Surviving Globalism

Management consultant Kenichi Ohmae describes the new reality of global economic competition as a 'borderless world'. What is the future of human values, and of environmental quality, in such a world? The authors whose work is collected in Surviving Globalism try to answer these questions from the point of view of sociology, social history, philosophy, geography and political theory. Many argue that the gains made over the last few decades in terms of social justice and environmental protection are in grave peril. Others take a somewhat more optimistic note, but all emphasize the importance of dealing with environmental and social policy against the background of a transforming global economy.

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Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Sustainability, Globalization and Moral Imagination; T.Schrecker - PART 1: - Globalization as the Triumph of Capitalism: The Rights of Private Property, Economic Justice, and the New World Order; G.Teeple - Global Economy and Civil Society; M.J.Frankman - Alienation and Globalization; D.G.Janelle - PART 2: - Reconciling Ecological, Economic and Social Imperatives: A New Conceptual Framework; J.Robinson & J.Tinker - Beyond Iceberg Economics: Feminist and Ecological Approaches to Restructuring; M.Hessing - Unmasking Global Market Ideology: Regulating Against the Race to the Bottom; J.McMurtry - Environmental Justice, Power, and International Relations; P.Penz - PART 3: - The Ingenuity Gap: Can Poor Countries Adapt to Resource Scarcity?; T.Homer-Dixon - Threats to the Environment in an Era of Globalization: An End to State Sovereignty?; J.Clapp - Healing the Sky to Survive Globalization: A Gender Analogy; S.Tanner - Free Trade Versus the Environment in NAFTA; D.J.Blair - Toward a Sustainable US Health Policy: Local Congruities and Global Incongruities; A.Jameton & J.Pierce - PART 4: - Globalization and Its Discontents: Ecofeminism and the Dilemma of 'Universal' Politics; C.Sandilands - Biotechnology and Patent Rights: Seeking the Common Good; O.Funke - A Dose of Realism? The Social Grammar of Globalism; P.Corrigan - Index