What Is Globalization?
Contributors: Patrick Camiller (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780745621265
Subjects: Geopolitics; Globalization; Politics / Current Events; International - Economics; Business & Economics; International relations; Business/Economics; Politics/International Relations; International economic relations; International Relations - General; History & Theory - General; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Human Geography; International economic relatio
First sentence: The counter-revolution fails At the time when the Soviet empire was falling apart, Boris Yeltsin - who was then President of the Russian Federation - addressed the people of Moscow in a spirited speech against the Communist putschists from the top of an armoured car, a speech broadcast not by Soviet Radio (which was in the hands of the old Communists) but via CNN satellite.