Regional Perspectives on Globalization

The authors provide new perspectives on how we should think about globalization, its impacts and forms of resistance and response. Twelve regional chapters, encompassing all of the major regions of the world, provide a global dialogue and reveal the varied meanings and effects of globalization.

CARLOS G. AGUILAR Facilitator of the Grupo de Agricultura y Comercio de la Alianza Social Continental (Agriculture and Trade Group of the Hemispheric Social Alliance) (ASC) GALAL AMIN Professor of Economics, The American University in Cairo, Egypt ANDREAS ANTONIADES Tutorial Fellow in International Relations and Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Studies, London School of Economics, UK WALDEN BELLO Professor of Sociology, University of the Philippines WIM DIERCKXSENS Researcher, Department of Ecumenical Research, Costa Rica, and Director for Latin America of the World Forum for Alternatives (WFA)ERIC HELLEINER CIGI Chair in International Governance and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo, CanadaNASREEN KHUNDKER Professor of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh MARY KINYANJUI Senior Research Fellow and Economic Geographer, University of Nairobi, Kenya JACEK KOCHANOWICZ Professor of Economic History, Warsaw University and Professor of History, Central European University, BudapestKEHINDE OLAYODE Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria AMADU SESAY Professor of Social and Political Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Black African Studies, University of Bordeaux, France LISA THOMPSON Director on Research in Southern African studies, School of Government, University of the Western Cape, South AfricaPAULO VIZENTINI Professor of International Relations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil