The effects of globalization on economy and society are highly contested subjects in academic and political arenas … globalization by ensuring open access to products from poorer countries, encouraging private investment within poorer countries and … -- Introduction -- 1 The contours of globalization -- 2 Globalization and development -- 3 Globalization and growth empirics -- 4 …

majoritarian democracies. Expert contributors in the field consider the question of whether and how globalization is transforming … political economy Variety of Capitalism, Types of Democracy and Globalization will be of interest to students and scholars of … comparative politics, political economy and globalization."-- …

Globalization has adversely affected working-class organization and mobilization, increasing inequality by … redistribution upwards from labour to capital. However, workers around the world are challenging their increased exploitation by … protagonists of globalization often claim. She identifies eight characteristics of globalization harmful to workers and describes …