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Globalisation books

There is a vast publishing industry developing around the topic of globalisation.
Amazon.com had 783 books on the topic on its catalogue at last count. Here is a small selection of books chosen either because they develop themes or are by writers mentioned elsewhere on this web-site.

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Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
by Howard Bloom
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Paperback - 320 pages 1st edition (September 2001)
John Wiley & Sons;
ISBN: 0471419192

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When did big-picture optimism become cool again? While not blind to potential problems and glitches, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang to the 21st Century confidently asserts that our networked culture is not only inevitable but essential for our species' survival and eventual migration into space. Author Howard Bloom, believed by many to be R. Buckminster Fuller's intellectual heir, takes the reader on a dizzying tour of the universe, from its original subatomic particle network to the unimaginable data-processing power of intergalactic communication. His writing is smart and snappy, moving with equal poise through depictions of frenzied bacteria passing along information packets in the form of DNA and nomadic African tribespeople putting their heads together to find water for the next year.

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
by Bjorn Lomborg
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Paperback - 496 pages 1st edition (September 2001)
Cambridge University Press;
ISBN: 0521010683 ;

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Bjorn Lomborg, Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, has succeeded with this momumental work in stripping the myths from the environmental debate and presented the facts, in a way that is most enjoyable to read. He has accomplished this by keeping the fascinating narrative to 350 pages with around 150 pages of notes, bibliography and index.

The book clearly spells out how these "environmental myths" which Professor Lomborg refers to as "the Litany" were born, evolved and spread by a willing and gullible media and the damage this has sadly created within the political process. The tide is turning however towards a "facts based' environmental debate and this book will be an enormous assistance in speeding this up.

Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism
by Brink Lindsey
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Hardcover - 368 pages 1 edition (December 21, 2001)
John Wiley & Sons;
ISBN: 0471442771 ;

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A refreshing, insightful look into the political and economic dynamics driving globalization today
Globalization: it's earlier than you think. That's the provocative message of Against the Dead Hand, which traces the rise and fall of the century-long dream of central planning and top-down control and its impact on globalization-revealing the extent to which the "dead hand" of the old collectivist dream still shapes the contours of today's world economy. Mixing historical narrative, thought-provoking arguments, and on-the-scene reporting and interviews, Brink Lindsey shows how the economy has grown up amidst the wreckage of the old regime-detailing how that wreckage constrains the present and obscures the future. He conveys a clearer picture of globalization's current state than the current conventional wisdom, providing a framework for anticipating the future direction of the world economy.

Against the Third Way
by Alex Callinicos
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Hardcover (June 2001)
Polity Pr;
ISBN: 0745626742

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The Third Way is the political philosophy of Tony Blair and New Labour in Britain, Bill Clinton in the United States, and Gerhard Schröder in Germany. Defended most forcefully by Anthony Giddens, it claims to offer a strategy for renewing the Centre Left that avoids the free-market liberalism of the New Right and the state socialism of the Old Left.

In Against the Third Way Alex Callinicos develops a fundamental critique of this philosophy. He argues that Third Way governments have continued the neoliberal policies of their conservative predecessors. They have promoted the interests of the multinational corporations, privatized areas where Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher dared not go, and allowed social and economic inequality to continue growing. Callinicos also attacks the theoretical underpinnings of the Third Way. He challenges the idea that the 'knowledge economy' is freeing us from the contradictions of capitalism, denies that New Labour has coherent strategies for achieving greater equality or reconciling the interests of individual and community, and argues that what is called 'political globalization' - the higher profile of international institutions such as NATO, the IMF, and the WTO - masks the assertion of American imperial power.

The best hope for the Left, Callinicos contends, lies in the emergence of an international movement against global capitalism with the protests at Seattle, Prague, and elsewhere. Those who want to see real change should be challenging the logic of the market rather than, like Blair and Clinton, extending its dominion.

All Connected Now: Life in the First Global Civilization
by Walt Anderson, Walter Truett Anderson
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Hardcover - 320 pages (October 9, 2001)
Westview Press;
ISBN: 0813339375

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The trouble with books about globalization is that so many of them seem to focus on economics to the exclusion of everything else. In All Connected Now, author Walter Truett Anderson treats economics as no less important to globalization than culture, politics, and even biology. ("Far less frequently cited than Moore's Law, but likely to be at least as significant for all the world's economics and ecosystems in the years ahead, is the doubling time of genetic information.") The result is a helpful primer on what globalization may have in store for us, written by a two-cheers advocate. Anderson says we now live in a world of open systems: "There are no longer any closed cultural systems in the world, nor are there any closed biological systems; every culture develops new points of articulation with other cultures, every ecosystem is visited by exotic foreigners and affected by global events." "The emergent global civilization" will face many challenges, but it also holds out the promise of "individual human lives richer in meaning and experience than we have ever before imagined possible." --John Miller

The Amoral Elephant : Globalization and the Struggle for Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century
by William K. Tabb
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Paperback - 288 pages (March 2001)
Monthly Review Press;
ISBN: 158367036X

The Follies of Globalisation Theory
by Justin Rosenberg
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Hardcover - 224 pages (June 2001)
Verso Books;
ISBN: 1859846114

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In these pages Justin Rosenberg develops an erudite and lively critique of contemporary globalization theory. He argues that fashionable preoccupations with spatiality have generated deep intellectual confusions that stand in the way of a clear understanding of the modern world. And he shows how these confusions ultimately condemn globalization theorists to a peculiar and quixotic stance: the more clearly they attempt to articulate their arguments, the more equivocal and evasive those arguments

Chomsky and Globalisation
by Jeremy Fox
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Paperback - 80 pages (April 2001)
Totem Books;
ISBN: 184046237X

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Noam Chomsky, hailed by some as the 'Einstein of modern linguistics', is equally well known to others as an uncompromising political dissident and social critic.

This book examines Chomsky's libertarian views on global economic hegemony and the new world order. His position is an unusual one. Though global free trade is today widely celebrated as a path to universal prosperity and a solution to the Third World's economic problems, its advent has seen growth rates actually decline. Chomsky investigates further, revealing that 'free trade' is not free at all - rich powers ignore its rules in order to subsidise their big companies and only the indebted Third World countries are obliged to obey. Many plunge further into debt and, at the hands of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, are forced to watch schools and hospitals close while their economies are restructured to suit Western investment.

Thus, on the ill-balanced scales of global business, the favoured Euroamerican élites must inevitably grow richer, while the rest of the world could revert to the conditions of Blake's 'dark Satanic Mills'.

About the Author
Jeremy Fox used to be a language teacher at UEA in Norwich. He now writes about current affairs and the ways in which global capitalism uses the media to keep us well behaved.

The Coming of Globalization : Its Evolution and Contemporary Consequences
by Richard Langhorne
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Paperback (March 2001)
St. Martin's Press (Short);
ISBN: 0333947185

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The Coming of Globalization provides the basic context for understanding what globalization means for human society in the contemporary world. It first describes the underlying processes which have led to economic, political and cultural globalization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas: global capitalism and global markets; the changing relationship between national governments and their peoples; and the conduct of global international relationships. The author concludes by discussing some likely outcomes, both good and bad.

About the Author
Richard Langhorne is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University.

Fighting the Wrong Enemy : Antiglobal Activists and Multinational Enterprises
by Edward M. Graham, C. Fred Bergsten (Preface)
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Paperback - 255 pages (September 1, 2000)
Institute for International Economics;
ISBN: 0881322725

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Edward M. Graham takes a fresh look at the growing backlash against globalization. He first explores whether the MAI negotiations failed due to political maneuvering by antiglobalist nongovernmental organizations (supported by US organized labor) or because of irreconcilable differences among the negotiating parties over the substance of the issue of foreign direct investment. He then objectively and thoroughly assesses antiglobalist assertions that the activities of multinational firms have had negative effects on workers both in the home (investor) and host (recipient) nations, with a special focus on developing nations.

Feminism, Social Movements, and the Globalization of Democracy
by Catherine Eschle
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Paperback - 272 pages 0 edition (January 1, 2001)
Westview Press;
ISBN: 0813391490 ;

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This book examines the relationship between social movements and democracy in social and political thought in the context of debates about the impact of globalization and in the light of feminist efforts to democratize the polity and the feminist movement itself.

