About the Author:
Ronaldo Munck is currently working at the President's Office at Dublin City University as strategic director of the university's engagement with globalization and social development. He was recently Professor of Political Sociology and Head of the Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit at the University of Liverpool. He has published over twenty books in the areas of development studies, labor studies, and the new globalization studies. He is currently researching the role of global social movements in regulating free market global capitalism.

Preface

• 1.Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?
  Economic Internationalization / Political Transformation / Social Impact / Global Governance / Conclusion
• 2. Social Exclusion: The New Poverty / European Paradigm / Poverty and Development / Global Exclusion / Social Inclusion / Conclusion
• 3.Global Integration--Social Disintegration
  Patterns of Inequality / Structural Adjustment / Eastern Capitalism / Politics of Inequality / Conclusion
• 4.Global Places--Spaces of Exclusion Global Cities / Poor Neighborhoods / Poor Countries / Global Social Policy / Conclusion
• 5. Gender and Global Inequality
  Women and Informational Capitalism / The Feminization of Poverty / The Global Sex Trade / Global Feminism / Conclusion
• 6. `Race', Migration and Citizenship
  The Color of Poverty / People on the Move / Global Apartheid / The New Citizenship / Conclusion
• 7. Class, Inequalities and Exclusion
  Polarizing Dynamics / Global Inequalities / The Local and the Global / Complex Identities / Conclusion
• 8. Beyond Social Exclusion?
  Markets and Society / Governance and Control / Discourse and Contestation / Inclusion and Empowerment / Conclusion

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