Globalization

Tame It or Scrap It?

Greg Buckman

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN:
  9781842773819
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781848131002
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

'Globalization is irreversible and irresistible.'
Tony Blair

This book gives the lie to that claim. Economic globalization has never been an inevitable part of human history. It is eminently reversible and hugely resistible.

Greg Buckman argues there are two broad approaches within the anti-globalization movement. One, perhaps the most widely supported and influential strand today, calls the Fair Trade and Back to Bretton Woods school. This argues for immediate reforms of the world's trading system, capital markets, and global institutions, notably the World Bank, IMF and WTO. The other, the Localization school, takes a more root and branch position and argues for the abolition of these institutions and outright reversal of globalization. Buckman explains the details of each school's outlook and proposals, their weaknesses, where they disagree, their common ground, and where they might come together in campaigns.
This book gives the lie to the claim that globalization is 'irreversible and irresistible'. Greg Buckman argues there are two broad approaches within the anti-globalization movement, explaining the details of each school's outlook, their weaknesses, where they disagree, their common ground, and where they might come together in campaigns.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Tables, figures and boxes
• PART I The Evolution and Consequences of Economic Globalization
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Evolution of the Global Supermarket (A History of World Trade)
• 3 The Evolution of the Global Bank (A History of World Capital Flows)
• 4 The Engines of Globalization
• 5 Rich versus Poor in the Global Economy
• 6 Rich-country Double Standards
• PART II The Policy Alternatives of the Anti-globalization Movement
• 7 The Anti-globalization Movement
• 8 The Fair Trade/Back to Bretton Woods School
• 9 The Localization School
• 10 Globaphobes versus Globaphiles
• 11 Deficiencies of Both Schools
• 12 The Policy Future of the Anti-globalization Movement
• 13 Conclusion
• Useful Globalization Websites
• Suggested Reading
• Index