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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198295669

ISBN-139780198295662

eBay Product ID (ePID)367725

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

Publication NameInequality, Globalization, and World Politics

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

SubjectGlobalization, World / General, International Relations / General, International

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science

AuthorNgaire Woods

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-044963

Reviews'well written ... the book should be among the required reading lists forgraduate students studying global change.'Jnl of Global Social Policy., 'well written ... the book should be among the required reading lists for graduate students studying global change.' Jnl of Global Social Policy., 'This volume provides a wide range of perspectives on inequality, which is more and more at the core of world politics.'Journal of Peace Research'well written ... the book should be among the required reading lists for graduate students studying global change.' Jnl of Global Social Policy.'There are so many books on globalization that a new one should have something distinctive to say in order to justify its publication ... This edited volume more than justifies its existence and is of a consistently high standard.' Paul Hirst, Int. & Global Political Economy, Economics & Development.'This edited volume ... is of a consistently high standard. It focuses on an issue that has been relatively neglected in the globalization literature: the close connection between economic internationalization and the growth of inequality within and between nations.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct 00.'This book is helpful because it sees inequality as a continuing and structural problem and yet does not exhibit the hostility to growing international trade of many anti-globalization protesters ... It is also valuable in putting open-ended analysis before instant policy solutions.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct 00.'The book can be read by non-experts and is written without jargon.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No. 4, Oct. 00., 'This book is helpful because it sees inequality as a continuing and structural problem and yet does not exhibit the hostility to growing international trade of many anti-globalization protesters ... It is also valuable in putting open-ended analysis before instant policy solutions.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct 00., 'There are so many books on globalization that a new one should have something distinctive to say in order to justify its publication ... This edited volume more than justifies its existence and is of a consistently high standard.' Paul Hirst, Int. and Global Political Economy, Economics and Development., 'This edited volume ... is of a consistently high standard. It focuses on an issue that has been relatively neglected in the globalization literature: the close connection between economic internationalization and the growth of inequality within and between nations.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct 00., 'This volume provides a wide range of perspectives on inequality, which is more and more at the core of world politics.'Journal of Peace Research, 'The book can be read by non-experts and is written without jargon.' Paul Hirst, The Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No. 4, Oct. 00.

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal327.101

Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Order, Globalization, and Inequality2. Globalization, Regionalization, and Inequality3. Sovereignty and Inequality4. Gender Inequality and International Human Rights Law5. Resources, Environmental Degradation, and Inequality6. Globalization, Liberalization, and Inequality: Expectations and Experience7. Justice and Global Inequality8. Social Policy in a Global Context9. Security and Inequality

SynopsisThe increase in inequality produced by globalization is becoming an urgent issue of world politics. A group of leading scholars systematically examine its impact on international order, international law, welfare, and social policy, global justice, regionalism and multilateralism, environmental protection, gender equality, military power, and security., Inequality is becoming an urgent issue of world politics at the end of the twentieth century. This book investigates eight core areas of world politics in order to suggest that growing inequality is reducing the capacity of governments and international organizations to manage these problems effectively. The eight areas surveyed include: international order, international law, welfare and social policy, global justice, regionalism and multilateralism, environmental protection, gender equality, military power, and security., Inequality is becoming an urgent issue of world politics at the end of the twentieth century. Globalization is not only exacerbating the gap between rich and poor in the world but is also further dividing those states and peoples that have political power and influence from those without. While the powerful shape more 'global' rules and norms about investment, military security, environmental and social policy and the like, the less powerful are becoming 'rule-takers', often of rules or norms they cannot or will not enforce. The consequences for world politics are profound. The evidence presented in Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics suggests that globalization is creating sharper, more urgent problems for states and international institutions to deal with. Yet at the same time, investigations into eight core areas of world politics suggest that growing inequality is reducing the capacity of governments and existing international organizations to manage these problems effectively. The eight areas surveyed include: international order, international law, welfare and social policy, global justice, regionalism and multilateralism, environmental protection, gender equality, military power, and security.

LC Classification NumberJZ1305.I54 1999