Globalization, Wealth, and Power in the Twenty-first Century

by Nester, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780230107014
• ISBN10: 023010701X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

We live in a world increasingly shaped by the forces of globalization or interdependence as all the world's countries and individuals, in varying degrees and ways, are drawn into an ever more complex economic, political, technological, ethical, communications, transportation, and cultural web. Ever denser interdependence at once increases the array of international conflicts and reduces the threat or use of violence, known as geopolitics, in resolving them. In those nonviolent conflicts, known as geoeconomics, states and other international and transnational groups assert their interests by wielding an appropriate array of nonviolent sources of power. Disputes over trade, intellectual property, economic development, multinational corporations, industrial policy, and the environment are among the most prominent geoeconomic conflicts.Globalization, Wealth, and Power in the Twenty-first Centuryoffers an in-depth exploration of all dimensions of the subject, including a chapter each on the creation and assertion of geoeconomic power; globalization and identity; foreign policy making and the assertion of national interests; strategies for economic development; international law and organizations; the rivalries among the economic superpowers; the internal and international forces which explain why most countries remain mired in poverty; the conflicts between the poor on the rich countries; and the global environmental crises threatening the future of humanity.

Author Biography

William Nester is Professor of Government and Politics at St. John’s University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Theories and Realities of Global Wealth and Power	p. 7
Who Are You?: Identity and Globalization	p. 29
National Interests, Foreign Policy, and Global Politics	p. 49
Wealth, Power, and the Global Community	p. 77
Strategies for Success in the Global Economy	p. 93
Global Battles among the Economic Superpowers	p. 113
The Global Development of Underdevelopment	p. 145
Rich versus Poor in the Global Economy	p. 181
The Global Environmental Crises	p. 211
Consequences	p. 243
Notes	p. 251
Index	p. 271
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