Globaloney : Unraveling the Myths of Globalization (Globalization)
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Book Description
What's the truth about globalization . . . and what's just globaloney? Michael Veseth believes that much of what people say and write about globalization is really globaloney - rhetoric built on a few vivid images and exceptional cases that distort more than they reveal about the world around us. Globaloney separates rhetoric from reality by taking close-ups of the classic globalization images and comparing them with unexpected alternative visions. Do Michael Jordan and Nike really define globalization? Why not David Beckham and World Cup soccer? Is globalization McDonalds and McWorld? Why isn't the global wine market a better metaphor? And what can we learn about how globalization works at the grassroots by comparing the elitist, publicity-hungry Slow Food movement with the massive but usually unseen international trade in worn and wrinkled second-hand clothes? By the end of Globaloney, Veseth has explained how globalization reflects its terroir-its local color, why the French so love to hate it, and that, as the title of one chapter proclaims, You can blame it all on Adam Smith. The book shows why it is dangerous to generalize about globalization and, through its wealth of examples, demonstrates that globalization is not one big thing but many different yet related, particular things. Globaloney is an irreverent but important look at how globalization really works. Visit our website for sample chapters!
About the Author
Michael Veseth is professor of international political economy at the University of Puget Sound and author of many books that approach national and global issues from innovative and controversial angles, including Selling Globalization and Mountains of Debt, the latter of which was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review and The Economist. Veseth is the founding director of the international political economy program at Puget Sound and an academic advisor to the interactive educational website for the PBS/WGBH series, "The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the Global Economy." He lives in Tacoma, Washington and lectures widely.
Globaloney : Unraveling the Myths of Globalization (Globalization),Michael Veseth,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,0742536580,General,Globalization,International Relations - General,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Sociology,International economics,Political Science / International Relations,Social Science / General
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