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Author El-Ojeili, Chamsy.

Title Critical theories of globalization / Chamsy el-Ojeili, Patrick Hayden.

Publication Info. Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Description viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-233) and index.
Contents List of boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Theorizing globalization : introducing the challenge -- Introduction -- Critical theory -- Defining globalization -- Perspectives on globalization -- Globalization in history -- Theories of social change -- 'Development' and 'modernity' -- Conclusion -- 2. Economic globalization -- Introduction -- Capitalism, social democracy, and neoliberalism -- Neoliberalism and the IMF, World Bank, and WTO -- Global finance -- New technology -- Trade and multinational corporations -- Environmental commodification -- Global stratification -- Work -- Tourism, global cities, and slums -- Conclusion -- 3. Globalization and politics -- Introduction -- The nation-state -- The decline of state power? -- Challenges to the state -- A changing political culture? -- Conclusion -- 4. Cultural globalization -- Introduction -- Cultural production and the cultural industries -- Identity and globalization -- 'Defensive identities' and the 'clash of civilizations' -- Conclusion -- 5. Resisting globalization : the alternative globalization movement -- Introduction -- Social movements -- The emergence and eclipse of the socialist movement -- Alternative globalization as postmodern socialism? -- Concluding comments and reflections on utopia : 'another world is possible' -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary This book provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences. Exploring the insights of a wide range of critical theorists, it book argues that debates about globalization cannot be divorced from struggles for emancipation or from the contradictory realities of contemporary society. And it also demonstrates how the views of critical theorists are crucial to understanding the global processes shaping the world today.
Subject Globalization.
Anti-globalization movement.
Added Author Hayden, Patrick, 1965-
ISBN 140398638X hardback
9781403986382 hardback
1403986398 paperback
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