Critical theories of globalization /
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| Author / Creator: | El-Ojeili, Chamsy. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. |
| Description: | viii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6124707 |
Table of 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
- Globalization as cultural imperialism
- 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
- The emergence of the alternative globalization movement
- Alternative globalization as postmodern socialism?
- Concluding comments and reflections on utopia: 'another world is possible'
- Bibliography
- Index
