Firmly rooted in the International Political Economy (IPE) tradition this book addresses the
negative consequences of globalisation what is termed here the 'dark side of globalisation'.
It explores different definitions of globalisation whether the globalisation we have seen
since the 1970s is substantially new and to what extent it can be governed. Building on these
foundations the work assesses the prospects for de-globalisation. By focusing on this dark
side of globalistion the authors show how the global economic crisis and its various local
and sectorial manifestations intensified - rather than generated - existing trends. This
scholarship provides an account of the current predicament that is both more complex and more
persuasive than the opposition between globalisation and de-globalisation.
