4/$40 The Collapse of Globalism: And the Reinvention of the World - Hardcover

Mix and match listings marked as 4/$40 and get a $40 + shipping offer on 4 books. Weight limit up to 5lbs. I've got a variety of books in my closet - bundle up and send me an offer! This used book by John Ralston Saul is in a good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and possible minor marks within. Comes from the smoke free and pet friendly home. Globalization, like many great geopolitical ideologies before it, is now officially dead. Despite the near-religious conviction with which it was originally conceived, a growing vagueness now surrounds its original promise that nation states were heading toward irrelevance, to be replaced by the power of global markets; that economics, not politics or arms, would determine the course of human events; that growth in international trade would foster prosperous markets that would, in turn, abolish poverty and change dictatorships into democracies. Yet, contends Saul, little has transpired as predicted. The collapse of Globalism has left us struggling in a paradox — a chaotic vacuum. Instead of surrendering or sharing sovereignty, governments and citizens are reasserting their national interests. The United States appears determined to ignore its international critics. Europe is faced with problems of immigration, racism, terrorism and renewed internal nationalism. Many of these issues call for uniquely European solutions born out of local experiences and needs.