Globalization Revisited

Autorentext

Grahame Thompson is Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Business and Politics, The Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the Open University, England.

Klappentext

Written by one of the leading scholars of global politics, Globalization Revisited is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains the challenges to liberalism and the global order as result of globalizing forces - from financial interconnectedness to the growth of religious fundamentalisms.

Zusammenfassung
Written by one of the leading scholars of global politics, Globalization Revisited is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains the challenges to liberalism and the global order as result of globalizing forces - from financial interconnectedness to the growth of religious fundamentalisms.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: What is at Stake in Revisiting Globalization?, Chapter 2. The Fate of Territorial Engineering in an Era of Durable Disorder : Mechanisms of Territorial Power and Post-Liberal Forms of International Governance, Chapter 3. Exploring Sameness and Difference: Fundamentalisms and the Future of Globalization, Chapter 4: Globalization, Finance and theCrisis : A Critical Assessment, Chapter 5. The Global Regulatory Consequences of an Irrational Crisis: Examining Animal Spirits andExcessive Exuberances as features of the Financial System, Chapter 6. Sources of Financial Sociability: Networks, Ecological Systems or Diligent Risk Preparedness, Chapter 7. From Artisan to Partisan: What Would it Mean to be an Artisan of Finance?, Chapter 8. Creating Credit and Rating it: Central Banks in Post Crisis Global Finance