Globalization's Contradictions
Geographies of discipline, destruction and transformation
Published on 17. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-415-77062-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone's lives. People are being `disciplined' by neoliberal economic agendas, `transformed' by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, among other disastrous disruptions, are also globalization's legacy.
This collection of geographical treatments of such a complex set of processes unearths the contradictions in the impacts of globalization on peoples' lives. Globalizations Contradictions firstly introduces globalization in all its intricacy and contrariness, followed on by substantive coverage of globalization's dimensions. Other areas that are covered in depth are:
Globalization's Macro-economic Faces
Globalization's Unruly Spaces
Globalization's Geo-political Faces
Ecological Globalization
Globalization's Cultural Challenges
Globalization from Below
Fair Globalization
Globalizations Contradictions is a critical examination of the continuing role of international and supra-national institutions and their involvement in the political economic management and determination of global restructuring. Deliberately, this collection raises questions, even as it offers geographical insights and thoughtful assessments of globalization's multifaceted `faces and spaces.'
This collection of geographical treatments of such a complex set of processes unearths the contradictions in the impacts of globalization on peoples' lives. Globalizations Contradictions firstly introduces globalization in all its intricacy and contrariness, followed on by substantive coverage of globalization's dimensions. Other areas that are covered in depth are:
Globalization's Macro-economic Faces
Globalization's Unruly Spaces
Globalization's Geo-political Faces
Ecological Globalization
Globalization's Cultural Challenges
Globalization from Below
Fair Globalization
Globalizations Contradictions is a critical examination of the continuing role of international and supra-national institutions and their involvement in the political economic management and determination of global restructuring. Deliberately, this collection raises questions, even as it offers geographical insights and thoughtful assessments of globalization's multifaceted `faces and spaces.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
15 s/w Abbildungen, 8 s/w Zeichnungen, 7 s/w Tabellen
8 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-77062-0 (9780415770620)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Content
Section I: Globalization and Neoliberalism: Dominating Disciplines
Chapter 1. `Globalization's Dimensions' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen
Chapter 2. `The Ascendancy of Neoliberalism and Emergence of
Contemporary Globalization' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen
Section II: Globalization's Many Dimensions
Globalization's Macro-Economic Faces
Financial Globalization
Chapter 3. `Global Financial Architecture Transitions: Mutations through `Roll-back' Neoliberalism to Technocratic Fixes' by Adam Tickell
Chapter 4. `Multi-local Global Corporations: New Reach - Same Core Locations' by Susan M.Walcott
Chapter 5. `Systems of Production and International Competitiveness: Prospects for the Developing Nations' by Daniel C. Knudsen and Molly Kotlen
Globalization's Unruly Spaces
The Globalization of Labor
Chapter 6. `Globalization of Labor: Increasing Complexity, More Unruly' by Dennis Conway
Illegal Globalization
Chapter 7. `Unruly spaces: Globalization and Transnational Criminal Economies' by Christian Allen
Globalization's Geo-Political Faces
Political Globalization
Chapter 8. `Geo-Political Globalization: From World Systems
to Global City Systems' by Dennis Conway and Richard Wolfel
Geographical Globalization
Chapter 9. `Globalization has a Home Address: The Geopolitics of Globalization'
Cultural Globalization
Chapter 10. `The Globalization of Culture: Geography and the Industrial Production of Culture' by Don Mitchell and Clayton Rosati
The Globalization of Fear
Chapter 11. `The Globalization of Fear: Fear as a Technology of Governance' by Byron Miller
Section III: AlternativeVisions: Constructive,
Democratic and Hopeful
Ecological Globalization
Chapter 12. `The Neoliberalization of the Global Environment' by Nik Heynen and Jeremia Njeru
Globalization's Cultural Challenges
Chapter 13. `Globalization's Cultural Challenges: Homogenization,
Hybridization and Heightened Identity' by Nanda R. Shrestha and Dennis Conway
Globalization from Below
Chapter 14. `Globalization from Below: Coordinating Global Resistance: Alternative Social Forums, Civil Society and Grassroots Networks' by Dennis Conway
Towards `Fair Globalization'
Chapter 15. Towards `Fair Globalization' : Opposing Neoliberal Destruction, Relying on democratic Institutions & Local Empowerment, and Sustaining Human Development,' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen
Chapter 1. `Globalization's Dimensions' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen
Chapter 2. `The Ascendancy of Neoliberalism and Emergence of
Contemporary Globalization' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen
Section II: Globalization's Many Dimensions
Globalization's Macro-Economic Faces
Financial Globalization
Chapter 3. `Global Financial Architecture Transitions: Mutations through `Roll-back' Neoliberalism to Technocratic Fixes' by Adam Tickell
Chapter 4. `Multi-local Global Corporations: New Reach - Same Core Locations' by Susan M.Walcott
Chapter 5. `Systems of Production and International Competitiveness: Prospects for the Developing Nations' by Daniel C. Knudsen and Molly Kotlen
Globalization's Unruly Spaces
The Globalization of Labor
Chapter 6. `Globalization of Labor: Increasing Complexity, More Unruly' by Dennis Conway
Illegal Globalization
Chapter 7. `Unruly spaces: Globalization and Transnational Criminal Economies' by Christian Allen
Globalization's Geo-Political Faces
Political Globalization
Chapter 8. `Geo-Political Globalization: From World Systems
to Global City Systems' by Dennis Conway and Richard Wolfel
Geographical Globalization
Chapter 9. `Globalization has a Home Address: The Geopolitics of Globalization'
Cultural Globalization
Chapter 10. `The Globalization of Culture: Geography and the Industrial Production of Culture' by Don Mitchell and Clayton Rosati
The Globalization of Fear
Chapter 11. `The Globalization of Fear: Fear as a Technology of Governance' by Byron Miller
Section III: AlternativeVisions: Constructive,
Democratic and Hopeful
Ecological Globalization
Chapter 12. `The Neoliberalization of the Global Environment' by Nik Heynen and Jeremia Njeru
Globalization's Cultural Challenges
Chapter 13. `Globalization's Cultural Challenges: Homogenization,
Hybridization and Heightened Identity' by Nanda R. Shrestha and Dennis Conway
Globalization from Below
Chapter 14. `Globalization from Below: Coordinating Global Resistance: Alternative Social Forums, Civil Society and Grassroots Networks' by Dennis Conway
Towards `Fair Globalization'
Chapter 15. Towards `Fair Globalization' : Opposing Neoliberal Destruction, Relying on democratic Institutions & Local Empowerment, and Sustaining Human Development,' by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen