Reviews
Praise for the first edition 'Here, at last, is a scholarly book about globalism. This first-rate guide to the globalization debate is highly recommended'--CHOICE 'A useful stepping stone towards capturing the nature of globalization'--International Affairs Manfred Steger's new study of globalism offers a penetrating analysis of what he calls 'the new market ideology' and, quite remarkably, joins the virtues of a careful and scholarly examination of the academic and political debate over globalization with the virtues of a strong progressive critique of market globalism's consequences. Those who find the academic debate too remote from the moral and civic issues will welcome Steger's engagement in the politics and ideology of globalization; those who find the street protests too remote from judicious judgment and empirical research will welcome Steger's commitment to rigorous scholarship. This is undoubtedly the best of the scholarly surveys of the theory and practices of marketglobalism that has appeared in recent years. . . . Of equal value to students of globalization and those engaged in its practices--whether in classrooms, boardrooms, or the streets. --Benjamin R. Barber, Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of
