Globalization and the Third World: A Study of Negative Consequences

by B. Ghosh (Editor), H. Guven (Editor)

Overview

The impact of globalization on the world's developing economies is not conclusive: studies show conflicting conclusions to the same problems in the context of globalization in developing countries. It is this analytical inconclusiveness that is at the heart of this collection, which makes a fresh attempt to study the real impact of globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230004672
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/26/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	269
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

SAMIR AMIN Professor Emeritus and Director, Third World Forum, Senegal, Africa TIM ANDERSON Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia NAHID ASLANBEIGUI Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Monmouth University, USA AMITAVA K. DUTT Professor of Economics and Fellow, Kellogg Institute of International Studies and Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA PARTHA GANGOPADHYAY Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of Sydney, Australia OZAY MEHMET Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada and Professor of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus SHYAM NATH Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius PHILLIP A. O'HARA Professor of Global Political Economy and Governance and Director, Global Political Economy Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia MUSTAPHA KAMAL PASHA Professor and Chair in International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK FRANCO PRAUSSELLO Jean Monnet Chair Professor of International Economics, University of Genoa, Italy JOHANNES D. SCHMIDT Director of Studies and Associate Professor, Research Centre on Development and International Relations, Aalborg University, Denmark RAJ KUMAR SEN Professor and former Head of the Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India GALE SUMMERFIELD Director, Women and Gender in Global Perspective Programme, Department ofHumanity and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, USA KEVIN H. ZHANG Professor of Economics, Illinois State University, Normal, USA XIAOBO ZHANG Senior Researcher in International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The End of Geography and the Beginning of Conflict; B.N.Ghosh PART ONE: CLASHES, CONFLICTS AND CONTRADICTORY DYNAMICS The Contradictory Dynamics of Globalization; P.A.O'Hara Globalization, Cultural Conflicts and Islamic Resurgence; M.K.Pasha Globalization and the Clash of Civilisations; H.M.Guven Globalization, Sub-national Governments and Urban Crises in Developing World; P.Gangopadhyay & S.Nath PART TWO: LABOUR MARKET DISTORTIONS AND INEQUALITIES Globalization, Labour Markets and Gender: Human Security Challenges from Cross-Borders Sourcing in Services; N.Aslanbeigui & G.Summerfield How Does Globalization Affect Regional Inequality within a Developing Country?: Evidence from China; X.Zhang & K.H.Zhang Flexicurity, Casualization and Informalization of Global Labour Markets; J.D.Schmidt Race to the Bottom: The Impact of Globalization on Labour Markets: A Review of Empirical and Theoretical Evidence; O.Mehmet PART THREE: CAPITAL, TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCE Globalization and the Agrarian Question: Peasants Conflicts in Africa and Asia; S.Amin Globalization, Capital Inflows and Financial Crises; B.N.Ghosh Globalization and Incomplete Technology Transfer to Developing Countries; F.Praussello PART FOUR: TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND UNEQUAL COMPETITION WTO and the South: Past, Present and Future; R.K.Sen Globalization, Trade Liberalization and Conflict: A Southern Perspective; A.K.Dutt Globalization and Agricultural Trade: The Market Access and Food Security Dilemmas of Developing Countries; T.Anderson Index