Deviant Globalization: Black Market Economy in the 21st Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441178104 ISBN 13: 9781441178107

Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

Through essays contributed by leading experts and scholars, Deviant Globalization argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization. Narcotrafficking, human trafficking, the organ trade, computer malware, transnational gangs are just as much artifacts of globalization as are CNN and McDonald's, free trade and capital mobility, accessible air travel and container shipping. In fact, almost every technology, process, and regulation that enables mainstream globalization is an enabler of deviant globalization. This unique book explains why understanding deviant globalization as a systemic and integral part of globalization is crucial for setting up policies that will maximize the benefits of globalization and minimize its ill effects. Going beyond the usual pro/con arguments about globalization, Deviant Globalization seeks to initiate a critical debate about the choices it presents to governments, firms, supra-national organizations, and individuals. An accessible treatment of the underbelly of globalization, the book offers a systematic treatment of the difficult policy choices that it creates and describes a much more complex and symbiotic relationship between illicit and mainstream globalization.

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About the Authors

Nils Gilman is Senior Practitioner at Monitor 360, a San Francisco based group that helps organizations make sense of complex geo-strategic issues. He is the author of Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) .


Jesse Goldhammer is a principal at Deloitte Consulting, where he helps government, philanthropic and corporate clients develop innovative solutions to vexing challenges. He is the author of "The Craft of Incentive Prize Design" (Deloitte University Press, 2014) and The Headless Republic: Sacrificial Violence in Modern French Thought (Cornell University Press, 2005).

Steven Weber is Professor, Political Science and School of Information UC Berkeley, and advisor to Monitor 360

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441178104
• ISBN 13: 9781441178107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Gilman Nils