The cost of globalization : dangers to the earth and its people / Julian E. Kunnie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kunnie, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Externalities (Economics).

Anti-globalization movement.

Poverty.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xv, 371 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"This volume examines the many pitfalls of globalization from the perspective of impoverished and indigenous peoples, including the widening wealth gap, the struggle for restoration of dispossessed lands and cultural rights, global warming and ecological annihilation, and the experiences of women in underdeveloped regions who receive little benefit from their labor and are subject to violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 21st Century Globalization: Illusions of Global Economic Prosperity Yet the Reality of Poverty 21

2 Globalization, Ecocide and the Lethal Threats Against Indigenous Peoples 64

3 Unjust Globalization and the Acute Marginalization of Poor Women in the World 108

4 Unjust Globalization and Unfair Justice Against the Poor: Lethal Racism, Expanded Incarceration, Law Enforcement Violence and Punishment Over Education 146

5 Globalization's Intensification of Global Warming and Climate Change 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786496082

0786496088

OCLC:

895338236