Vulnerability and Violence The Impact of Globalization

Name: Vulnerability and Violence The Impact of Globalization
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ISBN: 9780745322872

ISBN-10: 0745322875

ISBN-13: 9780745322872

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peadar Kirby

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'Vulnerability' is now a key term in globalisation studies. It is used to describe how globalisation impacts on individual security, local communities and even global flows of trade, finance and investment. Yet there has been little attempt to interrogate the term and what it is trying to express about globalisation. Peadar Kirby examines what is really meant by 'vulnerability' and links it to new forms of violence that have resulted from decreased security and social cohesion. He argues that vulnerability and violence are characteristic features of a new world order dominated by neoliberal globalisation. Illustrating his argument with a wealth of examples taken from all over the world --…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 2/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Boxes


Preface



Globalisation, Vulnerability and Violence



Description



Risk's New Riskiness



Coping with Risk



Diagnosis



The Political Economy of Globalisation



Globalisation's Cultural Worlds



Interrogation



Society and Market



The Individual and Society



Remedies



'So What Should We Do?'



Contesting Globalisation


Bibliography


Index