Critical Theories of Globalization An

This highly accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences. Exploring the insights of a wide range of critical theorists, this book argues that debates about globalization cannot be divorced from struggles for emancipation or from the contradictory realities of contemporary society. Clearly organized around thematic chapters designed to provoke student inquiry, the book demonstrates how the views of critical theorists are crucial to understanding the global processes shaping the world today.

Chamsy el-Ojeili is Lecturer in Sociology at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Patrick Hayden is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK

List of Boxes

vii

Acknowledgments

viii

Introduction

1

(4)

1 Theorizing Globalization: Introducing the Challenge

5

(44)

Introduction

5

(1)

Critical theory

5

(7)

Defining globalization

12

(2)

Perspectives on globalization

14

(2)

Globalization in history

16

(12)

Theories of social change

28

(11)

'Development' and 'modernity'

39

(8)

Conclusion

47

(2)

2 Economic Globalization

49

(40)

Introduction

49

(1)

Capitalism, social democracy, and neoliberalism

49

(6)

Neoliberalism and the IMF, World Bank, and WTO

55

(4)

Global finance

59

(2)

New technology

61

(1)

Trade and multinational corporations

62

(9)

Environmental commodification

71

(4)

Global stratification

75

(5)

Work

80

(3)

Tourism, global cities, and slums

83

(4)

Conclusion

87

(2)

3 Globalization and Politics

89

(45)

Introduction

89

(1)

The nation-state

89

(6)

The decline of state power?

95

(12)

Challenges to the state

107

(18)

A changing political culture?

125

(7)

Conclusion

132

(2)

4 Cultural Globalization

134

(44)

Introduction

134

(1)

Cultural production and the cultural industries

135

(4)

Globalization as cultural imperialism

139

(10)

Identity and globalization

149

(4)

'Defensive identities' and the 'clash of civilizations'

153

(23)

Conclusion

176

(2)

5 Resisting Globalization: The Alternative Globalization Movement

178

(36)

Introduction

178

(1)

Social movements

178

(3)

The emergence and eclipse of the socialist movement

181

(5)

The emergence of the alternative globalization movement

186

(12)

Alternative globalization as postmodern socialism?

198

(12)

Concluding comments and reflections on utopia: 'another world is possible'

210

(4)

Bibliography

214

(20)

Index

234

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