Inequity in the Global Village: Recycled Rhetoric and Disposable People [Paperback]

Jan Knippers Black (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1565490991 | ISBN-13: 978-1565490994 | Publication Date: October 1999

* Links development issues generally treated in isolation
* Demonstrates how global transformations affect real people and communities

As globalization rapidly replaces the cold war paradigm, the narrow distribution of benefits from globalization has created a disturbing gap in wealth and power both among and within states. In an impassioned style, Jan Black analyzes the problems of increased nationalism, growing refugee populations, and the politics of exclusion. This is a critical and brutally honest commentary on the complex transformation from a bipolar world to a global village.

Editorial Reviews

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Opponents of globalization will applaud the irreverent prose and Black's explicit call to action. -- C. Barrett Choice Magazine, July/August 2000

Unreservedly recommended. -- Counterpoise Magazine, Volume 5 Number 2

About the Author

Jan Knippers Black is a Professor in the Graduate School of International Policy Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Jan has been a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford, a faculty member in the University of Pittsburgh's Semester-at-Sea Program, a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico, and a research team supervisor at American University. She is also author, editor, or co-author of more than two dozen books and almost 200 chapters or articles in anthologies, encyclopedias, journals, magazines or newspapers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kumarian Press (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565490991
• ISBN-13: 978-1565490994
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,578,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Up-to-date and Close-up look at Global Inquality., December 17, 1999

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This review is from: Inequity in the Global Village: Recycled Rhetoric and Disposable People (Paperback)

I will assign this book to my senior-level World Affairs class. It gives a timely and close-up look at both the structural causes of poverty and its human consequences. Jan Knippers Black integrates graphic detail with descriptions of larger trends. She has a good conceptual grasp of global trends and is not shy about directly linking poverty to the policies of corporations, national governments, and international financial institutions. Inequality in the Global Village is well written and organized in a way that will appeal to caring citizens.