1st Edition
Power and Politics in Globalization The Indispensable State
By Howard H. Lentner
Copyright 2004
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Challenging the conventional view that globalization embodies a new and inexorable process, this book analyzes the political foundations and choices involved in contemporary arrangements in the world. Rather than treating politics as contention for control over an unforeseeable future, the book explains the background by which the world has arrived at its present state. Thus, the author presents a... Read more
1. Globalization and Politics 2. Alternative Conceptions of the Contemporary World 3. Globalization and Power 4. World Problems and Specific State Problems 5. Hegemony: The Liberal International Political Economy 6. Management in the Contemporary World 7. Developmental States and Global Pressures 8. State Responses to Globalizing Pressures 9. Civil Society and Conditions of Peace 10. Citizenship and Public Space in Globalization 11. Malaysia and Southeast Asia in Globalization 12. Summary and Conclusion: Globalization and States References
Biography
Howard Lentner is a senior professor of Political Science at Baruch College and was formerly executive office of the PH.D. program in political science at CUNY Graduate Center.
