Globalization and Crisis critically examines the causes and consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and its relation to Globalization in both theory and practice.

Foreword: A Fair Globalization During Crisis Tarja Halonen 1. Introduction: Framing the Debate: One Crisis or Many? The Return of Crisis in the Era of Globalization: One Crisis, or Many? Barry K. Gills 2. The Multiple Crisis and Beyond François Houtart 3. Converging Crises: Reality, Fear and Hope Susan George Analysing Financial, Economic and Capitalist Crisis: Old and New Logics 4. A Savage Sorting of Winners and Losers: Contemporary Versions of Primitive Accumulation Saskia Sassen 5. Globalisation, Crisis and the Political Economy of the International Monetary (Dis)Order Ankie Hoogvelt 6. What Next? An Explanation of the 2008-2009 Slump and Two Scenarios of the Shape of Things to Come Heikki Patomäki 7. The Global Regulatory Consequences of an Irrational Crisis: Examining 'Animal Spirits' and 'Excessive Exuberances' Grahame F. Thompson 8. The Economic Crisis, Capitalism and Islam: The Making of a New Economic Order? Wazir Jahan Karim 9. Critical Ideas in Times of Crisis: Reconsidering Smith, Marx, Keynes, and Hayek M. Scott Solomon Security, States, and World Order Crisis 10. A Radical World Order Challenge: Addressing Global Climate Change and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Richard Falk 11. Crisis and Global Governance: Money, Discourses, and Institutions James H. Mittelman 'Alter-hegemonic' Perspectives 12. In the Shadows of Globalization: Civilizational Crisis, the 'Global Modern' and 'Islamic Nihilism' Mustapha Kamal Pasha 13. A Long View of Globalization and Crisis V. Spike Peterson 14. Lessons of a 'Good' Crisis: Learning in, and From the Third World Craig N. Murphy 15. The Global Crisis and Latin America Henry Veltmeyer 16. Globalization, Crisis and Social Transformation: A View from the South Ronaldo Munck 17. After 30 Years of Deadlock: Labour's Possible Strategies in the New Global Order Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Werner Sauerborn Radical Politics in the Global Crisis 18. Exiting the Crisis of Capitalism or Capitalism in Crisis? Samir Amin 19. Globalization, Crisis and Transformation: World Systemic Crisis and the Historical Dialectics of Capital Barry K. Gills 20. The Stakes of Radical Politics have Changed: Post-Crisis, Relevance and the State Jonathan Pugh 21. Climate and Capitalism in Copenhagen Walden Bello 22. The Invisible Summit: The UN Conference on the Global Economic Crisis-An Eyewitness Account Nick Buxton 23. The Copenhagen Global Summit on Climate Change: A View from the Ground Gemma Bone 24. Global Governance for Global Development Björn Hettne