GlobalizationGlobalisation is a term usually used to describe intercontinental economic, social and political; integration. This book gives a general overview of the concept of globalisation. It also attempts to define globalism in relation to globalisation. Globalism is employed in this book to describe networks of interdependence functioning at multi-continental distances. Globalisation is an increase in globalism and de-globalisation is a reduction. In providing an introductory view of these networks, with an emphasis on contemporary economic factors, a goal of this work is to illustrate how policy consequences, sometimes unintended, may be dispersed via globalised networks. |
Contents
IMPLICATIONS OF US NATIONAL SECURITY | 35 |
FOUR DEFINITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION | 36 |
RELATED PHENOMENA | 37 |
IMPLICATIONS FOR US NATIONAL SECURITY | 38 |
Positive Implications | 39 |
Risks or Negative Implications | 40 |
OPTIONS TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS AND MINIMIZE PROBLEMS | 44 |
THE POLITICS OF ANTICAPITALIST PROTEST | 51 |
An Outline | 62 |
An Assessment | 64 |
ANTICAPITALISM AUTONOMY AND DIRECT ACTION | 71 |
Progressive or Reactionary? | 74 |
Alliances Differences and the Case of Organised Labour | 78 |
CONCLUSION | 82 |
REFERENCES | 84 |
INDEX | 91 |
NeoLiberalism Flexible Accumulation Informational Capitalism and Globalisation | 54 |
THE POLITICS OF ANTIGLOBALISATION | 61 |
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