This title was first published in 2003. States and social activists alike face a turbulent global political economy as they seek to confront new challenges with new strategies. The same is true of academic disciplines that seek to track discontinuities in old certainties and analyse emerging agendas, action, identities and space. In contrast to approaches that argue that the new global order is simply a fact of life, impervious to political challenge, the contributors to this book emphasize that it is highly contested. States retain considerable power, even if much of it has been directed to constructing globalization rather than modifying its effects; and disadvantaged groups, even the most apparently marginalized, have managed to win improvements in their condition. The book draws attention to the state of flux that characterizes contemporary political economy, both in theory and practice.

Global Turbulence: Social Activists and State Responses to Globalization: Social Activists and State Responses to Globalization (Routledge Revivals)

Politics & Social Sciences

McBride, Stephen

Griffin Cohen, Marjorie

Social Sciences

Routledge

This collection of original articles offers an up-to-date, critical review of the global political economy today, covering such topics as international finance, corporate governance, military power, international labour standards, global health, human rights, and more. Assembling a group of top scholars, the editors are able to provide a wide-ranging yet coherent survey of contemporary international institutions and how they are governed. In the process, they offer a useful basis for understanding the financial crisis of 2008.Relations of Global Power is the only book available that examines the many different dimensions of the international regulatory structure across a range of issues, placing them all within the context of neoliberal globalization. It will be of interest to scholars of political science, sociology, policy studies, public administration, and global studies, and will also appeal to activists and members of alter-globalization movements.

Relations of Global Power: Neoliberal Order and Disorder

Business & Money

Teeple, Gary

Economics

University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division

This collection of original articles offers an up-to-date, critical review of the global political economy today, covering such topics as international finance, corporate governance, military power, international labour standards, global health, human rights, and more. Assembling a group of top scholars, the editors are able to provide a wide-ranging yet coherent survey of contemporary international institutions and how they are governed. In the process, they offer a useful basis for understanding the financial crisis of 2008.
 Relations of Global Power is the only book available that examines the many different dimensions of the international regulatory structure across a range of issues, placing them all within the context of neoliberal globalization. It will be of interest to scholars of political science, sociology, policy studies, public administration, and global studies, and will also appeal to activists and members of alter-globalization movements.

Reference

University of Toronto Press

Austerity is not always one-size-fits-all; it can be a flexible, class-based strategy taking several forms depending on the political-economic forces and institutional characteristics present.This important book identifies continuity and variety in crisis-driven austerity restructuring across Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Spain. In their analysis, the authors focus on several components of austerity, including fiscal and monetary policy, budget narratives, public sector reform, labor market flexibilization, and resistance. In so doing, they uncover how austerity can be categorized into different dynamic types, and expose the economic, social, and political implications of the varieties of austerity.

Varieties of Austerity

Whiteside, Heather

Evans, Bryan

Bristol University Press

Multiple crises have led many to conclude that the current economic and political system is broken. The present and future look increasingly precarious - if not outright dystopian Stephen McBride calls for radical solutions to these crises to provide a more rational and sustainable future. He critiques other potential responses which would further curtail democracy and increase the inequalities associated with neoliberal globalism. Demonstrating how mainstream ideas, powerful interests and political institutions face major challenges but block progressive alternatives, he argues that for radical transformation to succeed, institutional changes are necessary.

Escaping Dystopia: Rebuilding a Public Domain

This straightforward examination of globalization within a Canadian context considers its effects on sovereignty, covers democratic governance, and looks at the losers and winners of a globalized Canada.

Paradigm Shift: Globalization and the Canadian State

International

Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd.

Paradigm Shift evaluates the globalization debate through a Canadian lens and places Canada in the fore front of the analysis. Opposition to neo-liberal globalization emerged on several fronts: from political opposition within civil society and social movements, skepticism about the claims of the globalizes from academic researchers, and lack of enthusiasm by some nation-states. As the government moves toward greater integration with the United States, many Canadians seek a more independent path.

