Economic Globalisation: Social Conflicts, Labour and Environmental Issues - Hardcover

Clem Tisdell; Raj Kumar Sen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184376315X ISBN 13: 9781843763154

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

In this book a distinguished group of international contributors, from both developing and higher income countries, identify and discuss major social conflicts, labor and distributional concerns, environmental issues and impacts arising from the very rapid increase in globalization experienced since the early 1970s.

Issues considered include: possible alternatives to globalization, cultural and linguistic inequalities associated with globalization, consequences of growing regionalism and economic inequality between and within nations. Poverty, international migration, biodiversity conservation, natural resource sustainability, and global trade in genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are also discussed.

A substantial introductory chapter provides a significant overview of the rate and process of economic globalization and integrates the contributions and their interconnections for the reader. Economic Globalization offers policy proposals and responses and represents divergent views and rigorous theoretical analysis.

Economists, particularly those with an interest in international economics, labor, environmental and ecological economics, macroeconomics and social economics will all find this book of great interest.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Clem Tisdell, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia and Raj Kumar Sen, Professor of Economics and Head, Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India

Review

`. . . the book is interesting and the issues focused upon bring to light the different perspectives on globalisation that would be useful to the student, manager and the researcher.' -- Ajit Prasad, Global Business Review `This work makes a significant contribution to the literature on globalisation. It is comprehensive and cogently addresses serious questions, providing a variety of perspectives without sacrificing rigor. The editors provide an excellent overview and have thoughtfully chosen the topics. This will be an essential book for anyone who wants an intelligent discussion of the real issues surrounding globalisation.' -- Darwin C. Hall, California State University, US, Editor, Contemporary Economic Policy and Editor, Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 184376315X
• ISBN 13: 9781843763154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384