Globalization's Contradictions Geographies of Discipline, Destruction And Transformation

Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone's lives. People are being 'disciplined' by neoliberal economic agendas, 'transformed' by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, among other disastrous disruptions, are also globalization's legacy. This collection of geographical treatments of such a complex set of processes unearths the contradictions in the impacts of globalization on peoples' lives, especially the poor and less/least powerful in the Global South. The tenor of the collection is critical, in part because such a perspective stimulates questions and invigorates interest in the world beyond our own, even to the point of disturbing our complacency. Deliberately, this critical collection raises questions, even as it offers geographical insights and thoughtful assessments of globalization's multifaceted 'faces and spaces.'Heynen, Nik is the author of 'Globalization's Contradictions Geographies of Discipline, Destruction And Transformation', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415770620 and ISBN 0415770629.