El Khoury Globalization Development and Social Justice

A propositional political approach
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-50479-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 414 Seiten

Reihe: Rethinking Globalizations

Are there existing alternatives to corporate globalization? What are the prospects for and commonalities between communities and movements such as Occupy, the World Social Forum and alternative economies?

Globalization Development and Social Justice advances the proposition that another globalization is not only possible, but already exists. It demonstrates that there are multiple pathways towards development with social justice and argues that enabling propositional agency, rather than oppositional agency such as resistance, is a more effective alternative to neoliberal globalization. El Khoury develops a theory of infraglobalization that emphasizes creative constitution, not just contestation, of global and local processes. The book features case studies and examples of diverse economic practice and innovative emergent political forms from the Global South and North. These case studies are located in the informal social economy and community development, as well as everyday practices, from prefigurative politics to community cooperatives and participatory planning.

This book makes an important contribution to debates about the prospects for, and practices of, a transformative grassroots globalization, and to critical debates about globalization and development strategies. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, globalization, social movement studies, political and economic geography, sociology, anthropology and development studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

El Khoury, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Infraglobalization 2. Corporatist Globalisation: A World in Its Own Image 3. Infraglobalisation and Sub-Rosa Geographies: From Another World Is Possible To Many Other Worlds Already Exist 4. Alternative Ways of Knowing: Framing Globalisation 5. Paradox in Paradise: Participatory Development and the Social Economy in Kerala 6. A Cooperative Town: Community Development in Australia 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ann El Khoury is Honorary Associate and Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University, Australia.