ABSTRACT

This book originates from a comparative research project involving extensive collection and analysis of primary and secondary materials (scholarly literature, statistical data, and interviews with key actors) on socioeconomic outcomes of the global financial crisis in all major world regions during the last years. Offering analytical and comparative insights at the global level, as well as an assessment of the overall social globalization phenomenon, this book will be useful for scholars, students, NGOs, and policy makers.

part |19 pages

Theoretical and Empirical Introduction

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis: Theoretical Overview and Some Empirical Observations

part |89 pages

Systematic Part

chapter |15 pages

“Greening the Crisis”

The Place of Environmental Factors in Its Story and Aftermath

chapter |27 pages

The Economic Crisis, Austerity, and Migration

Exploring the Failed Trajectory of Neoliberal Post-Communism

chapter |21 pages

From Male to Female

Conversion and Gender Relations in Times of Crisis: A Study of Seasonal Workers of Agribusiness in Chile

chapter |24 pages

Social Effects of the Crisis

Residential Mobility and Urban Sprawl in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (Spain)