Globalization and Insecurity Political, Economic and Physical Challenges,9780333963548

Globalization and Insecurity Political, Economic and Physical Challenges

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ISBN13: 9780333963548
ISBN10: 0333963547
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-02-23
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Barbara Harris-White is Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University, and Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson, College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Notes on the Contributors x
Globalization, Insecurities and Responses: an Introductory Essay
1(42)
Barbara Harriss-White
Economic Globalism and Political Universalism: Conflicting Issues?
43(32)
Samir Amin
Global Capitalism and National Politics
75(33)
Colin Leys
Globalization and Sustainability
108(29)
Wolfgang Sachs
The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between States and the Problem of Globalization
137(12)
Ian Brownlie
The Security of International Finance
149(24)
Valpy FitzGerald
Global Business in Search of Security
173(11)
John Kay
Globalization and the Means of Destruction: Physical Insecurity and the Weapons Industry at the Turn of the Millennium
184(19)
Susan Willett
Labour in the Age of Globalization
203(15)
Robin Cohen
The Sustainability of Welfare States: Reshaping Social Protection
218(15)
Gosta Esping-Andersen
Index 233

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