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Over the last three decades, the rapid growth of transport and
telecommunications systems and the expansion of transnational
diasporas have intensified links between the urban spaces of
Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Increasing
global mobility has fostered the development of 'informal' trading
networks in which diaspora communities play a central role. As a
consequence, the shadow economies of societies with vastly
different levels of prosperity have begun to come into contact with
one another. While the economic consequences of diaspora trading
networks have been extensively explored over the past few decades,
the impact of globalization on the economic underground has
received much less attention. This volume elaborates on the
definition of globalization, on its impact on illegal and illicit
activities, and on the role of the 'Global City' as the
intersection between the local and the global which allows for the
empowerment of generally marginalized actors often through
technological progress. The contributors explore the dark side of
globalization, more specifically, the relations between
globalization and the new dynamics of legal/illegal practices in
urban settings of global cities.
This edited collection addresses the state of liberalism in light
of recent crises and shifts within the international system. As
economic growth stagnates in the West, power is shifting away from
liberalism's heartlands. Liberalism is under attack, both as
explanatory theory and as normative prescription. Will liberalism
be able to surmount the theoretical and real-world challenges it
faces today?
In this volume, leading 21st-century thinkers provide their
perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal paradigm, both
as a theoretical approach to international relations, and as an
ordering principle of international politics. The contributors
examine liberalism's ability to function in view of its internal
contradictions and the increasing complexity of a globalized world;
assessing its future in view of the power shifts and political
transformations in the international system and providing novel
ways of thinking about liberalism's role, both in its practical
workings and intellectual implications.
The range of international contributors to this volume include
Jonathan Caverley, Philip G. Cerny, Michael Cox, Louise Fawcett, G.
John Ikenberry, Beate Jahn, Charles A. Kupchan, Margot Light,
Cornelia Navari, Nicholas Rengger, Christian Reus-Smit, Nabarun
Roy, Frank Schimmelfennig, Brian C. Schmidt, Peter Trubowitz and
Ren Xiao.
This volume uncovers the relations between globalization and dirty
dealings in urban settings, focusing on some capital cities and on
the relations between underground and overground dynamics all over
the globe. It aims to provide a new take on the dark side of
globalization.
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