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The Dark Side of Globalization Paperback – January 1, 2011

by Jorge Heine (Editor), Ramesh Thakur (Editor)

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Seen by some as a desirable and irreversible engine of prosperity and progress, globalization is resisted by others as the soft underbelly of a corporate imperialism that plunders and profiteers in the global marketplace. Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology. Examples include the transnational flows of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and global pandemics.
How do these various expressions of "uncivil society" manifest themselves? How do they exploit the opportunities offered by globalization? How can governments, international organizations, and civil society deal with the problem?
From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed insurgencies in South Asia and the upsurge of jihad in the age of globalization, this book examines the challenges that the dark forces of globalization pose to the international system and the responses they have triggered. Written largely by authors from developing countries, the book's goal is to help maximize the beneficial consequences of globalization while muting its baleful effects.
Featured as part of CIGI panel on "The Dark Side of Globalization": cigionline.org/events/panel-discussion-%E2%80%9C-dark-side-globalization%E2%80%9D

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320 pages
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English
Publisher

United Nations
Publication date

January 1, 2011
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6.36 x 0.64 x 9.38 inches
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9280811940
ISBN-13

978-9280811940
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Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2011

The Dark Side of Globalization is a very original contribution to the already extensive library on globalization. Most of the current books on the subject are written by economists who undoubtedly stress economic factors over all other variables, emphasizing the more positive aspects of the phenomenon. Yet for anyone that follows closely world events, the increase in international criminal activity, terrorism, narcotics and arms trafficking among other negative developments is also a product of globalization, albeit a very unwelcome one. The editors effectively bring together an excellent collection of authors who through their essays on each one of these subjects paint a very realistic picture on how globalization has indeed a very dark side. In that regard, this is a very timely book, which undoubtedly will contribute to a much more profound and comprehensive understanding of globalization, its apologists and its discontents. This a book worth reading. I strongly recommend it.

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