Rupert, Mark.
Ideologies of Globalization : Contending Visions of a New World Order. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (204 pages) - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. . - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. .
Cover -- Ideologies of Globalization -- Series editors -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series editors' preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- Social critique and democratizing projects -- Toward transformative politics -- Plan of the book -- 2: Americanism, Fordism,and hegemony -- Americanism and world order ideology -- Capra's two worlds -- Fordism and hegemony -- The political ambiguities of Fordism in America -- Restructuring capitalism -- contesting hegemony -- 3: The hegemonic project of liberal globalization -- Globalization in question? -- The ideology of liberal globalization: displacing politics from the economy -- NAFTA and the politics of a depoliticized world economy -- Round Two: GATT-WTO -- 4: From liberal globalization to global democratization -- (Re)politicizing the global economy: NAFTA -- GATT -- Democracy and the emerging critique of globalization -- Globalization and the political economy of gender -- Feminist activists challenge neoliberal globalization -- Mainstream feminist organizations begin to catch on? -- 5: Fear and loathing in the New World Order -- Defending American exceptionalism: far-right critiques of globalization -- The conspiratorial world-view: a far-right family resemblance -- Americanism in peril: NAFTA, GATT, and the New World Order -- Mainstreaming far-right ideology? -- Tensions and possibilities of post-Fordist common sense -- 6: Competition or solidarity? -- The ambiguities of populism cum conspiracism -- Populist Inc. -- Reading the new populism: The News Reporter -- The decline and rise of Chuck Harder and the new populism -- 7: The New World Order -- Fear and loathing in reverse: the global power bloc and the new populism -- The Asian crisis -- Fast Track and stalemate in the US. Responses to the new populism: "globalization with a human face" -- Seattle and beyond -- A New World Order: (r)evolutionary change? -- Notes -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Americanism, Fordism, and hegemony -- 3: The hegemonic project of liberal globalization -- 4: From liberal globalization to global democratization -- 5: Fear and loathing in the New World Order -- 6: Competition or solidarity? The new populism and the ambiguities of common sense -- 7: The New World Order: passive revolution or transformative process? -- References -- Index.
This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States. Subjects covered include: * the historical context of the development of globalization in the US in the post-war period * opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs (GATT) & the World Trade Organisation (WTO) * the nationalist response to globalization from 'militia' groups and others on the extreme right * the populist backlash against globalization * recent moves by advocates of the free market to present 'globalization with a human face'.
9780203131312
Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
HF1455 -- .R78 2000eb
337.73
Ideologies of Globalization : Contending Visions of a New World Order. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (204 pages) - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. . - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. .
Cover -- Ideologies of Globalization -- Series editors -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series editors' preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- Social critique and democratizing projects -- Toward transformative politics -- Plan of the book -- 2: Americanism, Fordism,and hegemony -- Americanism and world order ideology -- Capra's two worlds -- Fordism and hegemony -- The political ambiguities of Fordism in America -- Restructuring capitalism -- contesting hegemony -- 3: The hegemonic project of liberal globalization -- Globalization in question? -- The ideology of liberal globalization: displacing politics from the economy -- NAFTA and the politics of a depoliticized world economy -- Round Two: GATT-WTO -- 4: From liberal globalization to global democratization -- (Re)politicizing the global economy: NAFTA -- GATT -- Democracy and the emerging critique of globalization -- Globalization and the political economy of gender -- Feminist activists challenge neoliberal globalization -- Mainstream feminist organizations begin to catch on? -- 5: Fear and loathing in the New World Order -- Defending American exceptionalism: far-right critiques of globalization -- The conspiratorial world-view: a far-right family resemblance -- Americanism in peril: NAFTA, GATT, and the New World Order -- Mainstreaming far-right ideology? -- Tensions and possibilities of post-Fordist common sense -- 6: Competition or solidarity? -- The ambiguities of populism cum conspiracism -- Populist Inc. -- Reading the new populism: The News Reporter -- The decline and rise of Chuck Harder and the new populism -- 7: The New World Order -- Fear and loathing in reverse: the global power bloc and the new populism -- The Asian crisis -- Fast Track and stalemate in the US. Responses to the new populism: "globalization with a human face" -- Seattle and beyond -- A New World Order: (r)evolutionary change? -- Notes -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Americanism, Fordism, and hegemony -- 3: The hegemonic project of liberal globalization -- 4: From liberal globalization to global democratization -- 5: Fear and loathing in the New World Order -- 6: Competition or solidarity? The new populism and the ambiguities of common sense -- 7: The New World Order: passive revolution or transformative process? -- References -- Index.
This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States. Subjects covered include: * the historical context of the development of globalization in the US in the post-war period * opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs (GATT) & the World Trade Organisation (WTO) * the nationalist response to globalization from 'militia' groups and others on the extreme right * the populist backlash against globalization * recent moves by advocates of the free market to present 'globalization with a human face'.
9780203131312
Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
HF1455 -- .R78 2000eb
337.73