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Globalization and Its Discontents

By: John Wiseman, S. McBride (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 August 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Most analyses of globalization convey the message that it is an unstoppable force sweeping away national sovereignty and inevitably creating a brave new world of borderless and boundless consumerism. In such a context politics and democracy become irrelevant. In contrast, many of the contributions to this book conclude that there are real political choices to be made. Even though the economic context has changed, politics still matter. These studies are grounded in particular historical and national contexts, with each chapter linking broad theoretical and political debates to current and tangible examples. The contradictory aspects of globalization are highlighted as the volatility of the global economy creates a crisis of legitimacy for the advocates of neo-liberal policies, which are premised on stripping away the protections that nation-states used to provide their citizens. This situation creates important opportunities, as well as dangers, for trade union and democratic social movements.

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The authors are to be congratulated. They have made a very useful intervention in these difficult and important debates.' - Peter W. Preston, ASEAN Economic Bulletin

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government International Relations Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Globalisation Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Political Science & Theory Sociology & Anthropology

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Theoretical Perspectives
What is Globalization?	p. 9
The Politics of Globalization and Labour Strategies	p. 24
Political Agency and the Instruments of Globalization
Globalization as Discipline: The Case of Australia and International Finance	p. 41
Creating the Institutions of the Global Economy? Central Bank Independence in Japan and Italy	p. 55
The Right Thing: Globalization and the Policy Process--A Case Study	p. 69
International Financial Institutions, International Capital Flows and Financial Liberalization in Developing Countries	p. 84
Benchmarking, Global Best Practice and Production Renorming in the Australian Coal Industry: The Impact of Globalization	p. 97
Contradictions and Ambiguities
Global Markets and State Power: Explaining the Limited Impact of International Tax Competition	p. 113
The Making of the Citizen Self and Citizen Other: Canada's Non-Immigrant Employment Authorization Programme	p. 129
Globalization and Cross-Border People Movements: The Case of Recent Revisions in US Immigration Legislation	p. 143
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Labour Clause Proposal: A Legal and Political Critique	p. 156
A 'Double Movement': Implications of Globalization and Pluralization for the Canadian Welfare State	p. 170
Crisis, Levels of Action and Alternatives
Economic Turmoil in Asia: A Crisis of Globalization	p. 187
Rethinking Global Strategies	p. 200
Alternatives to Oppressive Globalization	p. 214
Index	p. 227
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