Global Futures: Shaping Globalization

ISBN: 1856498026

Author: Pieterse, Jan Nederveen

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Product Description This book rejects a fatalistic stance in the face of the problems that accelerating globalization is throwing up. The contributors argue that humanity must seek to shape globalization. In a sequence of tightly argued essays, they suggest a variety of innovative perspectives, changes, policies, and institutional reforms that we ought to strive for in our increasingly inter-connected world. The exciting range of topics discussed include global governance and democratization; international finance and reform of the world economy; Third World development; the environment; the position of women; poverty and social exclusion; technology and culture; and the future shape of urban growth. About the Author Jan Nederveen Pieterse is based at the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague.