Description
Book Synopsis'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity.
Trade ReviewAcclaim for previous edition:
"Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson offer one of the best and most iconoclastic attempts yet at mapping the new global economy."
Will Hutton, The Observer
"A timely and critical study of the current discussion about the nature and prospects of a global economy."
Business Horizons
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction: The Contours of Globalization
Chapter Two Globalization and the History of the International Economy
Chapter Three Multinational companies and the internationalization of business activity
Chapter Four Globalization and International Competitiveness
Chapter Five Emerging Markets and the Advanced Economies
Chapter Six Supra-national Regionalization or Globalization
Chapter Seven General Governance Issues
Chapter Eight Globalization, Governance and the Nation State
Notes for 3rd edition
References
