The Clash Of Globalizations

Author : Kevin P. Gallagher
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783083428

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Collecting and synthesizing a series of essays on the political economy of trade and development policy, this book explores the following research questions: to what extent is the global trading regime reducing the ability of nation-states to pursue policies for financial stability and economic growth; and what political factors explain such changes in policy space over time, across different types of trade treaties and across nations? Gallagher presents intriguing findings on the policy constraints on the Uruguay Round, as well as the significant restrictions that the USA places upon the ability of developing nations to deploy a range of development strategies for stability and growth. Analyzing the factors that have led to twenty-first-century trade politics being characterized by a “clash of globalizations,” this volume explores the role of economic power, institutional structure, domestic politics, currency fluctuations and ideas about globalization in effecting changes to global trade policies.

Author : Thomas Greven
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Anti-globalization movement
ISBN : 3631398271

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Clash of Globalizations? by Thomas Greven Pdf

In his comprehensive study of the politics of international labor rights in the United States, Thomas Greven offers a concise analysis of the genesis of a viable policy alternative to the dominant free trade paradigm in U.S. foreign economic policy. The conceptual and coalition-building efforts of labor rights advocates, and particularly the critical learning processes within the U.S. labor movement, are at the center of analysis. Both theoretically and empirically, Greven breaks new ground by applying neo-Gramscian hegemony theory to an investigation of the career of a policy concept - the linkage of trade and fundamental labor rights - in U.S. trade policy discourse. This allows him to focus on the question of whether labor rights advocates altered the parameters of the debate beyond the traditional dichotomy of free trade and protectionism. Through careful analysis of discursive processes of interest-formation, without neglect of their material and institutional foundations, Greven can show how labor rights advocates successfully placed international labor rights on the U.S. trade policy agenda and how their policy proposals came to be key elements of globalization critique as well as of an evolving alternative.

Author : Barry K. Gills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317996873

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The Global Politics of Globalization by Barry K. Gills Pdf

Are we moving inexorably towards a ‘new empire’ or is global civil society transforming global politics into a ‘new cosmopolis’? In The Global Politics of Globalization, the alternatives of ‘Empire’ and ‘Cosmopolis’ are counter-poised as representative of two antithetical conceptions and practices of world order, both historically and in the present era, and each expresses an alternative idea of human unity and community. Today, global politics is embroiled in a clash of globalizations, a clash between these two opposed forms of world order. The contributions in the debate range from deep historical reflections on world civilizations, critique of neoliberal economics and imperialism, new thinking on the ideals and practices of (global) citizenship, the philosophical basis for cosmopolitan politics, and the emergence of new forms of global social forces and movements. Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this book brings together a very distinguished set of contributors to explore and debate the relationship between globalization processes and world order in light of recent controversies over the return of ‘empire’.

Author : Ali Al'Amin Mazrui,Patrick M. Dikirr,Shalahudin Kafrawi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132216768

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Globalization and Civilization by Ali Al'Amin Mazrui,Patrick M. Dikirr,Shalahudin Kafrawi Pdf

Author : Barry K. Gills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317996866

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The Global Politics of Globalization by Barry K. Gills Pdf

Are we moving inexorably towards a ‘new empire’ or is global civil society transforming global politics into a ‘new cosmopolis’? In The Global Politics of Globalization, the alternatives of ‘Empire’ and ‘Cosmopolis’ are counter-poised as representative of two antithetical conceptions and practices of world order, both historically and in the present era, and each expresses an alternative idea of human unity and community. Today, global politics is embroiled in a clash of globalizations, a clash between these two opposed forms of world order. The contributions in the debate range from deep historical reflections on world civilizations, critique of neoliberal economics and imperialism, new thinking on the ideals and practices of (global) citizenship, the philosophical basis for cosmopolitan politics, and the emergence of new forms of global social forces and movements. Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this book brings together a very distinguished set of contributors to explore and debate the relationship between globalization processes and world order in light of recent controversies over the return of ‘empire’.

Author : Mojtaba Mahdavi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317008804

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Towards the Dignity of Difference? by Mojtaba Mahdavi Pdf

The rise of popular social movements throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and North America in 2011 challenged two hegemonic discourses of the post-Cold War era: Francis Fukuyama's 'The End of History' and Samuel Huntington's 'The Clash of Civilizations.' The quest for genuine democracy and social justice and the backlash against the neoliberal order is a common theme in the global mass protests in the West and the East. This is no less than a discursive paradigm shift, a new beginning to the history, a move towards new alternatives to the status quo. This book is about difference and dialogue; it embraces The Dignity of Difference and promotes dialogue. However, it also demonstrates the limits of dialogue as a useful and universal approach for resolving conflicts, particularly in cases involving asymmetric and unequal power relations. The distinguished group of authors suggests in this volume that there is a 'third way' of addressing global tensions - one that rejects the extremes of both universalism and particularism. This third way is a radical call for an epistemic shift in our understanding of 'us-other' and 'good-evil', a radical approach toward accommodating difference as well as embracing the plural concept of 'the good'. The authors strengthen their alternative approach with a practical policy guide, by challenging existing policies that either exclude or assimilate other cultures, that wage the constructed 'global war on terror,' and that impose a western neo-liberal discourse on non-western societies. This important book will be essential reading for all those studying civilizations, globalization, foreign policy, peace and security studies, multiculturalism and ethnicity, regionalism, global governance and international political economy.

