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The Cost of Globalization: Dangers to the Earth and Its People
Julian E. Kunnie
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Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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' ... Read more
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' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McFarland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786496082
SKU
V9780786496082
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About Julian E. Kunnie
Julian E. Kunnie is a professor of religious, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North African studies at the University of Arizona, USA. His articles have appeared in the African Studies Review, the Black Scholar, the Journal of African American History, the Journal of the African American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Pan African Studies, and other noted journals and ... Read more
Reviews for The Cost of Globalization: Dangers to the Earth and Its People
In this book, Kunnie educates, elucidates, and exposes an alternative meaning of globalization...highly recommended.
Choice; This book can easily be adopted in numerous courses in the social sciences and humanities and should be required reading for all interested in understanding the complex dynamics of globalization.
Celestino Fern ndez, University of Arizona; In this brilliant work, Professor Julian Kunnie ... Read more
Choice; This book can easily be adopted in numerous courses in the social sciences and humanities and should be required reading for all interested in understanding the complex dynamics of globalization.
Celestino Fern ndez, University of Arizona; In this brilliant work, Professor Julian Kunnie ... Read more