New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization Prospects for a New World Order? New Regionalisms Series

This completely revised and updated sequel to Globalization and Antiglobalization advances our understanding of the dynamics of neoliberal globalization and draws our attention towards efforts to construct 'another world' beyond neoliberalism. To advance our understanding of these forces and associated processes, the collection brings together eleven specialists in the political economy of international relations and globalization to reflect on and analyze the diverse dimensions of the globalization process. Taking into account significant developments in the dynamics of globalization and antiglobalization over the past years, it includes a new introduction and a new conclusion as well as eight entirely new chapters contributed by authors as diverse and different in their perspectives as James Petras, Walden Bello, Norman Girvan, Paul Bowles, Terry Gibbs, Lisa Thompson and Teivo Teivainen. These dynamics are contextualized with essays on the Caribbean, Latin America, East Asia and Southern Africa. This is an invaluable volume for students, academics and activists concerned with creating a truly new world order.

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 The Theory and Practice of Globalization: Globalization: a taxonomy of theoretical approaches, Paul Bowles; World development: globalization or imperialism?, James Petras; Civil society and good governance: the politics of adjustment, Henry Veltmeyer. Part 2 The Regional Macrodynamics of Globalization: Denationalizing Mexico: the World Bank in action, John Saxe-Fernández and Gian Carlo Delgado-Ramos; Crisis and the retreat from globalization in Asia, Walden Bello; Globalization and counter-globalization in the Caribbean, Norman Girvan; Chávez, democracy and globalization: business as unusual, Terry Gibbs; Globalization and development in Southern Africa: a contradiction in terms?, Lisa Thompson. Part 3 The Macrodynamics of Antiglobalization: Power and globalization in the new world order, Noam Chomsky; Expanding boundaries of the political: globalization protest movements and the state, Teivo Teivainen; From globalization to antiglobalization, Henry Veltmeyer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Henry Veltmeyer is a Professor at St Mary's University, Canada and Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico