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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-100745612458
ISBN-139780745612454
eBay Product ID (ePID)904292
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameGlobalization in Question : the International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectPolitical Economy, Globalization, International / General, Investments & Securities / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
AuthorGrahame Thompson, Paul Hirst
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-050911
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal337
SynopsisGlobalization has become a very familiar term in recent years and almost a byword for both the right and the left in their analyses of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is all too often made that a process of globalization is well under way in the contemporary world and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But exactly how should we characterize the present state of the international political economy? Is there such a thing as a genuinely global economy?