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The politics of globalization: a reader
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Publication Date
©2007
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1st ed.
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st ed.
Ch. 1. Globalization as contested terrain
ch. 2. Great transformations and double movements : déjà vu all over again?
The Manifesto of the communist party (excerpts) / Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
The great transformation : the political and economic origins of our time / Karl Polanyi
How to judge globalism / Amartya Sen
Globalization and its limits : reports of the death of the national economy are greatly exaggerated / Robert Wade
Sinking globalization / Niall Ferguson
ch. 3. The economics of globalization
The lexus and the olive treee : understanding globalization / Thomas L. Friedman
It's a flat world after all / Thomas Friedman
Why globalization works / Martin Wolf
Globalism's discontents / Joseph E. Stiglitz
The two faces of globalization : against globalization as we know it / Branko Milanovic
Stolen harvest : the hijacking of the global food supply / Vandana Shiva
ch. 4. The impact of globalization on poverty and inequality
Spreading the wealth / David Dollar and Aart Kraay
The disturbing rise of poverty and inequality : is it all a "big lie"? / Robert Hunter Wade
Why globalization works / Martin Wolf
In defense of globalization / Jagdish Bhagwati
Ch. 5. Workers and work in the global economy
Dying for growth, part I : transnational corporations and the health of the poor / Joyce V. Millen and Timothy H. Holtz
Reebok and the global footwear sweatshop / Bernard D'Mello
Two cheers for sweatshops / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn
Falling fortunes of the wage earner : average pay dipped last year for the first time in nearly a decade / Steven Greenhouse
ch. 6. National States and globalization
The retreat of the state : the diffusion of power in the world economy / Susan Strange
The fate of the state / Martin Van Creveld
The state and globalization / Saskia Sassen
Guiding globalisation in East Asia : new roles for old developmental states / Linda Weiss
ch. 7. Global governance with global government?
National, regional, and global governance : one phenomemon or many? / Elke Krahmann
Globalization and its discontents / Joseph E. Stiglitz
The IMF strikes back / Kenneth Rogoff
The mother of all governments : the world bank's matrix for global governance / Paul Cammack
Dying for growth, part II : the political influence of national and transnational corporations / Joyce V. Millen, Evan Lyon, and Alec Irwin
Ch. 8. Imperialism
Liberal hegemony or empire? American power in the age of unipolarity / G. John Ikenberry
Global capitalism and American empire / Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin
The sorrows of empire : militarism, secrecy, and the end of the republic / Chalmers Johnson
Beyond militarism, arms races, and arms control / Mary Kaldor
Colossus : the price of America's empire / Niall Ferguson
Incoherent empire / Michael Mann
The soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Richard K. Betts
ch. 9. Globalization from below
Activists beyond borders : advocacy networks in international politics / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink
No logo : taking aim at the brand bullies / Naomi Klein
Still poor, Latin Americans protest push for open markets / Juan Forero
The ecology of the movements / Notes from nowhere
The global dimensions of religious terrorism / Mark Juergensmeyer
ch. 10. Culture and migration
Horizontal politics : transnational environmental activism and global cultural change / Paul Wapner
Globalization and culture : global mélange / Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Immigration in a global era / Saskia Sassen
Ch. 11. Conclusion: What is to be done : fix it or nix it?
Alternatives to economic globalization : a better world is possible / John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander
The end of poverty : economic possibilities of our time / Jeffrey D. Sachs
Globalization and its discontents / Joseph E. Stiglitz
Deglobalization : ideas for a new world economy / Walden Bello
A world without walls : freedom, development, free trade and global governance / Mike Moore
In defense of globalization / Jagdish Bhagwati.
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