The Asymmetries of Globalization

The balance of the chapters in this volume constitute a tapestry of case studies that elaborate and empirically investigate the causes of systematic asymmetries of globalization. The book's appeal transcends economics to make it also highly useful to students across the disciplines of sociology and political science, especially in the fields of international political economy and the politics of international trade. It will certainly enlighten all those working in the general areas of globalization, poverty and economic development.

Editors' Introduction
Part 1: Decommodification: From Trade in Commodities to Trade in Services
1. Asymmetric Globalization: Impact on the Third World
2. Positional Goods and Asymmetric Development
3. Growth and Poverty Reduction under Globalization: The Systematic Impact of Currency Substitution and Exchange Rate Misalignment
4. With Whom to Trade?: An Examination of the Effects of Intra-National and Between-Country Income Inequality on Bilateral Trade
Part 2: Institutional Asymmetries
5. Communities and Markets for Rural Development under Globalization: A Perspective from Villages in Asia
6. Export Outsourcing: Cost Disadvantage and Reputation Advantage
7. Transition Economies and Globalization: Food System Asymmetries on the Path to Free Markets
Part 3: Agricultural Poverty and Decommodification
8. Genetically Modified Seeds and Decommodification: An Analysis Based on the Chinese Cotton Case
9. Globalization and Small-Scale Farmers: Customizing 'Fair-Trade Coffee'
Part 4: Conclusions
10. What Have We Learned About Globalization?