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Ideologies of Globalization

Contending Visions of a New World Order

By Mark Rupert

Published October 19th 2000 by Routledge – 208 pages

Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

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Description

This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States.

Subjects covered include:

* the historical context of the development of globalization in the US in the post-war period

* opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs (GATT) & the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

* the nationalist response to globalization from 'militia' groups and others on the extreme right

* the populist backlash against globalization

* recent moves by advocates of the free market to present 'globalization with a human face'.

Contents

1. Introduction 2. Americanism, Fordism and Hegemony 3. The Hegemonic Project of Liberal Globalization 4. From Liberal Globalization to Global Democratization 5. Fear & Loathing in the New World Order 6. Competition or Solidarity?: The new populism and the ambiguities of common sense 7. New World Order: Passive revolution or transformative process?

Author Bio

Mark Rupert^n is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, USA

Name: Ideologies of Globalization: Contending Visions of a New World Order (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: By Mark Rupert. This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States.Subjects covered include:* the historical context of the...
Categories: Globalization, International Politics