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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791915703321

Autore

Berry Craig

Titolo

Globalisation and ideology in Britain [[electronic resource] ] : neoliberalism, free trade and the global economy / / Craig Berry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

ISBN

1-84779-795-4

1-78170-185-7

1-84779-420-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

337.41

Soggetti

International economic relations

Globalization

Great Britain Economic policy 1997-

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Great Britain Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Globalisation studies, the materialist bias and the 'third wave'; 2. Political economy and ideology; 3. Competition and change: the case of New Labour; 4. Serving the 'offshore': the case of International Financial Services, London; 5. The free trade dilemma: the case of the Liberal Democrats; 6. Trade justice and development: the case of Oxfam; 7. Capitalism's final phase: the case of the Socialist Workers' Party

Conclusion: towards a new understanding of globalisation in the ideological landscape of British politicsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The 'globalisation' concept has become ubiquitous in British politics, as it has in many countries of the world. This exciting new book examines discourse on foreign economic policy to determine the impact of globalisation across the ideological landscape of British politics.The book critically interrogates the assumption that the idea of



globalisation is derivative solely of neo-liberal ideology by profiling the discourse on globalisation of five political groups involved in making and contesting British foreign economic policy between 1997 and 2009: New Labour, International Financial Servic