Leslie Sklair

Gebundenes Buch

TRANS CAP CLASS

Beschreibung

The Transnational Capitalist Class provides theoretically informed empirical research to explain the process of globalization from the viewpoint of the corporations themselves. Through personal interviews with executives and managers from over eighty Fortune Global 500 corporations, Sklair demonstrates how globalization works from the perspective of those who control and oppose the major globalizing corporations and their allies in government and the media. Sklair s unique approach brings a fresh perspective to what has become a key debate of our time.

Autor

Leslie Sklair teaches sociology, and is responsible for the Ph.D. Research Programme in Sociology, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Assembling for Development (second edition, 1993) and Sociology of the Global System (second edition, 1995), and the editor of Capitalism and Development (1994).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2000
• Deutsch, Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780631224624
• ISBN-10: 0631224629
• Artikelnr.: 14800545

Rezensionen

"It will henceforth be difficult to theorize globalization withoutthis rich storehouse of information about the global corporationsand their role in the current world system." Fredric Jameson,Duke University

"This is a pioneering and innovative study of an aspect ofglobalization that is rarely treated in any systematic way. Througha judicious mix of conceptual argument and empirical analysis,Leslie Sklair's stimulating and highly readable book lays bare theanatomy of the increasingly significant transnational capitalistclass. Highly recommended." Peter Dicken, University ofManchester

"This book provides a stocktaking of the drivers ofglobalization worldwide, emphasizing the coherence of the processbut also its

contradictions, particularly those associated witheconomic inequality and environmental stress." Journal ofAustralian Political Economy

"The entire process of globalization is fraught with conflictsand new alliances between groups, be they based in corporations,government or social movements. In the end, Sklair does a superbjob of depicting which group is dominant in this process and how itvigorously defends its interests from attacks against theculture-ideology of consumerism." InternationalSociology

"In making his case, Sklair takes a strong position to critiqueTNC and he pulls no punches. For this reason, he has given us avery important standpoint, along with abundant evidence to sustainhis position. But whatever one's position, this book will have amajor place in the academic debates." Lauren Langman, LoyolaUniversity of Chicago, Theory and Society 31,2002