Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization.(Book Review)

Publication: Journal of Development Studies

Publication Date: 01-OCT-03

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Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization. By John Clark. London: Earthscan, 2003. Pp.xiv + 268. 15.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 987 6

Globalizing Civic Engagement. Edited by John Clark. London: Earthscan, 2003. Pp.xiv + 194. 55 [pounds sterling] and 18.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 988 4 and 989 2.

These two books are both highly readable attempts to concretise notions of globalisation and global civil society. Worlds Apart is a single authored book that reviews broad aspects of the globalisation debate, focusing on the impact of globalisation, the globalisation of civil society and the search for an ethical globalisation. This is a well-written, highly readable book that provides a useful, student friendly introduction to a number of debates, including the relationship between...

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