03106nam 2200697Ia 450 991095539940332120251117062857.01-135-27666-81-282-25665-397866122566530-203-87279-7(CKB)1000000000773548(EBL)446691(OCoLC)443020107(SSID)ssj0000192544(PQKBManifestationID)12065466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192544(PQKBWorkID)10197448(PQKB)11335671(MiAaPQ)EBC446691(Au-PeEL)EBL446691(CaPaEBR)ebr10326793(CaONFJC)MIL225665(OCoLC)437142976(EXLCZ)99100000000077354820090210d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLimits to globalization North-South divergence /William R. Thompson and Rafael Reuveny1st ed.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledgec20091 online resource (211 p.)Rethinking globalizations ;21Description based upon print version of record.0-415-77673-2 0-415-77672-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Unreal and unflat worlds; 2 Interpreting economic growth and development; 3 Exploring the North-South gap longitudinally; 4 Geo-economic limits on technological diffusion; 5 Limits on globalization processes; 6 Southern debt crises; 7 Growth and conflict; 8 Southern democracy in the long run; 9 Uneven growth processes and prospects; Appendix; Notes; References; IndexIn the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has loomed, at least for some, as the world system's next crisis carrier, creating winners and losers and trampling on the distinctiveness of local cultures. Yet the liberal assumption is that if the market does its job, the poor will catch up to the rich via trade-driven growth and the economies of developed and less developed countries will gradually converge. Investigating the processes of economic globalization, this book explores whether it is truly a ""global"" process. It examines how globalization is experienced around the worlRethinking globalizations ;21.International economic relationsGlobalizationEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesEconomic conditionsInternational economic relations.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.33714ssgn89.93bclQM 520rvkThompson William R141765Reuveny Rafael734024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955399403321Limits to globalization4482782UNINA