Globalization and its discontents

In this contraversial book, the author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics argues that though globalization should be a powerful force for good, it has been badly mishandled by the West (espeically in its lead institutions, the World Bank and the IMF) and ...

Clases, castas y jerarquías

Después de la caída del Muro y el "fracaso" de los proyectos comunistas, las tesis marxistas de la lucha de clases han sufrido una notable desvirtualización ante la ideología liber-capitalista imperante. Aun así, negar que siguen existiendo diferencias de clases, sería tratar de ver la ...

Taming globalization

frontiers of governance

In this volume some of the world's leading analysts of globalization discuss the economic, political and ethical implications of global economic integration. They assess the benefits and the costs of globalization and suggest strategies for reconciling it with the interests and aspirations of the ...

International trade and developing countries

bargaining coalitions in GATT an WTO

This work provides a much-needed study of the bargaining coalitions of developing countries in the GATT and WTO. It traces, explains and theorises on the formation and achievements of coalitions from 1982 to the present day. Bargaining together in groups is common practice in international ...

¿Quién debe a quién?

deuda ecológica y deuda externa

La Deuda Externa no ha dejado de aumentar en los últimos años en el Sur, pero esta Deuda debe relacionarse de una vez por todas con la Deuda Ecológica. Este puede ser el gran debate del nuevo siglo. El peso del pago de la Deuda ...

La cara oculta de la prosperidad

economía para todos

Las condiciones de vida han mejorado más en el último siglo que en todo el resto de la humanidad. Vivimos tiempos en los que la riqueza mundial, las conexiones internacionales y la capacidad tecnológica son mayores que nunca. Y sin embargo, al mismo tiempo, es ...

Another world is posible

popular alternatives to globalization at the World Social Forum

The global justice movement is giving increasing voice to alternatives to globalization as presented to us by giant corporations and the "free" market. This collection brings together some of the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at ...

Razones para la esperanza

en un futuro imperfecto

La revolución tecnológica y científica, el afianzamiento del sistema capitalista, dirigido al aumento del poder de los mercados en detrimento del de los estados, las guerras armadas y "frías" y el desmoronamiento de los regímenes comunistas, son los hechos que configuraron el siglo XX. Tras ...

The economist's tale

a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank

What really happens when the World Bank imposes its policies on a country? This is an insider's view of one aid-made crisis. Peter Griffiths was at the interface between government and the Bank. In this ruthlessly honest, day-by-day account of a mission he undertook ...

Sociología del sistema global

el impacto socioeconómico y político de las corporaciones transnacionales

El poder que decide sobre el bienestar de los ciudadanos en el mundo actual está en medida creciente en manos de las corporaciones transnacionales que operan de manera casi incontrolable en todas las regiones de la Tierra. Como motor de la nueva clase capitalista transnacional ...

Hungry corporations

transnational biotech companies colonise the food chain

This work provides a detailed account of how huge agrochemical corporations have come to control the food chain, exposing their influence over governments, regulatory bodies and university research. It examines how a handful of companies have: accelerated the industrialization of agriculture and the integration of ...

Globalisation, economic development and the role of the state

The role of the state continues to be a key debate in economics and development studies. Dr ha-Joon Chang has been one of the leading voices questioning the axiomatic wisdom of what is called the Washington Consensus "free market" view that the role of the ...

The role of international institutions in globalisation

the challenges of reform

This book presents a critical analysis of the role of international institutions and their performance in terms of justification, effectiveness an efficiency. The authors begin by dicussing the controversies surrounding the Tobin Tax in the context of global governance. They move on to address important ...

The handbook of globalisation

The concerns of this major new Handbook are two-fold; firstly, to redefine the concept to glovalisation and dispel the haze that surrounds it by a systematic and thorough examination of the debate; secondly, to push out the forentiers of current critical thinking on the role ...

Globalization and technology

interdependence, innovation systems and industrial policy

Technology and globalization are interdependent processes. Globalization has a fundamental influence on the creation and diffusion of technology, which, in turn, affects the interdependence of firms and locations. This volume examines the international aspect of this interdependence at two levels. First, between locations, by examining ...

Bienes públicos globales, política económica y globalización

La política económica debe colaborar eficazmente a que la humanidad se sitúe y se mantenga en un ciclo continuado de crecimiento económico que no suponga sólo el bienestar de unos pocos. En este punto se pone de manifiesto el interés de contar con estudios claros ...

La mejor democracia que se puede comprar con dinero

El periodista de investigación Greg Palast es el muckraker más odiado por los grandes de este mundo. En sus artículos para el New York Times, el Washington Post o, más recientemente, para el Guardian o la BBC denuncia sin contemplaciones los mayores casos de corrupción ...

Alternative capitalisms

geographies of emerging regions

This book aims to examine the effects of globalization and economic and political transformations in the 'emerging regions' of Latin America and the Caribbean, East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union and East Asia by looking at development trajectories and the pathways of both ...

Insurrection

citizen challenges to corporate power

From uncovering major retailers' links to sweatshop abuses and revealing the deception of American tobacco companies, to questioning corporations' ties to repressive dictators, shaming food processors into selling dolphin-safe tuna and demanding that businesses stop destroying old growth forests, citizens have become far more aggressive ...

Poverty and exclusion in North and South

essays on social policy and global poverty reduction

Since 1990 there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialized countries of the "North", while many of the developing countries of the "South" have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North ...