Can Globalization Succeed? - Dena Freeman

Since the 1980s, the expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have created international standardization, deregulated free markets, and increased economic integration between countries, making the production of goods increasingly global and interconnected. However, the success of globalization has led to a rise in social and economic inequality, environmental damage, the erosion of democracy, and decreasing variance of cultural expression.Tracing the development of economic globalization since the first wave of colonization in the sixteenth century, and featuring over 150 color images throughout, Can Globalization Succeed?--the twelfth title in the Big Idea series--examines globalization's political, economic, and cultural impact on the power of nation-states and on populations worldwide. By exploring why so many people express the feeling of being "citizens of
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