Limits to Globalization: North-South Divergence

by William R. Thompson, Rafael Reuveny, Reuveny Rafael

Book Overview

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has loomed, at least for some, as the world system's next crisis carrier, creating winners and losers and trampling on the distinctiveness of local cultures. Yet the liberal assumption is that if the market does its job, the poor will catch up to the rich via trade-driven growth and the economies of developed and less developed countries will gradually converge.

Investigating the processes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415776732
• ISBN13: 9780415776738
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"