The Political Economy of Globalization [Paperback]

The Political Economy of Globalization brings together original chapters by leading authorities to provide much-needed evidence and analysis in relation to a highly contentious phenomenon and concept. The book shows how investment patterns are being transformed, a global civil society is emerging, and governments are losing control of national currencies. However, it also makes it clear that globalization does not prohibit strong governments from maintaining a welfare state and good working conditions and how they can co-operate to manage the flow of goods, money, people, and problems across borders.The Political Economy of Globalization brings together original chapters by leading authorities to provide much-needed evidence and analysis in relation to a highly contentious phenomenon and concept. The book shows how investment patterns are being transformed, a global civil society is emerging, and governments are losing control of national currencies. However, it also makes it clear that globalization does not prohibit strong governments from maintaining a welfare state and good working conditions and how they can co-operate to manage the flow of goods, money, people, and problems across borders.

The Political Economy of Globalization; N.Woods.- The New Geography of Foreign Direct Investment; J. Dunning.- Trade, Regionalism and the Threat to Multilateralism; D.Tussie & N.Woods.- Money in a Globalized World; B.Cohen.- Globalization and National Autonomy; G.Garrett.- Globalization as a Mode of Thinking in Major Institutional Actors; T.Biersteker.- Global Civil Society; J.A.Scholte.- Globalization and International Institutions; N.Woods.

NGAIRE WOODS is Fellow and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University College, Oxford.Provides an up to date, accessible, analysis of how globalization has transformed the key actors in the global economy
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