Landscapes of Globalization

In this critical and sophisticated analysis, Philip F. Kelly challenges the conventional definition of globalization as an irresistible and inevitable force to which societies must succumb.
In this critical analysis, the author challenges the conventional definition of globalization as an irresistible and inevitable force to which societies must succumb. By tracing the consequences of global economic integration in the Philippines, he argues that global processes are constituted, accommodated, mediated and resisted in social processes at multiple scales, from the national economy to the village and the household. The study harnesses arguments on a broad theoretical plane to new source material derived from close investigation of Manilas rural, but rapidly industrializing hinterland. It therefore promises to inform argument both as the first up to date assessment of Philippine development in the 1990s, and as an essential contribution to the study of geographies and economies of space.