Introduction

This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globalization within the United States.

Subjects Covered

Subjects covered include:

• the historical context of the development of globalization in the US in the post-war period
• opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs (GATT) & the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• the nationalist response to globalization from ''militia'' groups and others on the extreme right
• the populist backlash against globalization
• recent moves by advocates of the free market to present ''globalization with a human face''