The assymetries of globalization Book

The discourse on globalization has become polarized. Proponents consider globalization as the silver bullet for targeting growth in the world economy and for poor countries in specific, while opponents see it as the poisoned arrow of exploitation and impoverishment of the Third World. The Asymmetries of Globalization breaks new ground in approaching globalization not only as trade in commodities, but also as trade in positional goods ("decommodified trade.") This analytical view of the subject is original, but is also timely in a situation where the tail of trade in "services" has grown enough to wag the traditional trade-in-commodities dog of globalization. The papers in this volume constitute a tapestry of case studies that elaborate and empirically investigate the causes of systematic asymmetries of globalization. The book will be highly useful to students across international political economy, the political of international trade and will enlighten all those working in the general area of globalization.