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Introducing globalization [[electronic resource] ] : ties, tensions, and uneven integration / / Matthew Sparke
| Introducing globalization [[electronic resource] ] : ties, tensions, and uneven integration / / Matthew Sparke |
| Autore | Sparke Matthew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 491 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
International economic integration
Globalization |
| ISBN |
9781118241110
1118241118 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796071403321 |
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introducing globalization : ties, tensions, and uneven integration / / Matthew Sparke
| Introducing globalization : ties, tensions, and uneven integration / / Matthew Sparke |
| Autore | Sparke Matthew |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 491 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
International economic integration
Globalization |
| ISBN |
9781118241110
1118241118 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Globalization -- 1.1 Introducing a World of Interdependency and a Word -- 1.1.1 Globalization as integration -- 1.1.2 Globalization as buzzword -- 1.2 The Networks of Global Interdependency -- 1.2.1 The interdependencies of commodities -- 1.2.2 The interdependencies of workers -- 1.2.3 The interdependencies of money -- 1.2.4 The interdependencies of the law -- 1.2.5 The interdependencies of governance -- 1.2.6 The interdependencies of space -- 1.2.7 The interdependencies of health -- 2 Discourse -- 2.1 Globalization as Dominant Discourse -- 2.1.1 The myth of newness -- 2.1.2 The myth of inevitability -- 2.1.3 The myth of global leveling -- 2.2 Dissident Discourse on Globalization -- 3 Commodities -- 3.1 What is a Commodity? -- 3.2 World Trade -- 3.3 Commodity Chains -- 3.3.1 The emergence of global competition -- 3.3.2 The development of global management -- 3.4 TNCs -- 3.4.1 When? -- 3.4.2 Why? -- 3.4.3 Where? -- 3.4.4 How? -- 4 Labor -- 4.1 Interdependence and the Far-from-Flat World of Workers -- 4.2 The Changing Geographical Division of Labor -- 4.3 The Changing Social Divisions of Labor -- 4.3.1 Changing pattern of class division -- 4.3.2 Changing pattern of gender division -- 4.3.3 Changing patterns of racial division -- 4.4 Transnational Responses of Organized Labor -- 5 Money -- 5.1 The Meanings of Money -- 5.2 From Bretton Woods to the Rise of Global Finance -- 5.2.1 From Bretton Woods to the breakdown of the dollar-gold peg -- 5.2.2 Floating exchange rates and the development of the global casino -- 5.2.3 Floating exchange rates and global recession -- 5.2.4 The rise of debt-based dollar dominance -- 5.3 Debt, Inequality, and Global Poverty Management.
5.3.1 The development of the debt crises -- 5.3.2 Debt and dispossession -- 5.3.3 Structural adjustment -- 5.3.4 From debt rescheduling to debt relief -- 5.3.5 Microcredit and microfinance -- 6 Law -- 6.1 Trade Agreements and the Globalization of Commercial Law -- 6.1.1 Competition -- 6.1.2 Harmonization -- 6.1.3 Monopolization -- 6.2 Courts, Human Rights, and Judicial Globalization -- 6.3 Social Justice and the Grassroots Globalization of Law -- 6.3.1 Cross-border judicial reform and harmonization -- 6.3.2 Use of existing courts to fight transnational social justice cases -- 6.3.3 Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) -- 7 Governance -- 7.1 The End of the Nation-State? -- 7.1.1 New-ness and national-state sovereignty -- 7.1.2 Inevitability and national-state authority -- 7.1.3 Leveling and national-state hegemony -- 7.2 Inter-Governmental Institutions of Global Governance -- 7.2.1 The IMF, World Bank, and the Institutionalization of American Interest -- 7.2.2 Structural adjustment and the global entrenchment of "good governance" -- 7.3 Non-Governmental Organizations of Global Governance -- 7.3.1 How are NGOs and their practices governed? -- 7.3.2 How does NGO governance relate to global governance? -- 8 Space -- 8.1 Uneven Development, Geopolitics, and Geoeconomics -- 8.1.1 Between territorial fixing and geographical expansion -- 8.2 Global Cities and Speculative Urbanism -- 8.3 Enclaves, Slums, and Citizenship -- 9 Health -- 9.1 Interdependent Ecologies of Global Change -- 9.1.1 Global environmental change and health -- 9.2 Molecular Biomedicine and Global Health -- 9.3 Globalization and Global Determinants of Health -- 10 Responses -- 10.1 Globalization and the Three "R"s: Reaction, Resilience, and Resistance -- 10.2 Reaction and Resistance to Global Neoliberalization -- 10.2.1 "Fair trade" versus "free trade". 