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Globalization and Social Change challenges conventional thinking regarding the inevitability of globalization. Rather than seeing globalization as 'the end station of capitalism', it presents the development of this phenomenon as a disruptive and conflicting process. It considers the capacity of the state as the agent behind the implementation of the neoliberal project and discusses the potential for resistance and alternatives to globalization. This volume's excellent panel of international contributors examines the question of globalization from many angles, providing a fresh perspective on this influential movement. Rather than the exclusive interaction of economic actors on the world scene, globalization is perceived as the socio-economic strategies and policies which prioritise market forces at the expense of social sectors and social cohesion. Subjects addressed include the dynamics of labour; the effects of globalization in India, South Korea and Thailand; regional polarisation as the result of global capitalist integration; and the interaction of Western and non-Western knowledge traditions. The book also considers Gramscian, Regulation theory, culturalist and Marxist approaches to globalization.

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Author:   Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt ,  Jacques Hersh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780415241717

ISBN 10:   0415241715
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   07 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Globalization or the coming-of-age of capitalism Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt and Jacques Hersh Part I. The intellectual challenge: discourse, ideology and reality 2. Globalization in question David Harvey 3. The future of global polarization Samir Amin 4. Globalization and social change: drowning in the icy waters of commercial calculation Manfred Bienefeld Part II. Critical perspectives on the role of politics 5. The space for politics: globalization, hegemony, and passive revolution Anne Showstack Sassoon 6. Globalization and the revival of traditional knowledge Andrew Jamison 7. The concept of materialist state theory and regulation theory Joachim Hirsch Part III. East Asia: the last bastion of dirigisme 8. Globalizing India: a critique of an agenda for financiers and specualtors Amiya Kumar Bagchi 9. Globalization and class politics in South Korea Kwang-Yeong Shin 10. Globalization, democratization and labour social welfare in Thailand Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt Part IV. Geopolitics and intersocietal conflicts 11. States and governance in the era of 'globalization' Philip McMichael 12. Civilization conflicts and globalization: a critique Jacques Hersh 13. From the rubble of modernism, the rise of global civilization? Mark Juergensmeyer Part V. Globalization and forms of resistances 14. Overturning globalization: rethinking the politics of resistance Barry K. Gills 15. Lessons from Ladakh? local responses to globalization and social change Martijn van Beek 16. Conceptualizing a new social contract Ellen Brun

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