1st Edition
An Unruly World? Globalization, Governance and Geography
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Unruly World explores the diverse conundrums thrown up by seemingly unruly globalization. Examining how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game, in a wide variety of different places, domains, and sectors, the authors focus on a wide range of issues: from analysis of 'soft capitalism', and the post-Cold War organizational drives of international trade unions, to the... Read more
List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 NEGOTIATING UNRULY PROBLEMATICS, 2 THE RISE OF SOFT CAPITALISM, 3 GLOBAL FLOWMATIONS, LOCAL FUNDAMENTALISMS, AND FAST GEOPOLITICS: “AMERICA” IN AN ACCELERATING WORLD ORDER, 4 FROM FEDERAL WELFARE TO LOCAL WORKFARE? REMAKING CANADA’S WORK-WELFARE REGIME, 5 GEO-GOVERNANCE IN TRADE AND FINANCE AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF DISSENT, 6 PRODUCING GLOBALIZATION: APPAREL AND THE AUSTRALIAN STATE, 7 OF BLOCS, FLOWS AND NETWORKS: THE END OF THE COLD WAR, CYBERSPACE, AND THE GEO-ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED LABOR AT THE FIN DE MILLÉNAIRE, 8 MAGHREBIN IMMIGRATION, FRANCE, AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE “SPATIAL VENT”, 9 EXCAVATING NATURE: ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES AND DISCURSIVE REGULATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY, Index 245
Biography
Andrew Herod, Geroid O Tuathail, Susan M. Roberts
'Overall, this is a book that has to be read. It extends the debate on globalization and provides much to build on and react to.' - Environment and Planning, Vol 16, 1998