10.2.2 Protecting the public versus privatization -- 10.2.3 Re-regulating versus deregulating business -- 10.2.4 Spending on education, health, and social services versus austerity -- 10.2.5 Wealth redistribution versus tax cuts -- 10.2.6 Tax Forex markets versus chasing foreign investment -- 10.2.7 Global worker solidarity and social justice versus de-unionization -- 10.2.8 Local food and environmental security verusus export-led development -- 10.2.9 Debt relief and local bartering versus anti-inflationary monetarism -- 10.2.10 Promote open-source shared science on global priorities versus patents -- 10.3 Resilience and Resistance in the Global University -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807899803321 |
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Sparke Matthew
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introducing Globalization [[electronic resource] ] : Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration
| Introducing Globalization [[electronic resource] ] : Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration |
| Autore | Sparke Matthew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (509 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.48/2
303.482 327 |
| Soggetto topico |
Globalization
International economic integration POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-15880-3
1-118-24110-X 1-118-24111-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Globalization; 1.1 Introducing a World of Interdependency and a Word; 1.1.1 Globalization as integration; 1.1.2 Globalization as buzzword; 1.2 The Networks of Global Interdependency; 1.2.1 The interdependencies of commodities; 1.2.2 The interdependencies of workers; 1.2.3 The interdependencies of money; 1.2.4 The interdependencies of the law; 1.2.5 The interdependencies of governance; 1.2.6 The interdependencies of space; 1.2.7 The interdependencies of health
2 Discourse2.1 Globalization as Dominant Discourse; 2.1.1 The myth of newness; 2.1.2 The myth of inevitability; 2.1.3 The myth of global leveling; 2.2 Dissident Discourse on Globalization; 3 Commodities; 3.1 What is a Commodity?; 3.2 World Trade; 3.3 Commodity Chains; 3.3.1 The emergence of global competition; 3.3.2 The development of global management; 3.4 TNCs; 3.4.1 When?; 3.4.2 Why?; 3.4.3 Where?; 3.4.4 How?; 4 Labor; 4.1 Interdependence and the Far-from-Flat World of Workers; 4.2 The Changing Geographical Division of Labor; 4.3 The Changing Social Divisions of Labor 4.3.1 Changing pattern of class division4.3.2 Changing pattern of gender division; 4.3.3 Changing patterns of racial division; 4.4 Transnational Responses of Organized Labor; 5 Money; 5.1 The Meanings of Money; 5.2 From Bretton Woods to the Rise of Global Finance; 5.2.1 From Bretton Woods to the breakdown of the dollar-gold peg; 5.2.2 Floating exchange rates and the development of the global casino; 5.2.3 Floating exchange rates and global recession; 5.2.4 The rise of debt-based dollar dominance; 5.3 Debt, Inequality, and Global Poverty Management; 5.3.1 The development of the debt crises 5.3.2 Debt and dispossession5.3.3 Structural adjustment; 5.3.4 From debt rescheduling to debt relief; 5.3.5 Microcredit and microfinance; 6 Law; 6.1Trade Agreements and the Globalization of Commercial Law; 6.1.1 Competition; 6.1.2 Harmonization; 6.1.3 Monopolization; 6.2Courts, Human Rights, and Judicial Globalization; 6.3Social Justice and the Grassroots Globalization of Law; 6.3.1 Cross-border judicial reform and harmonization; 6.3.2 Use of existing courts to fight transnational social justice cases; 6.3.3 Transnational advocacy networks (TANs); 7 Governance 7.1 The End of the Nation-State?7.1.1 New-ness and national-state sovereignty; 7.1.2 Inevitability and national-state authority; 7.1.3 Leveling and national-state hegemony; 7.2 Inter-Governmental Institutions of Global Governance; 7.2.1 The IMF, World Bank, and the Institutionalization of American Interest; 7.2.2 Structural adjustment and the global entrenchment of "good governance"; 7.3 Non-Governmental Organizations of Global Governance; 7.3.1 How are NGOs and their practices governed?; 7.3.2 How does NGO governance relate to global governance?; 8 Space 8.1 Uneven Development, Geopolitics, and Geoeconomics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463142903321 |
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Sparke Matthew
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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