Title:
The true cost of low prices : the violence of globalization
Author:
Gallagher, Vincent A.
ISBN:
9781570756696
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006.
Physical Description:
x, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Awakening to the hidden violence -- Neo-colonialism - the search for the most desperate workers -- International financial institutions - instruments of development or violence? -- How the poor suffer as a result of structural adjustment policies -- Is poverty being reduced? -- Maintaining political and economic structures -- The uses of slaves in the global economy -- The politics of food -- The special needs of women and children -- Violence suffered by Latino workers in El Salvador and the United States -- A theology that liberates -- Awakening to the reality of suffering in our world -- How to respond.
Abstract:
"This book explores the basic nature of globalization; explains how programs of the IMF and World Bank really work; and exposes the increasing use of slave labor and the violence that comes from unregulated work environments. Gallagher's text, together with photos, both inform and touch our hearts as they show how we can make a difference."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009992.html