Globalization in Question The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance

Name: Globalization in Question The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance
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ISBN: 9780745621647

ISBN-10: 0745621643

ISBN-13: 9780745621647

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson

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'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as a genuinely global economy? Globalization in Question investigates this notion, providing a very different account of the international economy and stressing the possibilities for its continued and extended governance.The new edition of this…

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List price: $38.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 2/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Introduction: Globalization -- a Necessary Myth?


Globalization and the History of the International Economy


The Trade to GDP Ratio Controversy


Multinational Companies and the Internationalization of Business Activity: The Consequences of 'Globalization' for National Systems


North--South Trade and International Competitiveness


The Developing Economies and Globalization


The Asian Crisis


Can the Welfare State Survive Globalization?


Economic Governance Issues in General


The European Union as a Trade Bloc


Globalization, Governance and the Nation-State


Notes


References


Index