In Feminism, Social Movements, and the Globalization of Democracy Catherine Eschle examines the relationship between social movements and democracy in social and political thought in the context of debates about the exclusions and mobilizations generated by gender hierarchies and the impact of globalization. Eschle considers a range of approaches in social and political thought, from long-standing liberal, republican, Marxist and anarchist traditions, through post-Marxist and post-modernist innovations and recent efforts to theorize democracy and social movements at a global level. The author turns to feminist theory and movement practices--and particularly to black and third world feminist interventions--in debates about the democratization of feminism itself. Eschle discusses the ways in which such debates are increasingly played out on a global scale as feminists grapple with the implication of globalization for movement organization. The author then concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these feminist debates for the theorization of democracy more generally in an era of global transformation.

Five Days That Shook the World: The Battle for Seattle and Beyond
by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Allan Sekula (Photographer), Jeffrey St Clair
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Paperback - 144 pages (January 2001)
Verso Books;
ISBN: 185984779X

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The 1999 World Trade Organization protests will forever be associated with violence. But, outside of Seattle, where the event has been debated ad infinitum, the cause, victims, and perpetrators of that violence have been lost to a haze of media-generated moments that simplified an inspired, multifaceted, and generally nonviolent event. Through eyewitness chronicles of the events in Seattle and demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, muckrakers Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, as well as a handful of other contributing journalists, vividly relive the opening salvos of a new radical movement in America. While they are understandably effusive about the success of the actions, which clearly placed the issues of anti-globalization and economic justice onto the national and international political agendas, the book's emphasis--and its impact--is on what they see as a national trend towards the violent criminalization of protest and the increasing use of paramilitary forces in law enforcement.

Globalisation and Insecurity : Political, Economic, and Physical Challenges
by Barbara Harriss-White (Editor)
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Hardcover - 256 pages (January 2002)
Palgrave;
ISBN: 0333963547

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Nine experts examine the threats to security-physical, political, and economic-and specific aspects of globalization and social responses to these challenges. The revealing essays examine globalization and politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labor, and social security. Barbara Harris-White is Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University, and Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson, College, Oxford.

Globalization and the Challenges of the.New Century: A Reader
by Patrick O'Meara (Editor), Howard D. Mehlinger (Editor), Matthew Krain
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Paperback - 576 pages (May 2000)
Indiana Univ Pr; ISBN: 025321355X ;

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The fact that we live in a globally interconnected world has become a cliché. Scholars, business leaders, and policy makers are increasingly concerned with globalization, yet the study of this phenomenon is still in its infancy. There is little consensus on how to approach the subject of globalization or how our lives will be affected by it. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides an introduction to the topic. It broadens the scope and lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. This book is appropriate for scholars, students, and those generally interested in understanding the changing nature of the world today.

The Globalization of World Politics : An Introduction to International Relations
by John Baylis (Editor), Steve Smith (Editor)
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Paperback (July 1997)
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0198781091

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This comprehensive introductory text focuses on explaining to students without previous knowledge of the subject how contemporary world politics work. An introductory chapter discusses the concept of globalization and summarises the main arguments for and against it. There then follow four sections, covering: * the historical background to contemporary world politics * the main theories that offer explanations of world politics * the structures and processes of world politics * the main issues of contemporary world politics. Each chapter is written by a leading specialist in the field, and uses diagrams, boxes, and discussion points extensively, making this an extremely reader-friendly student text. Each chapter has a guide to further reading and ends with a series of questions.

The Lexus and the Olive Tree : Understanding Globalization
by Thomas L. Friedman

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Paperback - 490 pages 1 Anchor edition (May 2, 2000)
Anchor Books; ISBN: 0385499345 ;

