Globalization's contradictions : geographies of discipline, destruction, and transformation

Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone’s lives. People are being ‘disciplined’ by neoliberal economic agendas, ‘transformed’ by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, among other disastrous disruptions, are also globalization’s legacy. This collection of geographical treatments of such a complex set of processes unearths the contradictions in the impacts of globalization on peoples’ lives. Globalizations Contradictions firstly introduces globalization in all its intricacy and contrariness, followed on by substantive coverage of globalization’s dimensions. Other areas that are covered in depth are: Globalization’s Macro-economic Faces Globalization’s Unruly Spaces Globalization’s Geo-political Faces Ecological Globalization Globalization’s Cultural Challenges Globalization from Below Fair Globalization Globalizations Contradictions is a critical examination of the continuing role of international and supra-national institutions and their involvement in the political economic management and determination of global restructuring. Deliberately, this collection raises questions, even as it offers geographical insights and thoughtful assessments of globalization’s multifaceted ‘faces and spaces.’ Globalization and neoliberalism: dominating disciplines "Globalization's dimensions" / by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen The ascendancy of neoliberalism and emergence of contemporary globalization / by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen Globalization's many dimensions Globalization's macro-economic faces Financial globalization Global financial architecture transitions: mutations through "roll-back" neoliberalism to technocratic fixes / by Adam Tickell Multi-local global corporations: new reach - same core locations / by Susan M. Walcott Systems of production and international competitiveness: prospects for the developing nations / by Daniel C. Knudsen and Molly Kotlen Globalization's unruly spaces The globalization of labor Globalization of labor: increasing complexity, more unruly / by Dennis Conway Illegal globalization Unruly spaces: globalization and transnational criminal economies / by Christian Allen Globalization's geo-political faces Political globalization Geo-political globalization: from world systems to global city-systems / by Dennis Conway and Richard Wolfel Geographical globalization Globalization has a home address: the geopolitics of globalization Cultural globalization The globalization of culture: geography and the industrial production of culture / by Don Mitchell and Clayton Rosati The globalization of fear The globalization of fear: fear as a technology of governance / by Byron Miller Alternative visions: constructive Democratic and hopeful Ecological globalization The neoliberalization of the global environment / by Nik Heynen and Jeremia Njeru Globalization's cultural challenges Globalization's cultural challenges: homogenization, hybridization and heightened identity / by Nanda R. Shrestha and Dennis Conway Globalization from below Globalization from below: coordinating global resistance: alternative social forums, civil society, and grassroots networks / by Dennis Conway Towards "fair globalization" Towards "fair globalization" : opposing neoliberal destruction, relying on democratic institutions & local empowerment, and sustaining human development / by Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen. Globalization And Neoliberalism : Dominating Disciplines -- Globalization's Dimensions / Dennis Conway And Nik Heynen -- The Ascendancy Of Neoliberalism And Emergence Of Contemporary Globalization / Dennis Conway And Nik Heynen -- Globalization's Many Dimensions -- Globalization's Macroeconomic Faces -- Global Financial Architecture Transitions : Mutations Through Roll-back Neoliberalism To Technocratic Fixes / Adam Tickell -- Multi-local Global Corporations : New Reach - Same Core Locations / Susan M. Walcott -- Systems Of Production And International Competitiveness : Prospects For The Developing Nations / Daniel C. Knudsen And Molly Kotlen -- Globalization's Unruly Spaces -- Globalization Of Labor : Increasing Complexity, More Unruly / Dennis Conway -- Unruly Spaces : Globalization And Transnational Criminal Economies / Christian Allen -- Globalization's Geopolitical Faces -- Geo-political Globalization : From World Systems To Global City-systems / Dennis Conway And Richard Wolfel -- Globalization Has A Home Address : The Geopolitics Of Globalization / John Agnew -- The Globalization Of Culture : Geography And The Industrial Production Of Culture / Don Mitchell And Clayton Rosati -- The Globalization Of Fear : Fear As A Technology Of Governance / Byron Miller -- Alternative Visions: Constructive, Democratic And Hopeful -- The Neoliberalization Of The Global Environment / Nik Heynen And Jeremia Njeru -- Globalization's Cultural Challenges : Homogenization, Hybridization And Heightened Identity / Nanda R. Shrestha And Dennis Conway -- Globalization From Below : Coordinating Global Resistance, Alternative Social Forums, Civil Society, And Grassroots Networks / Dennis Conway -- Towards Fair Globalization : Opposing Neoliberal Destruction, Relying On Democratic Institutions And Local Empowerment, And Sustaining Human Development / Dennis Conway And Nik Heynen. Edited By Dennis Conway And Nik Heynen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [242]-280) And Index. Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone's lives. People are being disciplined by neoliberal economic agendas, transformed by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, among other disastrous disruptions, are also globalizations legacy. This collection of geographical treatments of such a complex set of processes unearths the contradictions in the impacts of globalization on peoples lives, especially the poor and less/least powerful in the Global South. The tenor of the collection is critical, in part because such a perspective stimulates questions and invigorates interest in the world beyond our own, even to the point of disturbing our complacency. Deliberately, this critical collection raises questions, even as it offers geographical insights and thoughtful assessments of globalizations multifaceted faces and spaces