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Author Peters, Rebecca Todd.

Title In search of the good life : the ethics of globalization / Rebecca Todd Peters
Published New York : Continuum, [2004]
©2004

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Description xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. A cacophony of voices : situating the conversation -- 2. The ethics of globalization : developing a normative Christian ethical approach to globalization -- 3. Globalization as new world order : neoliberalism as the reigning economic paradigm -- 4. Globalization as social development : reformation attempts of social equity liberalism -- 5. Globalization as localization : reconnecting to people and the earth -- 6. Globalization as neocolonialism : the struggle of people's movements for global solidarity -- 7. The good life for whom? : critiquing the four theories of globalization -- 8. The future of globalization : seeking pathways of transformation
Summary "In this groundbreaking book, Peters explores the phenomenon of globalization and asks whether it helps or harms society. She identifies and examines four competing theories of globalization and argues that these four visions of our world are incomplete and ultimately unhelpful. Instead, she offers a set of normative criteria that should guide all of society in a world characterized by globalization."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Union Theological Seminary, New York
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index
Subject Christian ethics -- Reformed church
Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christian ethics -- Reformed authors.
Feminist ethics.
LC no. 2004006187
ISBN 0826416209