Globalization and Its Discontents or World Cities Globalization and Inequality

Globalization and Its Discontents

Author: Roger Burbach

The decisive event of the late twentieth century has been the collapse of communism and the perceived triumph of capitalism. Written by authors from the First, former Second, and Third Worlds, this book reveals the characteristics and flaws of the late capitalist order. The authors explore the societal polarization produced by globalization, the crisis of Western ideology, and the soft financial underbelly of globalization that could well bring us to an economic collapse. The perspective of this provocative book goes beyond those of the traditional left and the relativist, anti-historical school of post-modernism to offer an entirely fresh view of the world order.

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Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Introduction: Back to the Future	1
1	The New World Disorder	11
2	The Discontents	21
3	The Crisis of Western Ideology	35
4	The Economic Shock of Globalization	53
5	The Trauma of the Third World	75
6	Decomposition in the United States	97
7	The Post-communist World: From Crisis to Catastrophe	117
8	Visions: Old and New	139
9	The Long Transition to Postmodern Socialisms	153
	Notes	171
	Bibliography	181
	Index	186

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World Cities, Globalization and Inequality

Author: Josef Gugler

Providing an original perspective on world cities and the impact of globalization upon them, leading authorities contribute to this dedicated study of major cities in countries outside the industrialized West: Bangkok, Mumbai, Cairo, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore. All play important global and regional roles, and the contributors compare their historical paths to their present world positions and problems.