Globalisation: 'Sceptical' notes on the 1999 Reith lectures

Political Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-425

  Hay, Colin ^a   Watson, Matthew ^a  

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EID: 0039524960     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.00265     Document Type: Review

References (21)

1. A full transcript of all five of Anthony Giddens' 1999 Reith Lectures can be found on the BBC online network. The relevant web page is: 〈http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99. htm〉. All page references in the text relate to this transcript.
2. Giddens, Reith Lectures, lecture 1, pp. 2-3.
3. For an impression of the devastating nature of this critique see esp. Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore, eds, National Diversity and Global Capitalism, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996; Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache, eds, States Against Markets: The Limits of Globalization, London, Routledge, 1996; Robert Keohane and Helen Milner, eds, Internationalisation and Domestic Politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; James Mittelman, ed., Globalization: Critical Reflections, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner, 1997; Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds, Globalization: Theory and Practice, London, Pinter, 1996.
4. For an impression of the devastating nature of this critique see esp. Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore, eds, National Diversity and Global Capitalism, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996; Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache, eds, States Against Markets: The Limits of Globalization, London, Routledge, 1996; Robert Keohane and Helen Milner, eds, Internationalisation and Domestic Politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; James Mittelman, ed., Globalization: Critical Reflections, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner, 1997; Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds, Globalization: Theory and Practice, London, Pinter, 1996.
5. For an impression of the devastating nature of this critique see esp. Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore, eds, National Diversity and Global Capitalism, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996; Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache, eds, States Against Markets: The Limits of Globalization, London, Routledge, 1996; Robert Keohane and Helen Milner, eds, Internationalisation and Domestic Politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; James Mittelman, ed., Globalization: Critical Reflections, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner, 1997; Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds, Globalization: Theory and Practice, London, Pinter, 1996.
6. For an impression of the devastating nature of this critique see esp. Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore, eds, National Diversity and Global Capitalism, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996; Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache, eds, States Against Markets: The Limits of Globalization, London, Routledge, 1996; Robert Keohane and Helen Milner, eds, Internationalisation and Domestic Politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; James Mittelman, ed., Globalization: Critical Reflections, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner, 1997; Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds, Globalization: Theory and Practice, London, Pinter, 1996.
7. For an impression of the devastating nature of this critique see esp. Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore, eds, National Diversity and Global Capitalism, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996; Robert Boyer and Daniel Drache, eds, States Against Markets: The Limits of Globalization, London, Routledge, 1996; Robert Keohane and Helen Milner, eds, Internationalisation and Domestic Politics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; James Mittelman, ed., Globalization: Critical Reflections, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner, 1997; Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs, eds, Globalization: Theory and Practice, London, Pinter, 1996.
8. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
9. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
10. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
11. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
12. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
13. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
14. For a representative cross-section of the literature which argues that the current processes of capitalist restructuring are not necessarily qualitatively novel, see Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, Cambridge, Polity, 1996; Paul Bairoch, 'Globalization Myths and Realities: One Century of External Trade and Foreign Investment', in Boyer and Drache, eds, States Against Markets; Andreas Busch, 'Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data', in Colin Hay and David Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalization, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999. For an equivalent cross-section of the literature which argues that such processes are not necessarily 'global' in nature, see John Allen and Grahame Thompson, 'Think Globally, Then Think Again-Economic Globalisation in Context', Area, 1997, pp. 213-27; Colin Hay, 'Global Capitalism or National Capitalisms: The Contingent Convergence of Contemporary Capitalism', mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1999; J. A. Frankel, Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System, Washington DC, Institute for International Economics, 1997; John Zysman, 'The Myth of a Global Economy: Enduring National Foundations and Emerging Regional Realities', New Political Economy, 1996, pp. 157-84.
15. Giddens, Reith Lectures, lecture 1, p. 1.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid., p. 8.
18. Anthony Giddens, cited in John Lloyd, 'Interview: Anthony Giddens', New Statesman, 10 January 1997.
19. Giddens, Reith Lectures, lecture 1, p. 2.
20. A detail which stands in stark contrast to the casual empiricism of the convenient business school globalisation orthodoxy. For a review of the literature see Colin Hay and David Marsh, 'Introduction: Demystifying Globalisation', in Hay and Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalisation. For a review of the literature which focuses explicitly on the experience of globalisation in Britain, see Matthew Watson, 'Globalisation and the Development of the British Political Economy', in David Marsh et al., Post-war British Politics in Perspective, Cambridge, Polity, 1999.
21. A detail which stands in stark contrast to the casual empiricism of the convenient business school globalisation orthodoxy. For a review of the literature see Colin Hay and David Marsh, 'Introduction: Demystifying Globalisation', in Hay and Marsh, eds, Demystifying Globalisation. For a review of the literature which focuses explicitly on the experience of globalisation in Britain, see Matthew Watson, 'Globalisation and the Development of the British Political Economy', in David Marsh et al., Post-war British Politics in Perspective, Cambridge, Polity, 1999.