Isbn: 9780262033503 - Globalization and Its Enemies (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Bruise/tear to cover.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: New.

Hb. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 192pp.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780262033503.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:026203350X.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Translated from the French by Jessica B. Baker. First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Condition: as new. Translated by Jessica B. Baker. Cambridge , Mass . : MIT Press, c2006. Hardcover.Dustjacket. 192 p. ; 21 cm. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780262033503. Keywords : .

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 192 pages. This book provides a provocative argument that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created by modern media and the lagging economic reality in poor countries. The enemies of globalization - whether they denounce the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones or the imposition of Western values on traditional cultures - see the new world economy as forcing a system on people who do not want it. But the truth of the matter, writes Daniel Cohen in this provocative book, may be the reverse. "Globalization", thanks to the speed of twenty-first-century communications, shows people a world of material prosperity that they do want - a vivid world of promises that have yet to be fulfilled. For the most impoverished developing nations, globalization remains only an elusive image, a fleeting mirage. Never before, Cohen says, have the means of communication - the media - created such a global consciousness, and never have economic forces lagged so far behind expectations. For the poorest countries of the world, writes Cohen, the problem is not so much that they are exploited by globalization as that they are forgotten and excluded. …

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