Building on the impressive first edition, this new edition examines the highly topical and universally important process of globalization that has been in progress since the early 1980s. It analyzes the dynamic of economic development, social well-being, international institutions and trade policy. MIDA PANIDis Emeritus Fellow of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge (UK) and formerly Visiting Professor of International Economics at the University of Milan. His non-academic appointments have included posts in UK GovernmentEconomic Service (Chief Economist at the National Economic Development Office), Bank of England (Head of External Policy Division) and the United Nations (Vice Chairman of the Committee for Development Policy, Consultant on the Economies in Transition and on Economic Reconstruction of Post-Conflict Countries),as well as a year with Ford Motor Co. His publications include books and manyarticles in international economics, macroeconomics, industrial economics anddevelopment economics. INDICE: List of Tables - Preface: Predatory v. Cooperative Globalization -Acknowledgements - PART I: CORPORATE QUEST FOR THE 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: ONE SIZE NEVER FITS ALL - 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 Permanent Peace - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-27361-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés