Globalization in question : the international economy and the possibilities of governance / Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson.
By: Hirst, Paul Q.
Contributor(s): Thompson, Grahame.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 1996Description: 227 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 074561244X ; 0745612458 .Subject(s): International economic relations | International business enterprises | Investments, ForeignDDC classification: 337Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 337 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017936 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Globalization has become a very familiar term in recent years and almost a byword for both the right and the left in their analyses of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is all too often made that a process of globalization is well under way in the contemporary world and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But exactly how should we characterize the present state of the international political economy? Is there such a thing as a genuinely global economy?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-222) and index.
Introduction: Globalization - a necessary myth? -- Globalization and the history of the international economy -- Trade, foreign direct investment and international inequality -- Multinational corporations and the globalization thesis -- Economic backwardness and future prosperity: the developing economies and globalization -- Economic governance issues in general -- The European union as a trade bloc -- Globalization, governance and the nation state -- Conclusion.