Globalization: The Juggernaut of the 21st CenturyWhile some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies. This interesting and erudite book adopts a distinctive approach to the multiple dimensions of the globalization debate. The impressive coverage of philosophical thought - including Popper, Weber, Habermas, Lipset and Hobbes - makes a valuable contribution to the debates on globalization. |
Contents
The Challenges of Globalization World Capitalism | 1 |
Why Hubberts Pessimism | 23 |
Veblen is Still | 51 |
Perhaps Lipset was Wrong about Affluence | 69 |
The Wicksell Approach | 109 |
Balassa Regional Organization and Economic Convergence in | 137 |
Global Rule of Law? Kelsen was Contradictory about the Nature | 175 |
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affluence argument Asia Averroes basic beliefs Beta-convergence bio fuels bounded rationality Cambridge capacity to block capitalism CARICOM China civil club coal coalitions common market concept constitutional consumption convergence coordination cornucopian Council cultural decision-making democracy democracy score Derrida economic growth economic integration energy energy-environment conundrum environmental ethics European fossil fuels Freedom House fundamentalism global open society Habermas Hubbert human Ibn Rushd income increase India institutions international law Islam Juggernaut Kelsen LDCs market economy Max Weber million monetary union moral Muslim natural gas non-OECD norms OECD Oxford Pacific percent philosophy players political instability poor countries Popper poverty power index predicted production qualified majority regime regional organization religious reserves rule of law Salafism social South Africa Spinoza t-stat Table theory University Press voice and accountability voting power Washington Consensus Weber Wicksell Wildavsky World Bank