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Global Trap : Globalization and the Assault on Prosperity and Democracy by Harald Schumann and Hans-Peter Martin (1997, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherZED Books, The Limited

ISBN-101856495302

ISBN-139781856495301

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGlobal Trap : Globalization and the Assault on Prosperity and Democracy

Publication Year1997

SubjectPolitical Economy, International / Economics, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorHarald Schumann, Hans-Peter Martin

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-028037

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Dewey Edition21

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Dewey Decimal337

Table Of Content1. The 20:80 society - world shapers toward a new civilization 2. Everything is everywhere - the force of globalization and global fragmentation 3. Limited liability dictatorship - playing billiards on the world's financial markets 4. The law of the wolves - the borderless jobs crisis and the new transnationals 5. Comfortable lies - the myths of location and global justice 6. Save yourself if you can, only, who can? - the disappearence of the middle class and the rise of radical seducers 7. Culprit or victim? - the poor global player and the comfortable return of coercion 8. To whom does the state belong? - the decline of politics and the future of national sovereignty 9. The end of aimlessness - escaping the dead end street 10. 20 ideas against the 20:80 society.

SynopsisThis extraordinary book explores the spread of globalization. The authors - journalists on Der Spiegel - provide an account that is highly informed, yet extremely readable. They show how internationalism, once an invention of social-democratic labour leaders, has firmly changed sides. Now more than 40,000 transnational corporation play off their own workers - and different nation-states - against one another.The book opens with a fly-on-the-wall account of a seminar attended by the leaders of major corporations. It revealed that the biggest manufacturers are not simply shifting production away from the industrial countries, but foresee a new century where their labour needs will plummet. Talk at the gathering was all about the 20:80 society, where 20 per cent of the population will suffice to keep the world economy going and the unemployed 80 per cent will be pacified by a diet of 'tittytainment' - ie the modern equivalent of bread and circuses but without nearly so much bread.Calling for the restoration of the primacy of politics over the economy and the repair of the state before it is too late, this book is a a cry of alarm. Currently being translated into 13 languages, The Global Trap is set to become an international bestseller; it cannot be ignored., This extraordinary book explores the spread of globalization. The authors - journalists on Der Spiegel - provide an account that is highly informed, yet extremely readable. They show how internationalism, once an invention of social-democratic labour leaders, has firmly changed sides. Now more than 40,000 transnational corporation play off their own workers - and different nation-states - against one another. The book opens with a fly-on-the-wall account of a seminar attended by the leaders of major corporations. It revealed that the biggest manufacturers are not simply shifting production away from the industrial countries, but foresee a new century where their labour needs will plummet. Talk at the gathering was all about the 20:80 society, where 20 per cent of the population will suffice to keep the world economy going and the unemployed 80 per cent will be pacified by a diet of 'tittytainment' - ie the modern equivalent of bread and circuses but without nearly so much bread. Calling for the restoration of the primacy of politics over the economy and the repair of the state before it is too late, this book is a a cry of alarm. Currently being translated into 13 languages, The Global Trap is set to become an international bestseller; it cannot be ignored., This work explores and critiques the consequences of globalization for both democratic institutions and jobs. Pointing to the weakening of the nation state, it contends that the one world created by globalization is collapsing. The authors argue that in future only a fifth of the world's labour force will be needed, creating the 20:80 society; a global economy out of control will lead to social upheaval and, in the end, war. The book aims to provide an alarm call for the restoration of democracy, politics and the state.

LC Classification NumberHF1414.M3713 1997