Globalization from Below : The World's Other Economy (Hardcover)

Introduction: What is Globalization from Below? Gordon Mathews and Carlos Alba Vega  Part 1: Mapping Globalization from Below: Routes, Nodes, Markets  1. Following the New Silk Road between Yiwu and Cairo Olivier Pliez  2. "They Come from China": Pirate CDs in Mexico in Transnational Perspective Jose Carlos G. Aguiar  3. Ciudad del Este and the Brazilian Circuits of Commercial Distribution Fernando Rabossi  4. Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong as a Laboratory of Neoliberalism Gordon Mathews  5. Illegalisms and the City of Sao Paulo Vera da Silva Telles  Part 2: Embodying Globalization from Below: Entrepreneurs, Traders, Peddlers  6. Hong Kong Petty Capitalists Investing in China: Risk Tolerance, Uncertain Investment Environments, Success and Failure Alan Smart and Josephine Smart  7. From Secondhand Clothing to Cosmetics: How Philippine-Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fill Gaps in Cross-Border Trade Lynne Milgram  8. Mexican "Ant Traders" in the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez Border Region: Tensions between Globalization, Securitization and New Mobility Regimes Melissa Gauthier  9. African Traders in Guangzhou, China: Routes, Reasons, Profits, Dreams Yang Yang  10. In the Shadow of the Mall: Street Hawking in Global Calcutta Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay  11. Localism Meets Globalization in an American Street Market Robert Shepherd  12. Local Politics and Economic Globalization from Below: The Peddler Leaders of Mexico City’s Historic Center Streets Carlos Alba Vega  Conclusion: Globalization From Below and the Non-Hegemonic World System Gustavo Lins Ribeiro