Globalization in Question

by Hirst, Paul; Thompson, Grahame; Bromley, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780745641522
• ISBN10: 0745641520
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-06
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as a genuinely global economy? Globalization in Question investigates this notion, providing a very different account of the international economy and stressing the possibilities for its continued and extended governance. The new edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new issues which have become salient in the period since the first and second editions were published. Several new chapters have been added and others combined or re-written to assess the growing supra-national regionalization of the international economy, the emergence of India and China as new super-powers, and the possibilities for the continued governance of the global system. A new author has been added to strengthen the analytical embrace of the book given the untimely death of Paul Hirst in 2003. Globalization in Question, Third Edition, is a continuing intervention into current discussions about the nature and prospects of globalization. The book has far-reaching implications which will be of interest to students and academics in a number of disciplines including politics, sociology, economics and geography, as well as to journalists and policy-makers.

Author Biography

Paul Hirst (deceased) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.

Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the Open University.

Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University.

Table of Contents

Figures	p. vi
Tables	p. viii
Preface	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiv
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Introduction: The Contours of Globalization	p. 1
Globalization and the History of the International Economy	p. 24
Multinational Companies and the Internationalization of Business Activity	p. 68
Globalization and International Competitiveness	p. 101
Emerging Markets and the Advanced Economies	p. 131
Supranational Regionalization or Globalization?	p. 158
General Governance Issues	p. 190
Globalization, Governance and the Nation-State	p. 219
Notes	p. 247
References	p. 253
Index	p. 275
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