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Civilizing Globalization : A Survival Guide.
Title:
Civilizing Globalization : A Survival Guide.
Author:
Sandbrook, Richard.
ISBN:
9780791487105
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Series:
SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political Theory
Contents:
Civilizing Globalization -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Envisioning a Civilized Globalization by Richard Sandbrook -- PART 1: Globalization: Who Gains? Who Loses? Core Issues -- 1. Who Gains and Who Loses? An Economic Perspective by Albert Berry -- 2. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Health by David Coburn -- 3. Latin America: Inequality, Poverty, and Questionable Democracies by Judith Teichman -- 4. Globalization versus Cultural Authenticity? Valentine's Day and Hindu Values by Anil Mathew Varughese -- PART 2: Adjusting Global Markets to Social Needs: Core Issues -- 5. Core Labor Standards: An Incremental Approach by Heather Gibb -- 6. Protecting the Environment from Trade Agreements by Michelle Swenarchuk -- 7. Financing the Transition to a Low-Carbon Future by Rodney R. White -- 8. Arts and Culture in World Trade: Promoting Cultural Diversity by Garry Neil -- 9. Currency Transaction Tax: Curbing Speculation, Funding Social Development by Joy Kennedy -- PART 3: Reforming Global Governance and Institutions: Core Issues -- 10. Paths to Reforming Global Governance by Robert O'Brien -- 11. Democracy and Globalization by Frank Cunningham -- 12. Recasting the World Trade Organization by Jens L. Mortensen -- 13. Can Development Assistance Help? by Cranford Pratt -- 14. Reforming Global Governance: The Continuing Importance of the Nation-State by Louis W. Pauly -- PART 4: Building a Global Countermovement: Core Issues -- 15. Globalization-from-Below: An Innovative Politics of Resistance by Richard Falk -- 16. Seattle: Global Protest Comes of Age by Robert Weissman -- 17. Globalization-from-Below: Letter from Honduras by Hans Edstrand -- 18. Transnational Union Strategies for Civilizing Labor Standards by Rob Lambert and Eddie Webster -- CONCLUSION: Alternative Globalization by James H. Mittelman.

AFTERWORD: A New Urgency: Civilizing Globalization in an Era of Terrorism by Richard Sandbrook -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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