Globalization and Its Critics challenges the claim that globalization is a clearly understood phenomena whose effects are well known and easily accounted for. It explores the categories we use to think about globalization, the dynamics which are driving it, and the effects which globalizing tendencies are having on the key institutional features of the contemporary world. The contributors examine not only how globalization is refashioning political and economic institutions, but also the way in which specific forms of knowledge and technology are shaping the ongoing dynamic of globalization....
Globalization and Its Critics challenges the claim that globalization is a clearly understood phenomena whose effects are well known and easily accoun...
The New Regional Politics of Development assesses the various development strategies being pursued in each of the major regions of the world. While huge inequalities in wealth and capacity remain a hallmark of the twenty-first century world order, the contributors argue that hard and fast distinctions between developed and developing states are outdated and inhibit our understanding of the real relationships and dynamics at work.
The New Regional Politics of Development assesses the various development strategies being pursued in each of the major regions of the world....
During the 1980s, the nature of modern politics in the Caribbean changed. This book examines the origins of nationalist politics in the Caribbean and reviews the crisis years of the 1970s. Subsequent chapters focus on the events and legacies of the 1980s.
During the 1980s, the nature of modern politics in the Caribbean changed. This book examines the origins of nationalist politics in the Caribbean and ...
Although the phrase 'North-South' divide is not heard so much these days, what separates rich countries from poor countries is a question that is still very much with us. Anthony Payne offers a new way of thinking about these issues, grounded in the insights of global political economy and interpreting contemporary global politics as a contest between the development strategies of competing countries.
Although the phrase 'North-South' divide is not heard so much these days, what separates rich countries from poor countries is a question that is stil...
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. In Civic Capitalism, Colin Hay and Anthony Payne build on their influential analysis of the crisis of the Anglo-liberal growth model to set out a coherent account of the steps required to build an alternative that is more sustainable socially, economically and environmentally.
They argue that it is time to move on from the Anglo-liberal model...
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do ...
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. In Civic Capitalism, Colin Hay and Anthony Payne build on their influential analysis of the crisis of the Anglo-liberal growth model to set out a coherent account of the steps required to build an alternative that is more sustainable socially, economically and environmentally.
They argue that it is time to move on from the Anglo-liberal model...
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do ...
