Table Of ContentDebating Globalization
Debating Globalization
DAVID HELD et al.
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Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
Preface by Anthony Barnett and Caspar Henderson xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Globalization: The Dangers and the Answers
David Held 1
2 The Case for Optimism: A Response
Martin Wolf 37
3 Delusions of Internationalism
Roger Scruton 43
4 The Limits to Globalization: Questions for
HeldandWolf
Grahame Thompson 52
5 The Far Side of Globalization: David Held’s
MissingLinks
David Mepham 59
6 Social Democracy as World Panacea?
Meghnad Desai 65
7 The Test of Practice: Global Progress in a
WorldofSovereignty
Maria Livanos Cattaui 71
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8 Top Down or Bottom Up? A Reply
Patrick Bond 82
9 Global Governance from Below
Benjamin Barber 93
10 Globalization’s Reality Check
John Elkington 106
11 Three Modes of Ordering amidst Globalization
Takashi Inoguchi 112
12 The Debate on Globalization: Two New
Contributions
Narcís Serra 118
13 A Covenant to Make Global Governance Work
Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale 126
14 Three Crises and the Need for American
Leadership
KofiAnnan 134
15 What are the Dangers and the Answers? Clashes
overGlobalization
David Held 141
Appendix A: The Barcelona Development Agenda 168
Appendix B: What is Human Security?
Mary Kaldor 175
Notes 191
Index 197
Notes on Contributors
Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, is the seventh Secretary-
General of the United Nations. His first term began on 1
January 1997, and he was appointed for a second term in
2001, to run until 31 December 2006.
Benjamin Barber is the Gershon and Carol Kekst
Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland
and a principal of the Democracy Collaborative, with
offices in New York, Washington and the University of
Maryland. His books include Strong Democracy(1984) and
Jihad vs. McWorld(originally published in 1995, with post-
9/11 edition in 2001).
Anthony Barnett is the editor of openDemocracy and a
non-executive member of the council of Charter 88. He is
the author of Iron Britannia (1982) and This Time (1997);
editor of Power and the Throne(1994) and co-editor of Town
and Country(1998).
Patrick Bond is a political economist and global justice
activist. He directs the Centre on Civil Society at the
University of KwaZulu–Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Among his books are Unsustainable South Africa (with
Simba Manyanya) (2002), Zimbabwe’s Plunge (2003),
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Against Global Apartheid (2003) and Talk Left, Walk Right
(2004).
Maria Livanos Cattauihas been Secretary-General of the
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) since 1996. As
chief executive of the world business organization, she is
responsible for overseeing global policy formulation and
representing the interests of world business to governments
and international organizations. Prior to joining the ICC,
she was Managing Director of the World Economic Forum.
Meghnad Desaiis Emeritus Professor of Economics and
was formerly director of the Centre for the Study of Global
Governance at the London School of Economics. He is a
Labour Party peer in Britain’s upper house of parliament.
His latest book is Marx’s Revenge(2004).
John Elkington is a co-founder and chair of
SustainAbility, and a world authority on business strategies
in the areas of corporate responsibility and sustainable
development. His books include the Green Consumer Guide
(1988) and Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of
Twenty-First Century Business(1997).
Thomas N. Hale is a graduate of the Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University, where he continues as Special Assistant to the
Dean. His research interests include globalization and
global governance.
David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political
Science at the London School of Economics. His books
include Democracy and the Global Order (1995), Models of
Democracy (1996), Global Transformations (with others)
(1999) and Global Covenant (2004).
