Over the past 25 years, numerous books have been written on the advantages and disadvantages of globalization. But the issues arising from rapid global integration have generally been treated in isolation by most academic works. This volume examines the many pitfalls of globalization from the perspective of impoverished and indigenous peoples, including the widening wealth gap, the struggle for restoration of dispossessed lands and cultural rights, global warming and ecological annihilation, and the experiences of women in underdeveloped regions who receive little benefit from their labour and are subject to violence. The United States' growing prison industrial complex is discussed as an outgrowth of globalization practices that restrict economic mobility. The author concludes with a call for reassessing current ways of living and proposes recreating cultures of conservation and sustainable economies in harmony with the Earth.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc
ISBN-13
9780786496082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
213980244
Product Key Features
Author
Julian E. Kunnie
Publication Name
The Cost of Globalization: Dangers to the Earth and Its People
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Julian E. Kunnie
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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