COST OF GLOBALIZATION

ISBN: 9780786496082 Géneros: Sinópsis: The issues arising from rapid global integration have generally been treated in isolation by most academic works This volume examines the many pitfalls of globalization from the perspective of impoverished and indigenous peoples including the widening wealth gap the struggle for restoration of dispossessed lands and cultural rights global warming and ecological annihilation and the experiences of women in underdeveloped regions The United States39 growing prison industrial complex is discussed The author concludes with a call for reassessing current ways of living and proposes recreating cultures of conservation and sustainable economies Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here