Proceedings of the International Conference on Globalization and Its Discontents

This volume consists of papers presented at Second Coonference in Economics co-organized by Izmir Univeristy of Economics and the State University of New York at Cortland on June 8-9, 2007 in Cortland, New York. The theme of the conference is "Globalization and Its Discontents". Papers presented cover issues such as women and poverty, challenges to the environment, international trade in the age of globalization and its consequences for developing countries, and the effect of global movements and politics on national policymaking, analyzed in two case studies of India and Turkey.