From world order to global disorder [[electronic resource] ] : states, markets, and dissent / / Dorval Brunelle ; translated by Richard Howard

• Autore: Brunelle Dorval
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; Regionalism; International economic relations
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Politics and government 1935-
• Note generali: Translation of: Dérive globale.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Building the Postwar Order -- Welfare States and Social Rights -- Internationalism versus Regionalism in the Cold War -- Canada and the Cold War: The Shift to Regionalism -- Canada-US Free Trade: From the Regional to the Global -- Features of a Global Order -- Consultation or Contention: Social Movements and Globalization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Anti-globalization activism world-wide attests to the tensions between globalization and civil society. To better understand this fraught relationship, Dorval Brunelle compares two social orders separated by a half-century. The post-World War II order entailed a broad vision uniting three complementary objectives � security, justice, and welfare � which were entrusted to a network of international and national institutions. In contrast, globalization, with wealth as its only objective, is undermining and overhauling the values and institutions of the previous order, including the United Nations and the welfare state. From World Order to Global Disorder demonstrates the profound effect of globalization on relations between the state, civil society, and markets, as well as on collective and individual rights. As neo-liberalism evolves into globalization, governments are eschewing their role as public guardians and are instead bartering the very assets and resources their citizens' labour and activism created and preserved. However, no constitution makes governments owners of collective assets: governments are merely trustees. In this context, the world's citizens have a tremendous task before them: in the wake of the welfare state, their social forums are indispensable in the quest for a more just and equitable world.
• Titolo autorizzato: From world order to global disorder
• ISBN: 1-282-59334-X; 9786612593345; 0-7748-5557-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825151003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II