a detailed examination of new US and UK conservative movements and how these have shaped responses to globalization that challenge neoliberal and third way approaches.

Globalization and Its Discontents

Globalization and Its Discontents
Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2003-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0393071073

This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank. Particularly concerned with the plight of the developing nations, he became increasingly disillusioned as he saw the International Monetary Fund and other major institutions put the interests of Wall Street and the financial community ahead of the poorer nations. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition.

Empire

Empire
Author: Michael Hardt
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2001-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0674038320

Imperialism as we knew it may be no more, but Empire is alive and well. It is, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri demonstrate in this bold work, the new political order of globalization. Their book shows how this emerging Empire is fundamentally different from the imperialism of European dominance and capitalist expansion in previous eras. Rather, today's Empire draws on elements of U.S. constitutionalism, with its tradition of hybrid identities and expanding frontiers. More than analysis, Empire is also an unabashedly utopian work of political philosophy.

Alter-Globalization

Alter-Globalization
Author: Geoffrey Pleyers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-04-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745655084

Contrary to the common view that globalization undermines social agency, ‘alter-globalization activists', that is, those who contest globalization in its neo-liberal form, have developed new ways to become actors in the global age. They propose alternatives to Washington Consensus policies, implement horizontal and participatory organization models and promote a nascent global public space. Rather than being anti-globalization, these activists have built a truly global movement that has gathered citizens, committed intellectuals, indigenous, farmers, dalits and NGOs against neoliberal policies in street demonstrations and Social Forums all over the world, from Bangalore to Seattle and from Porto Alegre to Nairobi. This book analyses this worldwide movement on the bases of extensive field research conducted since 1999. Alter-Globalization provides a comprehensive account of these critical global forces and their attempts to answer one of the major challenges of our time: How can citizens and civil society contribute to the building of a fairer, sustainable and more democratic co-existence of human beings in a global world?

Justice Globalism

Justice Globalism
Author: Manfred Steger
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2012-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1446271935

Are political activists connected to the global justice movement simplistically opposed to neoliberal globalization? Is their political vision ′incoherent′ and their policy proposals ′naïve′ and ′superficial′ as is often claimed by the mainstream media? Drawing on dozens of interviews and rich textual analyses involving nearly fifty global justice organizations linked to the World Social Forum, the authors of this pioneering study challenge this prevailing view. They present a compelling case that the global justice movement has actually fashioned a new political ideology with global reach: ′justice globalism′. Far from being incoherent, justice globalism possesses a rich and nuanced set of core concepts and powerful ideological claims. The book investigates how justice globalists respond to global financial crises, to escalating climate change, and to the global food crisis. It finds justice globalism generating new political agendas and campaigns to address these pressing problems. Justice globalism, the book concludes, has much to contribute to solving the serious global challenges of the 21st century. Justice Globalism will prove a stimulating read for undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences and humanities who are taking courses on globalization, global studies and global justice.

Policing Dissent

Policing Dissent
Author: Luis Fernandez
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2008-02-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813544742

In November 1999, fifty-thousand anti-globalization activists converged on Seattle to shut down the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Using innovative and network-based strategies, the protesters left police flummoxed, desperately searching for ways to control the emerging anti-corporate globalization movement. Faced with these network-based tactics, law enforcement agencies transformed their policing and social control mechanisms to manage this new threat. Policing Dissent provides a firsthand account of the changing nature of control efforts employed by law enforcement agencies when confronted with mass activism. The book also offers readers the richness of experiential detail and engaging stories often lacking in studies of police practices and social movements. This book does not merely seek to explain the causal relationship between repression and mobilization. Rather, it shows how social control strategies act on the mind and body of protesters.

New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization

New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization
Author: Henry Veltmeyer
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780754674115

This completely revised and updated sequel to Globalization and Antiglobalization advances our understanding of the dynamics of neoliberal globalization and draws our attention towards efforts to construct 'another world' beyond neoliberalism. Incorporating a new introduction and conclusion as well as eight entirely new chapters, it brings together eleven specialists in the political economy of international relations and globalization to reflect on and analyze the diverse dimensions of the globalization process.