From World Order to Global Disorder - States, Markets, and Dissent

Informationen zum Autor Dorval Brunelle is Professor of Sociology andDirector of the Observatoire des Amériques at the Université du Québecà Montréal (UQAM). He has published extensively, focusing more recentlyon the social dimensions of globalization and market liberalization.Richard Howard has been translating books from theFrench, chiefly in the social sciences, for over three decades. Klappentext Dorval Brunelle is Professor of Sociology andDirector of the Observatoire des Am¿ques at the Universit¿u Qu¿c¿ontr¿ (UQAM). He has published extensively! focusing more recentlyon the social dimensions of globalization and market liberalization.Richard Howard has been translating books from theFrench! chiefly in the social sciences! for over three decades. Zusammenfassung Demonstrates the profound effect of globalization on relations between the state! civil society! and markets! as well as on collective and individual rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction 1 Building the Postwar Order 2 Welfare States and Social Rights 3 Internationalism versus Regionalism in the Cold War 4 Canada and the Cold War: The Shift to Regionalism 5 Canada-US Free Trade: From the Regional to the Global 6 Features of a Global Order 7 Consultation or Contention: Social Movements and Globalization Conclusion Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Dorval Brunelle, Dorval/ Howard Brunelle, Brunelle Dorval
• Assisted by: Richard Howard (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9780774813617
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1361-7
• No. of pages: 201
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories