Globalization and Insecurity

Although the word “globalization” is still not received English, many books now celebrate the global integration of trade, finance, culture and telecommunication. In this book, nine experts examine the threats to security – physical, political and economic – of specific aspects of globalization and then explore the social responses to these threats. Between them, the contributors cover politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labour, development and social security. These thought provoking and disturbing essays are useful for a critical understanding of globalization. They set an agenda for research and action on the regulation of global forces.

Author Biography

BARBARA HARRISS-WHITE is a University Professor of Development Studies and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford where she has twice convened the Wolfson College Lectures whose 1999 series form the core of this book. She is co-editor of Agricultural Markets from Theory to Practice; Sonar Bangla? Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh and Illfare in India: Essays on Indian’s Social Sector in Honour of S.Guhan.