
Globalization, Development and Integration
A European Perspective
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 28. November 2008
Book
Hardback
XXIV, 339 pages
978-0-230-55401-6 (ISBN)
Description
An interdisciplinary political economy perspective on globalization, discussing its characteristics, its problems for developing countries, and the relationship between globalization and European integration. A book not to be missed by anyone with an interest in globalization.
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Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XXIV, 339 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-55401-6 (9780230554016)
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Pompeo Della Posta | Milica Uvalic | Amy Verdun
Globalization, Development and Integration
A European Perspective
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Persons
POMPEO DELLA POSTA is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Pisa, Italy. He is the author or editor of a number of books including
Effetti Potenzialità e Limiti della Globalizzazione: una Visione Multidisciplinare
(with Anna Maria Rossi), and many articles in
Journal of Policy Modeling
,
Open Economies Review
,
Current Politics and Economics of Europe
on issues relating to International (Monetary) Economics.
MILICA UVALIC is Professor of Economics at the University of Perugia, Italy. She is also Member of the United Nation Committee for Development Policy (2007-9), Former President (2004-06) of EACES, was Assistant Minister for Foreign Economic Relations in 2001 in the first post-Milosevic government of FR Yugoslavia, and Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. She is author of several monographs, co-edited books and over 130 articles, recently focusing mainly on transition in Southeast and Central Europe, including Transition and Beyond - Essays in Honour of Mario Nuti (edited with S. Estrin and G. Kolodko), Investment and Property Rights in Yugoslavia , The PEPPER Report and Privatisation Surprises in Transition Economies .
AMY VERDUN is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is the author or editor of nine books on various aspects of European integration and political economy. A few ofher books are: European Responses to Globalization and Financial Market Integration: Perceptions of EMU in Britain , France and Germany ; The Political Economy of European Integration: Theories and Analysis ; EMU Rules: The Political and Economic Consequences of European Monetary Integration .
MILICA UVALIC is Professor of Economics at the University of Perugia, Italy. She is also Member of the United Nation Committee for Development Policy (2007-9), Former President (2004-06) of EACES, was Assistant Minister for Foreign Economic Relations in 2001 in the first post-Milosevic government of FR Yugoslavia, and Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. She is author of several monographs, co-edited books and over 130 articles, recently focusing mainly on transition in Southeast and Central Europe, including Transition and Beyond - Essays in Honour of Mario Nuti (edited with S. Estrin and G. Kolodko), Investment and Property Rights in Yugoslavia , The PEPPER Report and Privatisation Surprises in Transition Economies .
AMY VERDUN is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is the author or editor of nine books on various aspects of European integration and political economy. A few ofher books are: European Responses to Globalization and Financial Market Integration: Perceptions of EMU in Britain , France and Germany ; The Political Economy of European Integration: Theories and Analysis ; EMU Rules: The Political and Economic Consequences of European Monetary Integration .
Content
Preface; S.Zamagni Introduction; P.Della Posta, M.Uvalic& A.Verdun PART I: GLOBALIZATION: THE GENERAL CONTEXT Asymmetric Globalization: Theoretical Principles and Pragmatic Behaviour Guiding Market Liberalization; P.Della Posta Agriculture and World Trade Liberalization; S.S.Nello Pro-Poor Growth in an Era of Globalization: A Review of What we Know (and of What we Don't); J.H.Lopez Poverty and Inequality in the Globalized World; S.Borghesi Globalization and Macroeconomic Stability in the Globalized Economy; T.D.Togati Discussion; G.Federico, A.Vercelli PART II: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Labour Market in Developing World; G.C.Giannelli Globalization and Macroeconomic Policies for Developing Countries; D.Tropeano A New Geography of Preferences for Sub-Saharan African Countries in a Globalizing Trading System; M.Fugazza Regionalism as an Alternative Model for Developing Countries; F.Martines Regionalism in Southeast Europe; M.Uvalic Discussion; A.Cigno, M.Plummer PART III: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AS A RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION The European Union and Governance in a Globalized World; A.Verdun Is the 'European Model' Viable in a Globalized World?; A.Bongardt& F.Torres From the European Social Model to the Social Dimension of Globalization; D.Vaughan-Whitehead Resisting Globalization: Voting Power Indices and the National Interest in EU Decision-Making; E.C.Angelini Substate Strategies in Response to Europeanizing and Globalizing Trends; E.Hepburn Model Europe? Reflections on the EU as a Model of Regional Integration; P.Murray Discussion; F.Farina, P.Schmitter ROUNDTABLE: SOME REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALIZATION Introduction: A European Perspective on Globalization; F.Torres Some Notes on Globalization; P.De Grauwe An Overview of Current Globalization, Opportunities and Threats; G.Giovannetti Globalization: Beneficial for Whom?; J.Kroeger Globalization Today: Incomplete, Distorted and Unfair; M.Nuti