Critical Theories of Globalization

CHAMSY EL-OJEILI is Lecturer in Sociology at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is author of From Left Communism to Postmodernism: Reconsidering Emancipatory Discourse (2003) and co-editor of Confronting Globalization (2005) and of the journal New Zealand Sociology. PATRICK HAYDEN is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. He is the author of Cosmopolitan Global Politics (2005), John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order (2002) and co-editor of Confronting Globalization (2005) and America's War on Terror (2003).

• List of Boxes Acknowledgements Introduction Theorizing Globalization: Introducing the Challenge Economic Globalization Globalization and Politics Cultural Globalization Resisting Globalization: The Alternative Globalization Movement Bibliography Index

'El-Ojeili and Hayden provide an engaging treatment of a subject worn to death by staid, conventional accounts. Using an accessible version of critical theory, they explore the interconnected sinews of globalization and consider its many tensions and contradictions. Their insights and reflections will be of use to students for many years.' - Randall Germain, Carleton University, Canada'...this volume is an insightful repository on how theoretical frameworks tend to foreclose certain perspectives on global interactions while favouring others.' - Emilian Kavalski, Political Studies Review