The Dark Side of Globalisation
by Leila Simona Talani (Editor), Roberto Roccu (Editor)

About the Author
Leila Simona Talani is Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of European and International Studies at King’s College London, UK.
Roberto Roccu is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy in the Department of European and International Studies at King’s College London, UK.

About this book
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.

Brief contents
1 Introduction: The Globalisation Debate—From De-Globalisation to the Dark Side of Globalisation 1
Part I The Dark Side in the Global Economy 19
2 Dark Futures: Super-Rich Farmers and Derivatives Markets in an Unstable World 21
3 The Dark Side of Globalised Production: Economic ‘Rebalancing’ in Contemporary China 43
4 Globalisation and Irregular Migration: Does Deterrence Work? 85
Part II Europe and the Dark Side of Globalisation 121
5 Traditional Organised Crime on the Move: Exploring the Globalisation of the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta 123
6 Placing Austerity in Context: The Greek Case Between Neo-Liberal Globalisation and an Ordoliberal EU 147
7 The Italian Way to Globalisation: Moving to the Dark Side—Between Irregular Migration and the Underground Economy 171
8 The Shadow of Violence and Intervention: Balkan Wars as an Extralegal Deal 199
Index 219

Series: International Political Economy Series
Pages: 223
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (March 29, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3030051161
ISBN-13: 978-3030051167