This will be worth seeing if you are in London. Gray has suggested that,
since Sept 11, globalization is in tatters (he was never much in favour
of it anyway). Halliday, of courses, specializes in the Islamic world.
Kaldor has studies the rise in 'new wars' of attrition, like in the
Balkans, as inequalities rise.
Simon
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LSE Events presents
Globalisation: where next?
Date: Monday 8th October 2001
Time: 6pm
Venue: Peacock Theatre, LSE, Aldwych, London
Speakers: Professors Anthony Giddens, John Gray, Fred Halliday, David
Held and Mary Kaldor
Chair: Professor Lord Desai
In this lively and topical debate, LSE Director Anthony Giddens will be
in the hot seat with other internationally acclaimed LSE academics to
debate current thinking about globalisation and its impact. This event
promises to move forward the globalisation debate to the next level.
This lecture is free and open to all, no ticket is required. For further
information please contact 020 79556043 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Dr Simon Batterbury
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Regional Development
The University of Arizona
409 Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076, USA
Phone: (520) 626-8054
Fax: (520) 621-2889
http://geog.arizona.edu/~web/faculty.html
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