Globalization's Contradictions: Geographies of Discipline, Destruction and Transformation

by Dennis Conway (Editor), Nik Heynen (Editor)

Overview

Introduces a critical perspective on debates surrounding globalization for advanced undergraduate and masters students

Broad in scope: scrutinizing political-economic, geopolitical, political, cultural and alternative visions of globalization

Points the way towards future global geographies that are more inclusive and equitable

Strong line of contributors including: John Agnew, Dennis Conway and Don Mitchell

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135986247
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/22/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	733,567
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Conway, Dennis; Heynen, Nik

Table of Contents

Section 1: Globalization and Neoliberalism: Dominating Disciplines 1. Globalization’s Dimensions 2. The Ascendancy of Neoliberalism and Emergence of Contemporary Globalization Section 2: Globalization’s Many Dimensions Globalization’s Macro-Economic Faces Financial Globalization 3. Global Financial Architecture Transitions: Mutations through ‘Roll-back’ Neoliberalism to Technocratic Fixes 4. Multi-local Global Corporations: New Reach - Same Core Locations 5. Systems of Production and International Competitiveness: Prospects for the Developing Nations Globalization’s Unruly Spaces The Globalization of Labor 6. Globalization of Labor: Increasing Complexity, More Unruly Illegal Globalization 7. Unruly spaces: Globalization and Transnational Criminal Economies Globalization’s Geo-Political Faces Political Globalization 8. Geo-Political Globalization: From World Systems to Global City Systems Geographical Globalization 9. Globalization has a Home Address: The Geopolitics of Globalization Cultural Globalization 10. The Globalization of Culture: Geography and the Industrial Production of Culture The Globalization of Fear 11. 'The Globalization of Fear: Fear as a Technology of Governance Section 3: AlternativeVisions: Constructive, Democratic and Hopeful Ecological Globalization 12. The Neoliberalization of the Global Environment Globalization’s Cultural Challenges 13. Globalization’s Cultural Challenges: Homogenization, Hybridization and Heightened Identity Globalization from Below 14. Globalization from Below: Coordinating Global Resistance: Alternative Social Forums, Civil Society and Grassroots Networks Towards ‘Fair Globalization’ 15. Towards ‘Fair Globalization’ : Opposing Neoliberal Destruction, Relying on democratic Institutions & Local Empowerment, and Sustaining Human Development