'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone
of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption
is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively
new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as a genuinely global
economy? Globalization in Question investigates this notion, providing a very different account of the international
economy and stressing the possibilities for its continued and extended governance.
The new edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new issues
which have become salient in the period since the first and second editions were published. Several new chapters
have been added and others combined or re-written to assess the growing supra-national regionalization of the international
economy, the emergence of India and China as new super-powers, and the possibilities for the continued governance
of the global system. A new author has been added to strengthen the analytical embrace of the book given the untimely
death of Paul Hirst in 2003.
Globalization in Question, Third Edition, is a continuing intervention into current discussions about the nature
and prospects of globalization. The book has far-reaching implications which will be of interest to students and
academics in a number of disciplines including politics, sociology, economics and geography, as well as to journalists
and policy-makers.