Suarez-Villa, Luis.

Globalization and technocapitalism : the political economy of corporate power and technological domination / by Luis Suarez-Villa. - Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011. - vi, 243 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Technocapitalism on a global scale -- Historical panorama -- Experimentalist world -- Globalization and domination -- Conclusion -- Fast accumulation -- Modes -- Global imperative -- Global effects and pathologies -- Conclusion -- Intangible global commodities -- Creativity and knowledge -- Commodification -- Reproduction on a global scale -- Value -- Globalization and dysfunction -- Conclusion -- The new global corporatism -- Fast decomposition and globalization -- Fast, global research regimes -- Global dilemmas and pathologies -- Conclusion -- The haves and the have-nots -- Haves versus have-nots -- Fast neo-imperialism -- Inequality and power -- New global divides -- Conclusion -- Illusive democracy -- Corporatocracy versus democracy -- Global inequality and corporatocracy -- Failed governance -- Conclusion -- Is there any alternative? -- Neo-imperialism, nations and class -- Defragmenting -- Transformative emancipation -- Creativity as a global public resource -- Index.

9781409439158 (hardback : alk. paper) RM269.92 9781409439165 (ebook)


Globalization--Economic aspects.
Economics--Political aspects.
Corporations--Social aspects.
Technology--Social aspects.