Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide

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Richard Sandbrook
SUNY Press, 2003 M01 9 - 280 páginas
Many citizens suspect that the ecological, social, cultural, and political costs of free-market globalization are too high. Yet at the same time they often lack the technical knowledge to assess complex proposals intended to deal with these issues. Written by a uniquely diverse group of academics, policy analysts, and activists, Civilizing Globalization presents in clear, non-technical language the dangers of unfettered global markets, as well as a new vision of globalization regulated to respect social and ecological needs. The contributors show that it is morally and practically imperative to begin thinking about how to deal with this crisis. While no one book can provide a single comprehensive and integrated plan, this volume gives direction and highlights the issues that will be debated for years to come.

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Globalization Who Gains? Who Loses?
14
Who Gains and Who Loses? An Economic Perspective
16
Globalization Neoliberalism and Health
28
Latin America Inequality Poverty and Questionable Democracies
40
Globalization versus Cultural Authenticity? Valentines Day and Hindu Values
54
Adjusting Global Markets to Social Needs
60
Core Labor Standards An Incremental Approach
62
Protecting the Environment from Trade Agreements
76
Recasting the World Trade Organization
158
Can Development Assistance Help?
168
Reforming Global Governance The Continuing Importance of the NationState
182
Building a Global Countermovement
190
GlobalizationfromBelow An Innovative Politics of Resistance
192
Seattle Global Protest Comes of Age
208
GlobalizationfromBelow Letter from Honduras
216
Transnational Union Strategies for Civilizing Labor Standards
222

Financing the Transition to a LowCarbon Future
88
Arts and Culture in World Trade Promoting Cultural Diversity
100
Currency Transaction Tax Curbing Speculation Funding Social Development
112
Reforming Global Governance and Institutions
122
Paths to Reforming Global Governance
124
Democracy and Globalization
140
Alternative Globalization
238
A New Urgency Civilizing Globalization in an Era of Terrorism
254
Contributors
270
Index
274
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Richard Sandbrook is Professor of Political Science at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of many books, including most recently, Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa.

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