The Failure of Global Capitalism : From Cape Breton to Colombia andBeyond.

The Failure of Global Capitalism uses the examples of Cape Breton and Colombia to illustrate the harsh realities suffered by people throughout the global North and the global South under neoliberal globalization, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues. Ultimately, it exp...

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Main Author: Gibbs, Terry
Other Authors: Leech, Garry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney : Cape Breton University Press, 2017.
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520 |a The Failure of Global Capitalism uses the examples of Cape Breton and Colombia to illustrate the harsh realities suffered by people throughout the global North and the global South under neoliberal globalization, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues. Ultimately, it exposes the failure of industrial capitalism, and looks toward more sustainable and egalitarian alternatives. 
505 0 |a Introduction : the impossible dream -- The rise and fall of industrial capitalism in Cape Breton -- The Cape Breton radicals -- From confrontation to collaboration -- dismantling the compact -- The era of industrial decline -- Back to the future -- Colombia in the era of neoliberal globalization -- The path to neoliberalism -- Plan Colombia and U.S. intervention -- Natural resources and human rights -- Canada and Colombian coal -- The human cost of free trade -- The new economy in Cape Breton and Atlantic Canada -- The call centre phenomenon -- The anti-union strategy -- Canada's energy policies in the era of free trade -- The social fallout -- The failure of community economic development -- The need to challenge global structures -- Alternatives to global capitalism -- A Venezuelan alternative : the Bolivarian revolution -- The environmental challenge -- A Colombian alternative : Las Gaviotas -- Local and global linkages -- Conclusion : we have met the enemy. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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