Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Couverture rigide

Kaplinsky, Raphael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745635539 ISBN 13 : 9780745635538

Editeur : Polity Press, 2005

Synopsis

Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual - as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy.

Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many - particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe - poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool of increasingly skilled workers in China and other parts of Asia, are driving down global wages.

This poses challenges for policy makers in firms and countries throughout the world. It also challenges the very sustainability of globalisation itself. Are we about to witness the implosion of globalisation, as occurred between 1913 and 1950?

Using a variety of theoretical frameworks and drawing on a vast amount of original research, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of globalization and its effects.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Raphael Kaplinsky is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745635539
• ISBN 13: 9780745635538
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible