City of gold : an apology for global capitalism in a time of discontent / David A. Westbrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westbrook, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic integration--Political aspects.

International economic integration.

International economic integration--Social aspects.

Capitalism--Political aspects.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

ix, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

In City of Gold, David A. Westbrook argues that economic globalization has produced a "City of Gold": a global, cosmopolitan polity constituted by markets, and where capital markets -- not states -- have become the dominant mode of governance. But there are troubling consequences from using markets as the primary political mechanism. Traditional politics have been undermined and an inadequate economic logic rules. Despite the problems inherent in this new political economy, however, Westbrook sees the City as an acceptable response to the crisis of the nation state, and moreover, as a way of life with its own rewards and possibilities. From this basis, Westbrook advocates a political imagination that moves beyond the logic of capitalism yet which acknowledges the continuing centrality of markets -- with all of their profound limitations -- to our lives.

Contents:

Conception

Money as communication

Finance and the war against time

Urban renewal

Governance

Alienation

Inauthenticity

Identity, tense

The reformation of economics

After economic justice

The disenchantment of liberalism

True markets

Orderly markets

Beyond the market : authority and identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.

ISBN:

0415945399

0415945402

OCLC:

51898810