- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Polity Press (4 July 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0745613527
- ISBN-13: 978-0745613529
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
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′Its aim, in an age of popular disillusionment with conventional electoral politics, of reinvigorating grassroots social movements is laudable.′
The Times Higher Education Supplement
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′A weighty and authoritative analysis of global apartheid, full of fresh thought and dazzling detail... As a source of ideas, facts, references, the most improbable of quotations, and signposts to further reading, it is an invaluable reference work for educators; as a source of inspiration, it is an epic antidote against little Englanders or indeed, little Europeanists.′ WEA Journal Report Book
′More than other books which have covered the same ground, this one offers the reader a simple and powerful metaphor to understand the impact of complicated economic processes – global apartheid.′
Christian Aid News
′In spite of the serious message to Western politicians this is a hopeful and encouraging book which points the way forward for both rich and poorer nations ... Unravelling Global Apartheid will inspire both locally and globally.′ Perspectives
′Alexander is to be congratulated on the precision and persistence with which he develops his core argument and on the inter–disciplinary breadth of his vision ... the book will have a useful role as a kind of polemical textbook to read alongside alternatives.′ Democratization
′Those with a clear understanding of how the world is changing are most likely to be able to shape the future. Globalisation offers greater prosperity but also the threat of growing inequality. Acting only at national level we will not be able to meet these challenges. But acting together there is much we can achieve. We should take the arguments and analysis in this book very seriously.′
Rt Hon Clare Short MP, Secretary of State for International Development
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Unravelling Global Apartheid provides a clearly written overview of global problems as well as a vigorous analysis of the underlying causes and strategies for dealing with them.
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A powerful metaphore to understand the world economy
15 Sep 1998
Format:Paperback
More than other books which have covered the same ground, this one offers a powerful metaphor to understand the impact of complicated economic processes. The book explains that deepening inequality between rich and poor nations is a form of separate development comparable to apartheid in South Africa. The result could be a world in which small numbers of metrapolitan, wealthy elites enjoy thr fruits of modern technology while the vast majority are lucky to have a job or are excluded and marginalised. The hope in this book comes from the analysis of the process which brought apartheid to an end in South Africa, to suggest that there are many ways for us to take part in creating a more just, democratic system of global governance. Andrew Simms, Christian Aid News
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A weighty and authoritative analysis full of fresh thought
15 Sep 1998
Format:Paperback
Alexander analyses the way in which liberalisation of global finance and trade is increasing economic insecurity and environmental pressures. In many countries this is producing a protectionist backlash and ethnic conflict which has disturbing parallels with the evolution of apartheid in South Africa. The book describes the complex process which brought apartheid to an end in South Africa, drawing hopeful lessons for overcoming global inequality. At a time when economic and ethnic conflict is increasing, this book warns of the dangers of sectional solutions and offers creative political strategies for a more just, democratic system of global governance. This book attempts to go to the heart of the matter. It is a sweeping, provocative, fact-filled overview of world economics, politics, governance, poverty and inequality. As a source of ideas, references, the most improbable of quotations, and signposts to further reading, it is an invaluable reference work for educators. As a source of inspiration, it is an epic antidote to little Englanders, or indeed, little Westerners of any kind. As a source of solutions, I'm not so sure. The question of how to mobilise on a global scale the sort of movement that was needed to defeat apartheid in South Africa is not convincingly answered. But maybe I'm just an old fashioned trade unionist. Decide for yourself!
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