Places and Politics in an Age of Globalization

by Arif Dirlik and Roxann Prazniak

Book Overview

This unique work opens a field of inquiry around place-based critiques of global capital as it focuses on the interactions between local issues and international financial flows. Framing their discussions around the concept of place-based imagination, the contributors examine such cases as indigenous movements against land degradation, ethnic pluralism and union organizing, ethnic diversity and the challenges of state and capital to cultural identity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074250039X
• ISBN13: 9780742500396
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"