Binding: Paperback
Description: Like a giant oil tanker the world is slowly turning. The rapid growth of economies in Asia and the global South has led to a momentous shift in the world order leaving much of the traditional literature on globalization behind. Multipolar Globalization: Emerging Economies and Development is the perfect guide to these ongoing 21st - century transformations combining engaging and wide - ranging coverage with cutting - edge analysis. The rise of China and other emerging economies has led to the emergence of a new geography of trade new economic and political combinations new financial actors investors and donors and weaker American hegemony. This interdisciplinary volume combines development studies global political economy sociology and cultural studies to ask what this growth means for domestic and global inequality and examines the role of multipolarity in the reshaping of globalization. Renowned globalization scholar Jan Nederveen Pieterse deftly guides the reader through the development of globalization in the West and the East explaining key topics such as the 2008 crash trends in inequality the changing fortunes of the BRI Cs and the role of governance and democracy. Accessible and insightful this book will be an essential guide for both students in the social sciences and for professionals and scholars seeking a fresh perspective.
Title: Multipolar Globalization Emerging Economies And Development
Author(s): Nederveen Pieterse Jan (University Of California Santa Barbara Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138232280
Pages: 248 Pages, 8 Tables, Black And White; 6 Line Drawings, Black And White; 2 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/21/2017
Series: Rethinking Development
Category: Political Economy