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One day in 1992, Thomas Friedman toured a Lexus factory in Japan and marveled at the robots that put the luxury cars together. That evening, as he ate sushi on a Japanese bullet train, he read a story about yet another Middle East squabble between Palestinians and Israelis. And it hit him: Half the world was lusting after those Lexuses, or at least the brilliant technology that made them possible, and the other half was fighting over who owned which olive tree.
Friedman, the well-traveled New York Times foreign-affairs columnist, peppers The Lexus and the Olive Tree with stories that illustrate his central theme: that globalization--the Lexus--is the central organizing principle of the post-cold war world, even though many individuals and nations resist by holding onto what has traditionally mattered to them--the olive tree.
Problem is, few of us understand what exactly globalization means. As Friedman sees it, the concept, at first glance, is all about American hegemony, about Disneyfication of all corners of the earth. But the reality, thank goodness, is far more complex than that, involving international relations, global markets, and the rise of the power of individuals (Bill Gates, Osama Bin Laden) relative to the power of nations.
No one knows how all this will shake out, but The Lexus and the Olive Tree is as good an overview of this sometimes brave, sometimes fearful new world as you'll find. --Lou Schuler

East Asian Democratization : Impact of Globalization, Culture, and Economy
by Robert W., Jr Compton
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Hardcover (September 2000)
Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275964469

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What is the future of Asian democracy? The Asian Crisis and ongoing globalization suggest that traditional governance is increasingly questioned. Compton explores Asian politics through a cultural lens, and he tests an Asian political development model through quantitative analysis and comparative case studies of Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.
It may be tempting to view political development and democratization in East Asia from a global view and conclude that the contours of democracy will converge throughout the world. However, a close examination of the cultural and economic development of Asian societies suggests a contrary picture. The story of Asia is one of political and economic survival, in which political elites sought to legitimate their authority through the use of both traditional and modern symbols.

A Future Perfect : The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization
by John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge

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Hardcover - 386 pages 1st edition (May 9, 2000)
Times Books; ISBN: 0812930967 ;

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The integration of the world economy is not only reshaping business but also reordering the lives of individuals, creating new social classes, different jobs, unimaginable wealth, and, occasionally, wretched poverty. From Washington to Beijing, politicians are increasingly defined in terms of their attitudes toward globalization. The key political arguments of the next few years--between Islam and the West, Euroskeptics and Europhiles, the new left and the old--will all be variations arising from one underlying conflict: the one between globalizers who want to see the world reshaped in their own image and traditionalists who want to preserve fragments of traditional culture and local independence.
Micklethwait and Wooldridge are advocates of the former, not the latter. In A Future Perfect--a rich synthesis of anecdote, analysis, and argument--they make a strong case both for globalization's economic benefits and its classically liberal underpinnings. They acknowledge frustration with public debates over globalization that "always seem to involve a shuttered textile factory in South Carolina, never a young African child sitting at a computer; always a burning Amazonian forest, never a young Brazilian investment banker; always The Lion King or the Spice Girls, never the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao." A Future Perfect relentlessly reports the upside of globalization--the book is full of stories--and makes the vital point that more than economics is at stake. At bottom, write Micklethwait and Wooldridge, the issue is freedom. They bemoan "restrictions on where people can go, what they can buy, where they can invest, and what they can read, hear, or see. Globalization by its nature brings down these barriers, and it helps to hand the power to choose to the individual."

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Global America : Imposing Liberalism on a Recalcitrant World
by David Mosler, Bob Catley, Robert Catley

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Hardcover (July 2000)
Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275966623

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The United States is the most powerful political agency in the world, supported by the strongest economy, largest educated population, and the most lethal military machine. But it supports the ideals of liberalism and is using its power to try to create a liberal world order. No other state can presently resist this process. Nonetheless, the very libertarian nature of the emerging order--with powerful independent corporations and particularistic nationalisms and cultures--may be beyond the capacity of any single state to manage--even the United States.

The Challenge of Global Capitalism
by Robert Gilpin, Jean M. Gilpin

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Hardcover - 392 pages (February 22, 2000)
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691049351 ;

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"Capitalism is the most successful wealth-creating economic system the world has ever known," declares Robert Gilpin. Yet it has skeptics. "Individual nations and powerful groups within nations that believe the world economy functions unfairly and to their disadvantage, or who wish to change the system to benefit themselves to the detriment of others, are an ever-present threat to the stability of the system." The task, then, is to ensure its survival through wise leadership that provides fair rules governing trade, investment, and currency. At a time when the economies of the world appear more linked than ever, and the tug of even further internationalization feels irresistible, Gilpin says nothing is inevitable. The whole system must rest on secure political foundations--foundations that Gilpin argues have weakened since the end of the cold war. "Growing concern over economic globalization and increased competition have intensified the movement toward economic regionalism and the appeal of protectionism," he writes. The Challenge of Global Capitalism was actually completed before the World Trade Organization's disastrous 1999 meeting in Seattle; after watching the protests unfold there, even the most Pollyannaish observers must admit that Gilpin warns of a real threat. His book will appeal mainly to economists, but serious nonspecialists will also find its sober prose accessible. --John J. Miller

