Critical Theories of Globalization An Introduction
by El-Ojeili, Chamsy; Hayden, PatrickFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-26
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
This highly accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences. Exploring the insights of a wide range of critical theorists, this book argues that debates about globalization cannot be divorced from struggles for emancipation or from the contradictory realities of contemporary society. Clearly organized around thematic chapters designed to provoke student inquiry, the book demonstrates how the views of critical theorists are crucial to understanding the global processes shaping the world today.
Table of Contents
| List of Boxes | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Theorizing Globalization: Introducing the Challenge | p. 5 |
| Introduction | p. 5 |
| Critical theory | p. 5 |
| Defining globalization | p. 12 |
| Perspectives on globalization | p. 14 |
| Globalization in history | p. 16 |
| Theories of social change | p. 28 |
| 'Development' and 'modernity' | p. 39 |
| Conclusion | p. 47 |
| Economic Globalization | p. 49 |
| Introduction | p. 49 |
| Capitalism, social democracy, and neoliberalism | p. 49 |
| Neoliberalism and the IMF, World Bank, and WTO | p. 55 |
| Global finance | p. 59 |
| New technology | p. 61 |
| Trade and multinational corporations | p. 62 |
| Environmental commodification | p. 71 |
| Global stratification | p. 75 |
| Work | p. 80 |
| Tourism, global cities, and slums | p. 83 |
| Conclusion | p. 87 |
| Globalization and Politics | p. 89 |
| Introduction | p. 89 |
| The nation-state | p. 89 |
| The decline of state power? | p. 95 |
| Challenges to the state | p. 107 |
| A changing political culture? | p. 125 |
| Conclusion | p. 132 |
| Cultural Globalization | p. 134 |
| Introduction | p. 134 |
| Cultural production and the cultural industries | p. 135 |
| Globalization as cultural imperialism | p. 139 |
| Identity and globalization | p. 149 |
| 'Defensive identities' and the 'clash of civilizations' | p. 153 |
| Conclusion | p. 176 |
| Resisting Globalization: The Alternative Globalization Movement | p. 178 |
| Introduction | p. 178 |
| Social movements | p. 178 |
| The emergence and eclipse of the socialist movement | p. 181 |
| The emergence of the alternative globalization movement | p. 186 |
| Alternative globalization as postmodern socialism? | p. 198 |
| Concluding comments and reflections on utopia: 'another world is possible' | p. 210 |
| Bibliography | p. 214 |
| Index | p. 234 |
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