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Globalization and technocapitalism : the political economy of corporate power and technological domination / Luis Suarez-Villa.
Lippincott Library HF1365 .S843 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suarez-Villa, Luis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Economics--Political aspects.
- Economics.
- Corporations--Social aspects.
- Corporations.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 243 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012.
- Summary:
- Suarez-Villa (social ecology and planning, policy and design; U. of California-Irvine) explores the role of globalization as enabler and supporter of a new form of capitalism grounded in technology and corporate power, the fundamental phenomena involved in its worldwide reach, and the social pathologies and injustices that it generates. He discusses technocapitalism on a global scale, fast accumulation, intangible global commodities, the new global corporatism, the haves and the have-nots, illusive democracy, and whether there is any alternative. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Technocapitalism on a global scale: Historical panorama; Experimentalist world; Globalization and domination; Conclusion
- Fast accumulation: Modes; Global imperative; Global effects and pathologies; Conclusion
- Intangible global commodities: Creativity and knowledge; Commodification; Reproduction on a global scale; Value; Globalization and dysfunction; Conclusion
- The new global corporatism: Fast decomposition and globalization; Fast, global research regimes; Global dilemmas and pathologies; Conclusion
- The haves and the have-nots: Haves versus have-nots; Fast neo-imperialism; Inequality and power; New global divides; Conclusion
- Illusive democracy: Corporatocracy versus democracy; Global inequality and corporatocracy; Failed governance; Conclusion
- Is there any alternative?: Neo-imperialism, nations and class; Defragmenting; Transformative emancipation; Creativity as a global public resource.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409439158
- 1409439151
- 9781409439165
- 140943916X
- OCLC:
- 748941778
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