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A FEW CRITICAL REMARKS ON GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND SPATIALITY
Author(s) -
Zientara Piotr
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01895.x
Subject(s) - criticism , democracy , globalization , interpretation (philosophy) , capital (architecture) , phenomenon , unemployment , sustainability , economics , inequality , political economy , development economics , sociology , economic system , political science , market economy , economic growth , geography , law , epistemology , politics , philosophy , ecology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , mathematics , archaeology , biology
Globalisation has come in for a lot of criticism. With its emphasis on the unimpeded circulation of capital, it is increasingly regarded as a negative phenomenon that prompts ‘creative destruction’ of politico‐economic spaces at various geographical scales. Globalisation is also thought to cause wage stagnation, widening inequalities, higher unemployment and greater insecurity as well as to undermine local democracy and environmental sustainability. This paper argues that those criticisms should not be unproblematically accepted and makes a case for a less biased and more nuanced interpretation.