Civilizing globalization : a survival guide / edited by Richard Sandbrook and Ali Burak Güven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sandbrook, Richard, editor.

Güven, Ali Burak, editor.

Series:

SUNY series in radical social and political theory.

SUNY series in Radical Social and Political Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses the many facets of globalization and its feasible reform in easy-to-understand language.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Introduction: Envisioning a Civilized Globalization""; ""Destructive Tendencies and Divergent Encounters""; ""How to Civilize Globalization?""; ""Building a Counter-Movement""; ""Strengthening Democracy and Reforming Global Governance""; ""Re-embedding Markets in Social Norms and Regulations""; ""Concluding Reflection""; ""References""; ""Part I: Globalization: Encounters and Trends""; ""1. The Economics of Globalization: Making Sense of the Conflicting Claims""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""2. Crisis and the East-South Turn"" ""Global Rebalancing""; ""Global Plutocracy?""; ""Emancipatory Multipolarity? Global Rebalancing Plan B""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. The European Union, Globalization, and the Problem of Legitimacy""; ""The Lisbon Strategy and the Politics of External Economic Constraint""; ""The Hampton Court Agenda and Civilizing Globalization""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""4. Struggling with the Social Challenges of Globalization: Mexico, Chile, and South Korea""

""Setting the Stage: State and Society Before the Debt Crisis"" ""Confronting Economic Crises and Social Challenges in the 1980's and 1990's""; ""Recent Developments in Social Well-Being""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""5. Poverty, Inequality, and Liberalization: A Tale of Two Indias""; ""Twenty Years of Liberalization""; ""Three Cheers for Liberalization""; ""Have All Boats Risen with the Tide?""; ""Displacement and Dispossession""; ""More Cell Phones Than Toilets""; ""Big Money, Big Corruption""; ""Democracy, Exclusion, and the Future""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""6. Globalization and Culture Wars: The Case of India""""Valentine's Day and Indian Culture""; ""Winds of Change""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part II: Devising Political Strategies for Civilizing Globalization""; ""7. Paths to Civilizing Globalization""; ""How Does Global Governance Work?""; ""Mechanisms for Change""; ""The Global Compact Example""; ""The Inequality and Austerity Challenge""; ""References""; ""8. How to Engage Globalization?""; ""Neoliberal Globalization as Utopia""; ""Globalization in Flux""; ""Resistances""; ""Alternative Scenarios""

""A Normative Way to Engage Globalization?"" ""Globalization in the Opening Decades of the Twenty-First Century""; ""References""; ""9. Constructing Counter-Hegemonic Globalization: Braiding Mobilizations and Linking Levels""; ""Braiding Mobilizations""; ""Linking Levels""; ""Constructing Counter-Hegemonic Globalization""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""10. Globalization-from-Below: An Innovative Politics of Resistance""; ""A Normative Assessment of Globalization""; ""The New Politics of Resistance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""Part III: Recasting Democracy and Transnational Cooperation""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438452111

143845211X

OCLC:

882243458