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BL
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1026672
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b781042
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| Title & Author
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Politics and globalization /\ edited by Harland Prechel.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Oxford :: Elsevier JAI,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Research in political sociology ;; v. 15
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1 online resource.
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| ISBN
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0080464998
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: 9780080464992
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0762313161
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9780762313167
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editorial board -- Special reviewers -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Politics and Globalization: An Introduction -- States and Markets -- Economic Restructuring -- Responses and Resistance to the Politics of Globalization -- The Business Politics of Globalization -- Globalization and the Politics of Trade Policy -- Globalization and the Crisis of under-Consumption -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Political Mobilization and Globalization -- Chapter 2. Taking Cover Beneath the Anti-Bush Umbrella: Cycles of Protest and Movement-to-Movement Transmissions in an Era of Repressive Politics -- Introduction -- Studying the Relationship between Social Movements as Cycles of Protest -- Data and Methods -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion: Ending the Cycle of Protest? -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3. Organizational Expansion, Liberalization Reversals and Radicalized Collective Action -- Introduction -- State-Movement Dynamics in Nondemocratic Political Settings -- Regime Liberalization and Organizational Expansion -- Liberalization Reversals: The Threatening Authoritarian Political Environment -- Theoretical Summary -- Methods -- Antecedents to Political Liberalization (1885-1927) -- Regime Liberalization: 1927-1930 -- Organizational Infrastructure 1927-1930 -- Liberalization Reversal: The Threatening Political Environment, 1930-1932 -- Quantitative Analysis of the 1932 Rebellion -- Results -- Summary of Quantitative Analysis -- Dismemberment of Civil Society Organizations: 1932-1962 -- Findings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Part II: Business Politics and Globalization -- Chapter 4. The Business of Anti-Globalization Politics: Lessons from Venezuela's 1998 Presidential Elections -- Explaining Business Assistance to an Anti-Neoliberal Candidate -- Data and Analytic Strategy -- Operationalization -- Results of Data Coding -- Results of Data Analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A. Probable Donors by Confirmation Source -- Appendix B. Acronyms -- Chapter 5. Conflict, Cooperation, Convergence: Globalization and the Politics of Downtown Development in Mexico City -- Cities, Globalization, and Conflict -- From Conflict to Urban Politics: Whither the Silences? -- Struggles over Downtown Development in Mexico City: A Case Study -- Politics and Downtown Development before Globalization: Were the Actors Different? -- The 1985 Earthquake and New Opportunities for Downtown Development -- Economic Liberalization, Democratization, and Downtown Development: New Possibilities Meet old Limits -- Urban Development, Security, and Cooperation on Downtown Development -- Globalization and Downtown Development in Theory and Practice: A Summary of Findings -- From Cooperation and Competition to Convergence? Some Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Part III: The Politics of Tr.
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| Abstract
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This volume examines how corporations, classes and other social actors exercise political power to advance their interests in a range of historical and geographic settings.
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Globalization-- Political aspects.
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International economic relations.
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International relations.
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Globalization-- Political aspects.
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International economic relations.
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International relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Globalization.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.1
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| LC Classification
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JZ1318.P65 2006eb
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| Added Entry
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Prechel, Harland.
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