Inequity in the Global Village: Recycled Rhetoric and Disposable People
Jan Knippers Black | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-100-7 $72.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-56549-099-4 $28.50 |
| 1999/275 pages/LC: 99-29730 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Jan Black shows us how the narrow distribution of benefits from globalization has created a yawning gap in wealth and power both among and within states—a gap that she attributes to a globalized capitalist system run amuck, or more pungently, "mobile money and immobilized political leadership."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jan Knippers Black is professor in the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- Marketing Snake Oil and Theory.
- A COOKIE-CUTTER WORLD: THE NEW NATIONALISM.
- Tinderbox in the Balkans' Southern Tier.
- The Spillover of Suppressed Nationalism: Poland and the Baltics.
- Empire Implosion and Independence by Default: Central Asia and Belarus.
- THE DISPLACED AND DISPOSSESSED.
- Ethiopia's Costly Family Feud.
- A World of Refugees: The Uprooted of Indochina.
- Trafficking in Labor: Southeast Asia and the Modern Muslim World.
- SECOND-COMING CAPITALISM AND COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE.
- Previews of the New World Order: Colonialism and the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
- Privatizing Privilege: Russia and Central Asia.
- Cuba: Clinging to the Dream.
- THE PLUNDERED PLANET.
- Boom and Bust in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Papua New Guinea: Modern Materialism and the New Cargo Cult.
- Greenpeace: An Ecowarrior's Belated Victory.
- INPUT DEMOCRACY AND THE UNEMPLOYED STATE.
- Redemocratization in the Southern Cone.
- Election Monitoring in Paraguay: The Show and the Critics.
- Magic Realism and Mexican Elections.
- STATES OF INSECURITY.
- When Democracy Fails: The Legacy of Burma's Abortive Uprising.
- Anarchy at Street Level: The New Security Threat in Southern Africa.
- Food Security: The Bottom Line for Africa's Front-line States.
- WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS: ENGENDERING A NEW ORDER.
- Dowry Abuse: No Honeymoon for Indian Brides.
- Doing More with Less: Structural Adjustment in the Caribbean.
- Globalizing Popular Organization: The Old Girls Network.
- Conclusion: Back to the Future.
"Gives a clear and macroscopic overview of the building of human and ecological disasters as we enter the 21st century. Rich in research and experience that is fascinating, scary, and powerful."—John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War
"Jan Black has a keen eye for the many injustices of our world. Those looking for a crisp and succinct account of why developing countries always seem to lose out need look no further."—Peter Calvert, University of Southampton