Globalization and social change
Title:
Globalization and social change
Author:
Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek, 1960-
ISBN:
9780203470732
9780415241717
9780585461427
9781134578665
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 303 p.) : ill.
Series:
Routledge advances in international political economy ; 6
Routledge advances in international political economy ; 6.
General Note:
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: globalization or the coming-of-age of capitalism; The intellectual challenge: discourse, ideology, and reality; Globalization in question; The future of global polarization; Globalization and social change: drowning in the icy waters of commercial calculation; Critical perspectives on the role of politics; The space for politics: globalization, hegemony, and passive revolution; Globalization and the revival of traditional knowledge
Abstract:
An innovative and forward-looking volume which challenges conventional thinking regarding the inevitability of globalisation. Essential reading for those interested in the development of and the potential alternatives to globalisation.
Genre:
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