Paradigm Shift (Second Edition): Globalization and the Canadian State, Second Edition

Fernwood Publishing

“The book is both timely and sorely needed. There is simply nothing like it. A brilliant and surprisingly clear analysis of the theory and practice of Canadian politics in the current conjuncture of capitalist development, the authors provide an exceptionally clear and most useful exposition of the forces at play, arising out of the propensity of capitalism towards crisis.” Examining Canadian political and economic developments of the twenty-first century, Private Affluence, Public Austerity provides a systematic analysis of the dynamics of Canadian politics in the era of neoliberal globalization. Stephen McBride and Heather Whiteside conclude that, although the last three decades of neoliberal rule are characterized by recurrent crises, the system has proven to be resilient ― even in the face of a severe recession. Canada’s “business as usual” approach to the recent financial crisis, an approach that fails to challenge the policies that are fundamental to the system and culpable for the crisis, is striking. Through policies aimed at the dismantling of the welfare state, privatization and the reduction of the state’s economic role ― as well as an enthusiastic embrace of globalization and liberalized trade and investment regimes ― the legacy of the Canadian political system is one of private affluence, public austerity and democratic decline. Private Affluence, Public Austerity asks us to consider the relationship between neoliberalism and crisis, and their role in democratic decline. What is the legacy of neoliberalism? It also asks the difficult questions: What is the future of neoliberalism? And what role will Canada play in charting the course of that future? This book offers an engaging and enlightening exploration of the theories of contemporary capitalism and reminds us that overcoming democratic malaise is a necessary first step on the path to change.

Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis and Democratic Malaise in Canada

Examining Canadian political and economic developments of the 21st century, this study analyzes the dynamics of Canadian politics in the era of neoliberal globalization. The survey contends that, although the last three decades of neoliberal rule are characterized by recurrent crises, the system has proven to be resilient?even in the face of a severe recession. Canada’s striking ?business as usual” approach to the recent financial crisis is highlighted, arguing that it is failing to challenge the policies that are fundamental to the system and culpable for the crisis. Illustrating the legacy of the Canadian political system, this discussion encourages consideration of the relationship between neoliberalism and crisis as well as their role in democratic decline, prompting questions such as What is the legacy and the future of neoliberalism? and What role will Canada play in charting the course of that future? Offering an engaging exploration of the theories of contemporary capitalism, this investigation serves as a reminder that overcoming democratic malaise is a necessary first step on the path to change.

Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis & Democratic Malaise in Canada

Brunswick Books

Global warming is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the twenty-first century. Environmental polices on the one hand, and economic and labour market polices on the other, often exist in separate silos creating a dilemma that Work in a Warming World confronts. The world of work - goods, services, and resources - produces most of the greenhouse gases created by human activity. In engaging essays, contributors demonstrate how the world of work and the labour movement need to become involved in the struggle to slow global warming, and the ways in which environmental and economic policies need to be linked dynamically in order to effect positive change. Addressing the dichotomy of competing public policies in a Canadian context, Work in a Warming World presents ways of creating an effective response to global warming and key building blocks toward a national climate strategy.

Work in a Warming World (Volume 184) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series)

Lipsig-Mummé, Carla

Queen's School of Policy Studies

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Global Turbulence: Social Activists and State Responses to Globalization: Social Activists and State Responses to Globalization (Routledge Revivals)

Relations of Global Power: Neoliberal Order and Disorder

Relations of Global Power: Neoliberal Order and Disorder

Varieties of Austerity

Escaping Dystopia: Rebuilding a Public Domain

Paradigm Shift: Globalization and the Canadian State

Paradigm Shift (Second Edition): Globalization and the Canadian State, Second Edition

Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis and Democratic Malaise in Canada

Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis & Democratic Malaise in Canada

Work in a Warming World (Volume 184) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series)