Globalization: A Threat to International Cooperation and Peace?

By Mica Pani? and M Panic

List of Tables Preface: Predatory v. Cooperative Globalization Acknowledgements PART I: THE CORPORATE QUEST FOR GLOBAL FREEDOM AND DOMINANCE Globalization in the Age of Transnationals: the Claims and the Reality PART II: NATURE OF THE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND SOCIAL WELLBEING Organisation of Economic Activity at Different Levels of Development The Origin of Economic 'Miracles': the Role of the State Neoliberalism v. Social Democracy: Empirical Evidence Transnationals, Trade 'Liberalisation' and National Sovereignty PART III: GLOBAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE, INEQUALITIES AND CONFLICTS A New 'Bretton Woods' System? Why Financial Regulation is Essential (Appendix: The 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis) Future of the European Union: the Euro and the Welfare State Post-Conflict Reconstruction: External Assistance and Lasting Peace Bibliography Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349324094
• ISBN13: 9781349324095
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"