City of Gold
, by Westbrook,David A.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415945394 | 0415945399
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/12/2003
David A. Westbrook argues that we live in "the city of gold"--a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets, not states, have become the dominant force in our social life. In this wide-ranging, multi-tiered exploration of our contemporary global political economy, he touches on four major themes: the historical foundation of the city of gold, an assessment of its political scope, its current discontents, and ways to make a better--albeit imperfect--world from within it.