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Confronting globalization : humanity, justice, and the renewal of politics / edited by Patrick Hayden and Chamsy el-Ojeili.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International political economy seriesPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xii, 280 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403945551
  • 9781403945556
Other title:
  • Confronting globalisation
  • Confronting globalisation : Humanity, justice, and the renewal of politics
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.482 22
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Confronting globalization in the twenty-first century : an introduction / Patrick Hayden and Chamsy el-Ojeili -- 2. Postmodern socialism revisited / Peter Beilharz -- 3. Despotic enlightenment : rethinking globalization after Foucault / Roger Deacon -- 4. Just deconstruction? : Derrida and global ethics / James Brassett and Federico Merke -- 5. Empowering the powerful, enriching the rich : on neoliberalism, economic globalization and social criticism / Barry Smart -- 6. Tricky business : challenging risk theory and its vision of a better global future / Francois Debrix -- 7. Between empires : rethinking identity and citizenship in the context of globalization / Michael A. Peters -- 8. Human rights, moral articulacy and democratic dynamism : in defence of normative philosophy / Mark Evans -- 9. The other side of obligation : cosmopolitan distributive justice and duties of the less affluent / Luis Cabrera -- 10. Environmentalism as globalization from above and below : can world watchers truly represent the earth? / Timothy W. Luke -- 11. Globalization, terrorism and democracy : 9/11 and its aftermath / Douglas Kellner -- 12. 'Alter-globalization' and social movements : towards understanding transnational politicization / Martin Weber -- 13. 'Horizontals', 'verticals' and the conflicting logics of transformative politics / Andrew Robinson and Simon Tormey -- 14. American globalism 'Madison Avenue-style' : a critique of US public diplomacy after 9/11 / Manfred B. Steger -- 15. Global justice, the World Trade Organization and free trade / Darrel Moellendorf -- 16. A cosmopolitan perspective on the self-determination of peoples / Daniele Archibugi.
Review: "In Confronting Globalization the contributors discuss the theoretical, practical and cultural implications of globalization. They analyse the complex dynamics of globalization, the challenges that confront democracy, governance and rights under globalization, and new approaches that seek to contest the excesses of globalization and promote the struggle for global justice."--BOOK JACKET.
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Editors are lecturers at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Confronting globalization in the twenty-first century : an introduction / Patrick Hayden and Chamsy el-Ojeili -- 2. Postmodern socialism revisited / Peter Beilharz -- 3. Despotic enlightenment : rethinking globalization after Foucault / Roger Deacon -- 4. Just deconstruction? : Derrida and global ethics / James Brassett and Federico Merke -- 5. Empowering the powerful, enriching the rich : on neoliberalism, economic globalization and social criticism / Barry Smart -- 6. Tricky business : challenging risk theory and its vision of a better global future / Francois Debrix -- 7. Between empires : rethinking identity and citizenship in the context of globalization / Michael A. Peters -- 8. Human rights, moral articulacy and democratic dynamism : in defence of normative philosophy / Mark Evans -- 9. The other side of obligation : cosmopolitan distributive justice and duties of the less affluent / Luis Cabrera -- 10. Environmentalism as globalization from above and below : can world watchers truly represent the earth? / Timothy W. Luke -- 11. Globalization, terrorism and democracy : 9/11 and its aftermath / Douglas Kellner -- 12. 'Alter-globalization' and social movements : towards understanding transnational politicization / Martin Weber -- 13. 'Horizontals', 'verticals' and the conflicting logics of transformative politics / Andrew Robinson and Simon Tormey -- 14. American globalism 'Madison Avenue-style' : a critique of US public diplomacy after 9/11 / Manfred B. Steger -- 15. Global justice, the World Trade Organization and free trade / Darrel Moellendorf -- 16. A cosmopolitan perspective on the self-determination of peoples / Daniele Archibugi.

"In Confronting Globalization the contributors discuss the theoretical, practical and cultural implications of globalization. They analyse the complex dynamics of globalization, the challenges that confront democracy, governance and rights under globalization, and new approaches that seek to contest the excesses of globalization and promote the struggle for global justice."--BOOK JACKET.

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