Runaway World : How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives
by Anthony Giddens

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Hardcover - 128 pages 1st edition (April 2000)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415927196 ;

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As director of the London School of Economics, Anthony Giddens is one of the world's foremost academics. He has served as an advisor to both President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair, and is closely tied to the center-left idea of "third-way" politics. In this brief book on globalization (drawn from a series of lectures delivered in 1999), Giddens writes, "We are living through a major period of historical transition." Globalization is reordering societies all over the planet, and although the results are sometimes unpredictable, they are heading in a generally positive direction. But not everybody agrees, as the author freely admits:
The battleground of the twenty-first century will pit fundamentalism against cosmopolitan tolerance. In a globalising world, where information and images are routinely transmitted across the globe, we are all regularly in contact with others who think differently, and live differently, from ourselves. Cosmopolitans welcome and embrace this cultural complexity. Fundamentalists find it disturbing and dangerous. Whether in the areas of religion, ethnic identity, or nationalism, they take refuge in a renewed and purified tradition--and, quite often, violence.

The Globalization Syndrome
by James H. Mittelman

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Paperback - 272 pages (February 28, 2000)
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691009880

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Robert W. Cox, York University
"An impressive book, both for its theoretical interest and its depth of empirical research. James Mittelman's work is distinctive in treating globalization from the standpoint of those who are impacted by it, and especially those who are hurt by it. Anyone convinced of the truth of neoliberal economics should be aware of his arguments, if only to understand the challenge they present. Others, less convinced of the merits of neoliberal economics, will read this book as a call to develop alternative economic, social, and political projects for a future of greater social equity."

Global Capitalism
by Will Hutton (Editor), Anthony Giddens (Editor)
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Hardcover - 256 pages (September 2000)
New Press; ISBN: 1565846486 ;

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Leading experts explore the impact of globalization on capitalism. Capitalism has become the universal social and economic order of our time. But this new capitalism differs from that of previous eras: it is truly global, aided by extraordinary advances in technology and communication, and by unfettered global financial markets. Capitalism has a speed, inevitability, and force that it has not had before. In Global Capitalism, leading political and economic analysts dissect this dangerous new world. Globalization brings new possibilities to capitalism, but also new risks, ranging from the degradation of the environment to the concentrated control of the media by transnational corporations. Global Capitalism charts the contours of contemporary capitalism, analyzes the role of the business firm in the context of increased innovation and competitiveness, and considers whether the new capitalism is compatible with social cohesion and social justice. The contributors discuss capitalism as a form of culture and way of life, and they ask whether it has any viable political rivals.
Contributors:
Ulrich Beck; Manuel Castells; Jeff Faux; Arlie Russell Hochschild; Robert Kuttner; Larry Mishel; Richard Sennett; Vandana Shiva; George Soros; Polly Toynbee; Paul Volcker.

Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
by Dani Rodrik
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Paperback - 128 pages (March 1, 1997)
Inst for Intl Economics; ISBN: 0881322415

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The publisher, Institute for International Economics , June 23, 1997
A balanced, intriguing analysis of economic integration. As the world's economy daily becomes more integrated, more "globalized," so, too grows public anxiety and backlash against the trend. From Republican presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan's protectionist rhetoric in the U.S., to French labor strikes protesting the integration of the European economy, to demonstrations against government policies in South Korea and Japan, reaction to globalization has become global, as well. The governments of both the leading and developing nations appear fully committed to the principle of eliminating borders in the world economy. Yet many of their citizens are fearful of the consequences of globalization, many with good reason. As positions on both sides harden, the debate on the real issues threatens to spiral out of control. In this book, Dani Rodrik examines the effects on governments and people of the new global economy, and the perceptions and attitudes which shape reaction to it. Distinct from other current authors on the subject, he sheds light on the real issues involved, while dispelling the heat generated by advocates on each side. With case studies, proven data and clear, thoughtful prose, Has Globalization Gone Too Far? takes an unblinking and objective look at the benefits--and risks--of the economic New World Order. It goes beyond the the myths and slogans to cast the question in realistic policy--and human--terms. Rodrik makes a unique and persuasive case that the "winners" under globalization have as much at risk as the "losers" from the potential social costs of an unfettered world market.

