The Dark Side of Globalization

Contents: Foreword. Introduction: Globalization and transnational uncivil society. Part I : Domination and fragmentation: 1. Globalization, imperialism and violence/William D. Coleman. 2.  New state structures in South America/Edgardo Lander. 3. The African connection/Garth le Pere and Brendan Vickers. Part II : Challenges: 4. Arms trafficking in West Africa/Dorcas Ettang. 5. Organized crime in Southern Africa/Charles Goedema. 6. Maoism in a globalizing India/Ajay K. Mehra. 7. Globalization and South Asian insurgencies/S.D. Muni. 8. Terrorism and political movement in Kashmir/Rekha Chowdhary. 9. Jihad in the age of globalization/Nasra Hassan. 10. Security challenges in a unipolar globalized world/M.J. Akbar. Part III : Responses: 11. Regional integration as a response to globalization/Luk Van Langenhove and Tiziana Scaramagli. 12. Civil society and trade protests in the Americas/Marisa von Bulow. 13. Global production, local protest and the Uruguay River pulp mills project/Ricardo A. Gutierrez and Gustavo Almeira. 14. Actors and activities in the anti-human trafficking movement/Kirsten Foot. Conclusions.

Seen by some as a desirable and irreversible engine of prosperity and progress, globalization is resisted by others as the soft underbelly of a corporate imperialism that plunders and profiteers in the global marketplace.

Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology. Examples include the transitional flows of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and global pandemics.

How do these various expressions of uncivil society manifest themselves? How do they exploit the opportunities offered by globalization? How can governments, international organizations and civil society deal with the problem?

From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed insurgencies in South Asia and the upsurge of jihad in the age of globalization, this book examines the challenges that the dark forces of globalization pose to the international system and the responses they have triggered. Written largely by authors from developing countries, the book\'s goal is to help maximize the beneficial consequences of globalization while muting its baleful effects. (jacket)