Globalization in Question

Paul Hirst (deceased) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the Open University. Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter One Introduction: The Contours of GlobalizationChapter Two Globalization and the History of the International EconomyChapter Three Multinational companies and the internationalization of business activityChapter Four Globalization and International CompetitivenessChapter Five Emerging Markets and the Advanced EconomiesChapter Six Supra-national Regionalization or GlobalizationChapter Seven General Governance IssuesChapter Eight Globalization, Governance and the Nation StateNotes for 3rd editionReferences

"The first edition of Globalization in Question opened up the major debate in globalization studies in the 1990s. Hirst and Thompson's essentially statist challenge to the assumed inexorability of globalisation seemed both provocative, and for the super-territorialists and globalisations true believers, quaintly old fashioned when it appeared. Not so now. The argument, presented in the Hirst, Thompson and Bromley edition looks stronger than ever. Given the global economy and polity of the late 1990s, few theses stand the test of time as well as those set out in this book."Richard Higgott, University of Warwick "The new edition is smart and insightful as ever and up-to-date with its prescient analysis of the complexity of globalization. Most importantly, it provides the reader with a detailed roadmap of the most analyzed and discussed phenomenon of our times. As such it remains one of the best books on the dynamics of the changing global order in the field."Daniel Drache, York University"Now more than ever, we need a reasoned debate about the possibility of politics in an interconnected world. Hirst and Thompson have been important voices in this debate for many years, and this latest edition of their book, co-authored with Simon Bromley, will hopefully be widely read. You may not agree with them, but you cannot ignore them."Kevin H O'Rourke, Trinity College, Dublin