Globalization and Insecurity Political,

Nine experts examine the threats to security-physical, political, and economic-and specific aspects of globalization and social responses to these challenges. The revealing essays examine globalization and politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labor, and social security.

Barbara Harris-White is Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University, and Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson, College, Oxford.

List of Tables

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Acknowledgements

ix

Notes on the Contributors

x

Globalization, Insecurities and Responses: an Introductory Essay

1

(42)

Barbara Harriss-White

Economic Globalism and Political Universalism: Conflicting Issues?

43

(32)

Samir Amin

Global Capitalism and National Politics

75

(33)

Colin Leys

Globalization and Sustainability

108

(29)

Wolfgang Sachs

The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between States and the Problem of Globalization

137

(12)

Ian Brownlie

The Security of International Finance

149

(24)

Valpy FitzGerald

Global Business in Search of Security

173

(11)

John Kay

Globalization and the Means of Destruction: Physical Insecurity and the Weapons Industry at the Turn of the Millennium

184

(19)

Susan Willett

Labour in the Age of Globalization

203

(15)

Robin Cohen

The Sustainability of Welfare States: Reshaping Social Protection

218

(15)

Gosta Esping-Andersen

Index

233

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Globalization and Insecurity Political, Economic and Physical Challenges

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