You might also like

More about Deviant Globalization

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 480 loyalty points

Book synopsis

This collection of essays introduces the thriving illicit industries and activities within the global economy whose growth challenges traditional notions of wealth, power, and progress. Through essays contributed by leading experts and scholars, "Deviant Globalization" argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization. Narcotrafficking, human trafficking, the organ trade, computer malware, transnational gangs are just as much artifacts of globalization as are CNN and McDonald's, free trade and capital mobility, accessible air travel and container shipping. In fact, almost every technology, process, and regulation that enables mainstream globalization is an enabler of deviant globalization. This unique book explains why understanding deviant globalization as a systemic and integral part of globalization is crucial for setting up policies that will maximize the benefits of globalization and minimize its ill effects. Going beyond the usual pro/con arguments about globalization, "Deviant Globalization" seeks to initiate a critical debate about the choices it presents to governments, firms, supra-national organizations, and individuals. An accessible treatment of the underbelly of globalization, the book offers a systematic treatment of the difficult policy choices that it creates and describes a much more complex and symbiotic relationship between illicit and mainstream globalization.

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Deviant Globalization
• Author: Jesse Goldhammer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9781441193124
• ISBN: 144119312X
• ID: 01254279
• Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Weight: 632 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 158 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. March 2011

Trending among others

---

---

---