The Failure of Global Capitalism : From Cape Breton to Colombia andBeyond.

The Failure of Global Capitalism uses the examples of Cape Breton and Colombia to illustrate the harsh realities suffered by people throughout the global North and the global South under neoliberal globalization, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues. Ultimately, it exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibbs, Terry
Otros Autores: Leech, Garry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : Cape Breton University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Globalization > Economic aspects > Case studies.
Capitalism.
Neoliberalism.
International business enterprises > Developing countries.
Coal mines and mining > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island.
Coal mines and mining > Colombia.
International economic relations.
Mondialisation > Études de cas.
Néo-libéralisme.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Nouvelle-Écosse > Cap-Breton, Île du.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Colombie.
Capitalism
Coal mines and mining
Globalization > Economic aspects
International business enterprises
International economic relations
Neoliberalism
Colombia
Developing countries
Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island
Electronic books.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the impossible dream
  • The rise and fall of industrial capitalism in Cape Breton
  • The Cape Breton radicals
  • From confrontation to collaboration
  • dismantling the compact
  • The era of industrial decline
  • Back to the future
  • Colombia in the era of neoliberal globalization
  • The path to neoliberalism
  • Plan Colombia and U.S. intervention
  • Natural resources and human rights
  • Canada and Colombian coal
  • The human cost of free trade
  • The new economy in Cape Breton and Atlantic Canada
  • The call centre phenomenon
  • The anti-union strategy
  • Canada's energy policies in the era of free trade
  • The social fallout
  • The failure of community economic development
  • The need to challenge global structures
  • Alternatives to global capitalism
  • A Venezuelan alternative : the Bolivarian revolution
  • The environmental challenge
  • A Colombian alternative : Las Gaviotas
  • Local and global linkages
  • Conclusion : we have met the enemy.

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