Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Manfred B. Steger  (4)
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A thorough introduction to the many aspects of the complex and controversial phenomenon of globalisation, this straightforward little book shows how globalised culture, economics and politics are linked; explains the views of enthusiasts, opponents and points between; covers everything from trade blocs to Black Blocs; explains the alphabet soup of globalisation (IMF, WTO, NAFTA, etc); and lists books, magazines and links for those who want to read more.
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What is globalisation? To John Kay of the Financial Times it's "anything that people hostile to the modern economy don't like." To James Petras or Noam Chomsky it's nothing more than a fancy new name for old-fashioned imperialism. Some analysts stress how vast sums of money can be moved around the world with a couple of keystrokes, whilst others point out that trade in real, tangible goods is no greater than it was a century ago. Some say that the nation state has had its day, that politicians are powerless in the face of the might and mobility of multi-national corporations whose budgets are bigger than those of medium-sized countries. Critics retort that governments do the bidding of big business not because they have no choice, but because they are run by the same people, from the same families, with the same interest in making life easier for the wealthy at everyone else's expense. Others would shift the focus to culture and information, to CNN, MTV, Big Mac burgers, multinational football teams and Nike running shoes.Go into a Provence bar on holiday and you'll be the only one in a Van Gogh straw hat: the local farmers and truck drivers will be sporting baseball caps advertising the Chicago Bulls or Bacardi rum. When refugees in Kosovo fled the Serbian army or the KLA or NATO bombers, they were wearing Manchester United shirts, Lee Cooper jeans, and counterfeit Rolex watches assembled in Vietnam. Chinese peasants are now more likely to die from smoking Marlborough than in the famines and floods that threatened their forebears. Yet resistance is everywhere. If the IMF, the WTO and the World Bank run the show, then they do so in the face of a travelling carnival of demonstrations and "counter-summits", where the red banners of the old left and labour movement are joined by the green of environmentalism, the black of anarchism, by all the multi-coloured variety of modern protest, and where the playful and the violent vie for TV coverage with more traditional forms of revolt.Meanwhile, Chiapas peasants launch a symbolic armed revolt on the day the North American Free Trade Agreement comes into force, Indian farmers demonstrate against patents that rob them of traditional rights and South Korean factory workers strike against mass redundancies. This book provides a thorough introduction to the many aspects of a complex and controversial phenomenon. Does the spread of the market economy further or hinder the spread of democracy? If global wealth is increasing, why do so many people seem to be growing poorer? Is globalisation the inevitable result of technological progress or does it depend on political decisions which could be reversed? Is the globalisation that we have the only one we could have? Which way is the world's economy heading? And what happened to the era of peace that we were promised when the Cold War staggered to an end?
A thorough introduction to the many aspects of the complex and controversial phenomenon of globalisation, this straightforward little book shows how globalised culture, economics and politics are linked; explains the views of enthusiasts, opponents and points between; covers everything from trade blocs to Black Blocs; explains the alphabet soup of globalisation (IMF, WTO, NAFTA, etc); and lists books, magazines and links for those who want to read more.
Synopsis
What is globalisation? To John Kay of the Financial Times it's "anything that people hostile to the modern economy don't like." To James Petras or Noam Chomsky it's nothing more than a fancy new name for old-fashioned imperialism. Some analysts stress how vast sums of money can be moved around the world with a couple of keystrokes, whilst others point out that trade in real, tangible goods is no greater than it was a century ago. Some say that the nation state has had its day, that politicians are powerless in the face of the might and mobility of multi-national corporations whose budgets are bigger than those of medium-sized countries. Critics retort that governments do the bidding of big business not because they have no choice, but because they are run by the same people, from the same families, with the same interest in making life easier for the wealthy at everyone else's expense. Others would shift the focus to culture and information, to CNN, MTV, Big Mac burgers, multinational football teams and Nike running shoes.Go into a Provence bar on holiday and you'll be the only one in a Van Gogh straw hat: the local farmers and truck drivers will be sporting baseball caps advertising the Chicago Bulls or Bacardi rum. When refugees in Kosovo fled the Serbian army or the KLA or NATO bombers, they were wearing Manchester United shirts, Lee Cooper jeans, and counterfeit Rolex watches assembled in Vietnam. Chinese peasants are now more likely to die from smoking Marlborough than in the famines and floods that threatened their forebears. Yet resistance is everywhere. If the IMF, the WTO and the World Bank run the show, then they do so in the face of a travelling carnival of demonstrations and "counter-summits", where the red banners of the old left and labour movement are joined by the green of environmentalism, the black of anarchism, by all the multi-coloured variety of modern protest, and where the playful and the violent vie for TV coverage with more traditional forms of revolt.Meanwhile, Chiapas peasants launch a symbolic armed revolt on the day the North American Free Trade Agreement comes into force, Indian farmers demonstrate against patents that rob them of traditional rights and South Korean factory workers strike against mass redundancies. This book provides a thorough introduction to the many aspects of a complex and controversial phenomenon. Does the spread of the market economy further or hinder the spread of democracy? If global wealth is increasing, why do so many people seem to be growing poorer? Is globalisation the inevitable result of technological progress or does it depend on political decisions which could be reversed? Is the globalisation that we have the only one we could have? Which way is the world's economy heading? And what happened to the era of peace that we were promised when the Cold War staggered to an end?
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