Contesting Globalization

Space and Place in the World Economy

André C. Drainville - Collection RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

207 pages, parution le 18/02/2004

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Résumé

This book is an innovative and original addition to the literature on globalization which examines the challenges faced by those wishing to develop progressive visions of transparent global governance and civil society. The author traces the history and development of the institutions of global governance (The World Bank, IMF, WTO etc) as well as the emergence of the anti-globalization movement. The author argues that we are at a unique moment where social forces have moved from national and international struggles to a global struggle and intervention in the world economy.

A series of case studies examine the ways in which cities have become contested sites for global struggles from the London dockworkers strikes of the 19th Century to the recent demonstrations against the international financial institutions in Genoa, Seattle and Washington. The author's approach is controversial as he is also critical of some aspects of the anti-globalization movement which he regards as apolitical.

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This book is at the beginning of an inquiry into the metaphors and eventual concepts that will make sense of present and future struggles for social and political change.."

Robert Cox, York University, Canada

With remarkable insight and creativity, André Drainville imagines the world economy as a city and uses specific moments of urban conflict to show that global politics is a "placed politics". Far from emerging in some abstract space of flows, global power is specific, contingent, and relational. It is made and contested in situated struggles that spring from placed experiences. Contesting Globalization uses the situationist urban imaginary to enrich our understanding of the concrete making and unmaking of transnational political subjects. It is a major work in critical urban theory and international political economy.."

Michael P. Smith, University of California, Davis

Sommaire

Introduction
More than ghosts:subjects in places in the world economy
Three episodes from cities in the world economy
Occupying places in the world economy
The Civic ordering of global social relations
Integrated world-creation:outlines of a radical articulation
Conclusion

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Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	André C. Drainville
Collection	RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Parution	18/02/2004
Nb. de pages	207
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	400g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415319300
ISBN13	978-0-415-31930-0