Seize the Future : How Australia Can Prosper in the New Century
by Alan Oxley
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Paperback (November 2000)
Allen & Unwin; ISBN: 1865082058

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The world is changing rapidly. The Information Age is upon us, shaping a new gloal community. The centre of the world is shfiting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. How will Australia cope in this globalised world? The future is far brighter than most Australians realise, argues Alan Oxley, Chairman of the Australian APEC Study Centre.

The Rise of the Network Society
by Manuel Castells
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Paperback - 594 pages 2nd edition (January 15, 2000)
Blackwell Pub; ISBN: 0631221409

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The Rise of the Network Society, the first volume in a trilogy collectively known as the Information Age, has earned Manuel Castells comparisons to such illustrious social critics as Max Weber and Karl Marx. Just as they worked to make sense of industrial capitalism, so does Castells put forth a systemic analysis of the global informational capitalism that emerged in the last half of the 20th century. While many books have considered the development of increasingly sophisticated information technology, the shifting conditions of employment and responsibility within corporations, or the rise of corporations whose domains are spread out over several nation-states, Castells unites these topics in a comprehensive thesis, negotiating the tightrope between academic sociology and mainstream business analysis..

Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy
by Lori Wallach, Michelle Sforza, Ralph Nader (Preface)
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Paperback - 232 pages (October 7, 1999)
Public Citizen Inc; ISBN: 1582310017 ;

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Whose Trade Organization is a ground-breaking book which documents the five year record of the powerful World Trade Organization(WTO). Based on a year of intensive research, this book reviews the specific cases and outcomes that have made the WTO increasingly controversial worldwide. Not one public health, safety or environmental policy that has been challenged before the WTO has been upheld; all have been found to be "trade barriers," which must be eliminated. Most Americans are unaware that such decisions are being made behind closed doors at the WTO without the most basic due process guarantatees. Whose Trade Organization explores the implications of globalization on accountable, democratic governance by reviewing WTO rules and results regarding the environment; public health; food, workers and product safety; human and labor rights; and developed and developing nation economies.

Dark Victory : The United States and Global Poverty (Transnational Institute)
by Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, Bill Rau (Contributor), Susan George

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Paperback - 160 pages New edition (February 1999)
Food First Books; ISBN: 0935028617 ;

Reviewer: Eric Romsted from Highland Park, NJ
Bello provides a clear, concise and well evidenced argument that the structural adjustment programs of the IMF and World bank have sunk the countries of the global south into deeper and deeper debt and impovereshment. Bello sets this argument in the historical frame of the northern backlash against the rising economic power of the south. He also links the economic philosophy behind adjustment to the widening prosperity gap and falling real wages in the north. A must read for all those curios about the World Bank and IMF and why people are against them.

The Lugano Report : On Preserving Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
by Susan George (Afterword)
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Paperback - 208 pages (September 1, 1999)
Pluto Pr; ISBN: 0745315321 ;

Reviewer: Eric Romsted from New Brunswick, NJ USA
Susan George uses her impressive knowledge of global capitalism to and its effects on the many to look at the picture from the side of the few. The report presents a frightening look at what would be required to preserve the current capitalist order in the face of the increasing impoveritization of an increasingly populous and ecologically strained world.
The report was originally written as a hoax (she was not going to claim authorship), however, for reasons she declines to elaborate on she chose not go through with it. I actually wish she had released it as real, to see the reaction of the elite pundits and media who will now feel secure in ignoring the book.
Even so, it is a worthwile read, primarily as it helps us see what kind of reforms of the global economy would simply tame the excesses of capitalism and thereby make the system only stronger, and what reforms would truely challenge the powers that be.

Stolen Harvest : The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
by Vandana Shiva

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Paperback - 150 pages (December 1999)
South End Pr; ISBN: 0896086070 ;

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"A leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women's rights into a powerful philosophy."