Globalization and the Decline of Social Reform: Into the Twenty-First Century

by Gary Teeple

Book Overview

Globalization is the coming of the 'triumph of capitalism, ' the growing ascendancy of economics over politics, of corporate demands over public policy, of private over public interest. It represents the approaching completion of the capitalization of the world, carried out by 'self-generating capital' in the form of transnational corporations within an increasingly coherent transnational regulatory regime.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551930269
• ISBN13: 9781551930268
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Best book on globalization to date

An incisive analysis of globalization and its effects. Do you want to understand why the social safety net in the US is being systematically shredded? Do you want to know why the two major parties in the US have nearly indistinguishable economic policies? Do you want to understand the significance of NAFTA and the FTAA? Of the protests in Seattle and Quebec City? Read this book.