Author : Charles C. Lemert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315478999

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Globalization by Charles C. Lemert Pdf

"Globalization: An Introduction to the End of the Known World" surveys the history of globalization from the earliest of ancient texts through contemporary debates and the prospects for anticipating the new worlds to come. At the end of the twentieth century, debates over the nature of globalization were unable to agree on a simple resolution, except to say that globalization is economic, political, and cultural all at once. Cultural globalization affects everyone with a smartphone, on which global youth from Los Angeles to Jakarta listen to Jay-Z and Beyonce. States are torn in several directions at once by unsettling economic, political, and cultural forces. Lemert concludes with a serious outline of the possible ways of imagining what the still-unknown global world will become next ways including optimism, caution, and skepticism."

Author : Arie M. Kacowicz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107027848

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Globalization and the Distribution of Wealth by Arie M. Kacowicz Pdf

This book links theoretical discussions about globalization and the distribution of wealth with a rich empirical analysis of Latin America.

Author : George Ritzer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119538530

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The Blackwell Companion to Globalization by George Ritzer Pdf

This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies Explores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public health Addresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of globalization Wide-ranging and comprehensive, an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines

Author : Shyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004156869

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Foreign Investment, Human Rights and the Environment by Shyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe Pdf

Events like the Bhopal disaster, the sale of products harmful to human health and safety, and child labour, especially in resource-scarce settings, raise fundamental issues of human dignity and ecological integrity. From a legal perspective, and in the context of Foreign Direct Investment by Transnational Corporations in developing countries, they highlight the lacuna of a holistic international legal framework and its implementation. This book embodies a critique of the complex web of public international law principles on economics, human rights and the environment, and their convergence or lack thereof, related regional (South Asian) and domestic (Sri Lankan) legal arrangements, interventions of states and non-state actors towards just, equitable and sustainable development. It is a quest for a middle path in the multidisciplinary landscape of international law, development and North-South power dynamics; globalization of free trade and investment and of social and environmental interests; and salient aspects of the philosophical, socio-economic and legal fabric of South Asia, viewed against the evolving, controversial and elastic sphere of international relations and law where consensus has hitherto been an elusive dream.

Author : Stephan Stetter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137031761

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The Middle East and Globalization by Stephan Stetter Pdf

The Middle East and Globalization discusses past and contemporary political, societal, economic, and cultural trends in the Middle East against the background of comprehensive theories of globalization. The chapters draw on a shared methodological approach, looking at the fractures and horizons of globalization that are shaping the Middle East.

Author : Tom Conner,Ikuko Torimoto
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761829229

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Globalization Redux by Tom Conner,Ikuko Torimoto Pdf

This volume is a peer-reviewed collection of essays submitted by participants of two joint conferences on the theme of globalization. The essays collected in this volume deal with a wide variety of subjects related to globalization, ranging from the social sciences to the humanities. Globalization Redux contributes to a better understanding of globalization and its ramifications in a host of domains.

Author : Mahmood Monshipouri,Neil Englehart,Andrew J. Nathan,Kavita Philip
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317473893

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Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization by Mahmood Monshipouri,Neil Englehart,Andrew J. Nathan,Kavita Philip Pdf

Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways. Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have stimulated conflict and opposition. In the context of globalization, as the idea of human rights has become universal, its meaning has become one more terrain of struggle among groups with their own interests and goals. Part I of this volume looks at political and cultural struggles to control the human rights regime -- that is, the power to construct the universal claims that will prevail in a territory -- with respect to property, the state, the environment, and women. Part II examines the dynamics and counterdynamics of transnational networks in their interactions with local actors in Iran, China, and Hong Kong. Part III looks at the prospects for fruitful human rights dialogiue between competing universalisms that by definition are intolerant of conradiction and averse to compromise.

Author : Ray Kiely
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047407201

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The Clash of Globalisations by Ray Kiely Pdf

This book provides a powerful critique of the case made for 'globalisation', with particular emphasis placed on neo-liberalism, the third way, and the hegemonic role of the US state. It then examines the rise of 'anti-globalisation' politics and the debate over progressive alternatives to 'actually existing globalisation'.

Author : Eliot Dickinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442254985

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Globalization and Migration by Eliot Dickinson Pdf

Focusing on the intersection between globalization and migration, this powerful text traces a dynamic, contradictory process that has set the world in motion and incorporated millions of migrants into an economic market whose dimensions are unprecedented in human history. Eliot Dickinson emphasizes recent developments in global politics, such as the massive number of refugees from wars in the Middle East who are now seeking asylum in Europe; the “Fortress Europe” mentality illustrated on the Italian island of Lampedusa; the heart-wrenching humanitarian challenge of Mexican and Central American children arriving alone in the United States; and the effects of climate change and environmental destruction on international migration. Today, with the collaboration of compliant governments and elites in the peripheral countries of the Global South, multinational corporations continue to flout regulations, destroy the environment, and take advantage of the large number of displaced, unemployed workers. While globalization is eliminating barriers between countries and making it easier for goods and capital to move around the world, the industrialized countries of the Global North are simultaneously putting up barriers to people and making it harder for them to migrate. This timely and provocative book explains how we have arrived at this paradoxical point in history and critically examines why governments are enacting policies that protect borders instead of people.