Contesting Global Order: Development, global governance, and globalization

by Mittelman; James H.

• ISBN13: 9780415600965
• ISBN10: 0415600960
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-04-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Contesting Global Order traces dominant values and patterns on a world level over the last half century. Including a framing introduction written for the volume, this book presents James H. Mittelman's most influential essays. It offers cross-regional analysis, drawing on his fieldwork in nine countries in Africa and Asia.This research explores mechanisms by which prevailing knowledge about global order is implicated in its deep tensions: chiefly, the impetus for development and global governance embodies aspirations for attaining wellbeing and upholding human dignity; yet market- and state-driven globalization embraces basic ideas inscribed in power, thus increasing vulnerability and making the world more insecure. Rather than exalt one element in this quandary over another, Mittelman shows how different aspects of the relationship collide. Examining cases of specific localities, international organizations, and social movements, this grounded study unveils evolving structures that shape our times. It projects scenarios for future global order and how to make it work for the have-nots.Mittelman consistently forges a critical perspective throughout this collection. His reflections cut against conventions in international studies and, more generally, global order. This volume will be of great interest to all students and practitioners of development, global governance, and globalization. ã

Author Biography

James H. Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs at American University. Previously, he held the Pok Rafeah Chair, National University of Malaysia, and was a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His prior books include The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance (Princeton University Press, 2000) and Hyperconflict: Globalization and Insecurity (Stanford University Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction: framework (2010)	p. 1
Development	p. 27
The Uganda coup and the internationalization of political violence (1972; updated 1975)	p. 29
Underdevelopment and nationalization: banking in Tanzania (1978)	p. 46
Marginalization and the international division of labor: Mozambique's strategy of opening the market (1991)	p. 63
International organization and global governance	p. 79
Collective decolonization and the UN Committee of 24 (1976)	p. 81
Rethinking ôthe new regionalismö in the context of globalization (1996)	p. 97
The globalization of organized crime, the courtesan state, and the corruption of civil society 1999	p. 116
Globalization	p. 137
What is critical globalization studies? (2004)	p. 139
Globalization and environmental resistance politics (1998)	p. 150
Globalization and development: learning from debates in China (2006)	p. 170
Knowledge and power	p. 185
Rethinking the international division of labor in the context of globalization (1995)	p. 187
Conceptualizing resistance to globalization 1997	p. 205
Globalization: an ascendant paradigm? (2002)	p. 217
Conclusion: making globalization work for the have-nots (2002)	p. 231
Notes	p. 243
References	p. 248
Interviews by the author	p. 270
Index	p. 272
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