This volume brings together a group of authors who share a common concern with the effects of globalization on the South. Included among these effects is the ac

Using a world systems approach this book examines how globalization is experienced around the world and compares its intensity and impact in industrialized coun

Globalization is a form of social change, reshaping the socio-spatial milieu in which humans strive, and in which health and disease are managed and controlled.

Rather than claim that there exists a common concept of globalization that all parties can agree to, this book seeks to examine some of the conceptions and the

Text of this paper was circulated at the South Summit, Havana, Cuba, 10-14 Apr 2000.