Demystifying Globalization (Globalization and Governance)

by David Marsh (Author), Colin Hay (Author), Colin Hay (Author), David Marsh (Author)

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2000
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Globalization, within academic, political and business circles alike, conjures an ever growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. They expose, challenge and demystify many of the exaggerated and overgeneralized claims made about globalization, whilst developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the world we inhabit and the processes currently reconfiguring it.

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Globalization, within academic, political and business circles alike, conjures an ever growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. They expose, challenge and demystify many of the exaggerated and overgeneralized claims made about globalization, whilst developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the world we inhabit and the processes currently reconfiguring it.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Edition: 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 10 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0333778952
ISBN 13: 9780333778951
Book Overview: ATTILA AGH Head of Political Science, Budapest University of Economics and Director, Hungarian Centre for Democracy Studies ANDREAS BUSCH Lecturer, Political Science Department, Heidelberg University JOHN CLAMMER Professor of Comparative Sociology and Asian Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo NGAI-LING SUM Simon Research Fellow, International Centre for Labour Studies, Manchester University PETER J. TAYLOR Professor of Geography, University of Loughborough NIGEL THRIFT Professor of Geography, University of Bristol DANIEL WINCOTT Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham

Media Reviews

'With welcome scholarly care and attention, this hugely impressive book takes a step back from the often frenzied discussions about globalization. The result is an important volume that supplies both a comprehensive survey of debates about globalization and a series of penetrating interventions into that literature. It is a book that should become essential reading for all students of comparative and international political economy'. - Ben Rosamond, University of Warwick '...a welcome addition to the growing list of publications on the new global economy.- Constantine E. Passaris, Review of Political Economy

Author Bio

Colin Hay is Professor of Government and Comparative Public Policy at Sciences Po, Paris and Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield, where he co-founded the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). He is the author of a number of books including The Failure of Anglo-Liberal Capitalism and The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism (with Daniel Wincott). He is editor of the journals Comparative European PoliticS and British Politics (both published by Palgrave Macmillan) and New Political Economy (Taylor & Francis).