In defense of globalization

In defense of globalization / Jagdish Bhagwati.

Publisher's description: The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labour to environmental degradation, cultural homogen...

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Main Author: Bhagwati, Jagdish N., 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Anti-globalization movement.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
Mondialisation.
Antimondialisation.
Aspects socio-économiques.
Anti-globalization movement
Globalization > Economic aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
Antiglobalisierungsbewegung
Internationalisatie.
Protestbewegingen.
Economia internacional.
Finanças internacionais.
Globalização (aspectos socioeconômicos)
Mondialisation > Aspect économique.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Mouvements antimondialisation.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Coping with anti-globalization
  • 1. Anti-globalization: why?
  • 2. Globalization: socially, not just economically, benign
  • 3. Globalization is good but not good enough
  • 4. Non-government organizations
  • II. Globalization's human face: trade and corporations
  • 5. Poverty: enhanced or diminished?
  • 6. Child labor: increased or reduced?
  • 7. Women: harmed or helped?
  • 8. Democracy at bay?
  • 9. Culture imperiled or enriched?
  • 10. Wages and labor standards at stake?
  • 11. Environment in peril?
  • 12. Corporations: predatory or beneficial?
  • III. Other dimensions of globalization
  • 13. The perils of Gung-Ho International Financial capitalism
  • 14. International flows of humanity
  • IV. Appropriate governance: making globalization work better
  • 15. Appropriate governance: an overview
  • 16. Coping with downsides
  • 17. Accelerating the achievement of social agendas
  • 18. Managing transitions: optimal, not maximal, speed
  • V. In conclusion
  • 19. And so, let us begin anew.

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