Critical Globalization Studies
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Edited by
Richard P. Appelbaum
William I. Robinson

Critical Globalization Studies is the first volume to map out a critical approach to the rapidly growing field of globalization studies. Centrally concerned with global justice, the contributors both scrutinize and recast the subject. As well, the volume serves as a bridge connecting scholars of globalization, the policy world, and the global justice movement. The essays examine a wide range of topics too often left at the margin of globalization studies and in the process raise a host of crucial questions: What is a critical globalization studies? What are the competing approaches and perspectives within the globalization debate? What is the nature of power and conflict in the world today and what role does globalization play? In what directions is globalization reearch moving and what are the implications of globalization for the academy? How have major global resistance movements affected the study of globalization?

Unique in its expansive and comprehensive approach, Critical Globalization Studies develops new and important theoretical perspectives on globalization while engaging global social activism. It is an indispensable guide for both academics and practitioners.