Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Beyond Globalisation: Another Transformation of the Economic World System

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Global Environmental Governance

Abstract

Globalisation of the modern economic world system is one of several social transformations that happen simultaneously with the processes of social–ecological transformation towards sustainability. Economic globalisation as the process to create new “development space” for the capitalist world system drives the maladaptive development path of economic growth and industrialisation faster towards environmental and economic crises or collapses. In times where the external limits of natural resource use, planetary boundaries, are reached, it is always more difficult to find new fossil energy sources. The conquest of the last economically unoccupied space of the Earth system, the deep sea and the arctic zones, creates only temporary postponement of the exhaustion of non-renewable resources and requires the development of strategies for social–ecological transformation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Appadurai, A. (1996). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Archibugi, D., & Michie, J. (1997). Technological Globalisation or National Systems of Innovation? Futures, 29(2), 121–137.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Archibugi, D., & Iammarino, S. (2002). The Globalization of Technological Innovation: Definition and Evidence. Review of International Political Economy, 9(1), 98–122.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • AtKisson, A. (2012). Life Beyond Growth. http://lifebeyondgrowth.org.

  • Borowy, I., & Schmelzer, M. (Eds.). (2017). History of the Future of Economic Growth: Historical Roots of Current Debates on Sustainable Degrowth . London and New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brand, U., & Wissen, M. (2017). Imperiale Lebensweise. Zur Ausbeutung von Mensch und Natur im globalen Kapitalismus. München: oekom verlag.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brooks, S., & Grint, Keith (Eds.). (2010). The New Public Leadership Challenge. Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bühl, W. (1983). Die ‘Postindustrielle Gesellschaft’: eine verfrühte Utopie? Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 35(4), 771–780.

    Google Scholar 

  • Christoff, P., & Eckersley, R. (2013). Globalization and the Environment. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cox, R. W. (1983). Gramsci, Hegemony, and International Relations: An Essay in Method. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 12(2), 162–175.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • DiMaggio, P., Hargittai, E., Neumann, W. R., & Robinson, J. P. (2001). The Social Implications of the Internet. Annual Review of Sociology, 27, 307–336.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Earl, J., & Kimport, K. (2011). Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age. Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Flew, Terry. (2007). Understanding Global Media. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • French, H. (2002). Reshaping Global Governance. In State of the World 2002. New York: The Worldwatch Institute and W.W. Norton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Groves, C. (2017). Emptying the Future: On the Environmental Politics of Anticipation. Futures, 92, 29–38.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Held, D., & McGrew, A. (Eds.). (2007). Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies. Cambridge: Polity Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoogvelt, A. (2001). Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development (2nd ed.). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoogvelt, A. (2006). Globalization and Post-modern Imperialism. Globalizations, 3(2), 159–174.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • James, P., & Gills, B. (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 1: Global Markets and Capitalism. London: W.W. Norton and Sage.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • James, P., & Patomäki, H. (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 2: Global Finance and the New Global Economy. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • James, P., & Palen, R. (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 3: Global Economic Regimes and Institutions. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • James, P., & O’Brien, R. (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 4: Globalizing Labour. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • James, P., & Steger, M. (2010). Globalization and Culture, Vol. 4: Ideologies of Globalism. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kar, S., & Roy, S. C. (2015). Globalization of Technological Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities. Science and Culture, 81(7–8), 182–186.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kenis, A., & Lievens, M. (2015). The Limits of the Green Economy: From Reinventing Capitalism to Repoliticising the Present. London and New York: Routledge.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar, V. S. S. (2003). A Critical Methodology of Globalization: Politics of the 21st Century? Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 10(2), 87–111.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McNeill, J. R. (2000). Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth Century. New York and London: W.W. Norton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moomaw, W. R., Bandary, R. R, Kuhl, L., & Verkooijen, P. (2017). Sustainable Development Diplomacy: Diagnostics for the Negotiation and Implementation of Sustainable Development. Global Policy, 8(1), 73–81.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Movius, L. (2010). Cultural Globalisation and Challenges to Traditional Communication Theories. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, 2(1), 6–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pearce, D. W., Markandya, A., & Barbier, E. B. (1989). Blueprint for a Green Economy. London: Earthscan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pieterse, J. N. (2003). Globalization and Culture. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

    Google Scholar 

  • Popa, F., Guillermin, M., & Dedeurwaerdere, T. (2015). A Pragmatist Approach to Transdiciplinarity in Sustainability Research: From Complex Systems Theory to Reflexive Science. Futures, 65, 45–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Powell, W. W., & Snellman, K. (2004). The Knowledge Economy. Annual Review of Sociology, 30, 199–220.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Purdey, S. J. (2010). Economic Growth, the Environment, and International Relations: The Growth Paradigm. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rantanen, T. (2005). The Media and Globalization. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rattle, R. (2010). Computing Our Ways to Paradise? The Role of Internet and Communication Technologies in Sustainable Consumption and Globalization. Lanham, MD: Altamira Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Robertson, R. (1992). Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture. London: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Robinson, W. I. (2009). Saskia Sassen and the Sociology of Globalization: A Critical Appraisal. Sociological Analysis, 3(1), 5–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sassen, S. (2007). A Sociology of Globalization. New York: W.W. Norton.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schatzmann, J., Schäfer, R., & Eichelbaum, F. (2013). Foresight 2.0—Definition, Overview & Evaluation. European Journal of Futures Research, 1(15). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40309-013-0015-4.

  • Selin, H. & Najam, A. (2011, March). Beyond Rio + 20: Governance for a Green Economy (Pardee Center Task Force Report) Boston: Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee Center.

    Google Scholar 

  • Storm, S. (2009). Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand Adjust the Natural Thermostat? Development and Change, 40(6), 1011–1038.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • UNEMG (United Nations Environment Management Group). (2011). Working Towards a Balanced and Inclusive Green Economy. Report. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/8065.

  • UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). (2011). Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication—A Synthesis for Policy Makers. Report. www.unep.org/greeneconomy.

  • Wallerstein, I. (1997, April 3–5). Ecology and Capitalist Costs of Production: No Exit. Keynote Address at PEWS XXI, The Global Environment and the World System. University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wallerstein, I. (2000). Globalization or the Age of Transition: A Long-Term View of the Trajectory of the World System. International Sociology, 5(2), 251–267.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, Russia

    Karl Bruckmeier

Authors
  1. Karl Bruckmeier
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Karl Bruckmeier .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Bruckmeier, K. (2019). Beyond Globalisation: Another Transformation of the Economic World System. In: Global Environmental Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98110-9_9

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98110-9_9

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-98109-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-98110-9

  • eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation