Sklair, Leslie
Professor Emeritus Leslie Sklair
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Experience keywords:
consumerism; socialism; producer-consumer cooperatives; the fortune global 500; globalization; globalising corporations; iconic architecture and global cities; capitalism; capitalist globalisation and its alternatives
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The debate around globalization is entering a new and more mature phase reflected in the fact that it is now generally accepted that we live in an era of globalization. However, the concept is used in a bewildering variety of ways. My research attempts to deconstruct it by distinguishing three modes of globalization in theory and practice, namely: generic, capitalist and alternative globalizations. The argument is that globalization in a generic sense is too often confused with its dominant actually existing type, capitalist globalization. I define generic globalization in terms of (a) the electronic revolution; (b) postcolonialisms; (c) the subsequent creation of transnational social spaces; and (d) qualitatively new forms of cosmopolitanism. Capitalist globalization undermines the emancipatory potential of the four elements of generic globalization, resulting in what I term a new type of class polarization crisis and the crisis of ecological unsustainability. These ideas are investigated in general through analyses of the hegemony of the transnational capitalist class (largely based on those who own and control the economic structures of the Fortune Global 500) and, in particular, how the TCC uses iconic architecture to create and sustain a culture-ideology of consumerism globally. The research aims to show that the most viable alternative to this capitalist globalization is a post-capitalist form of democratic socialist globalization, operating through networks of sustainable consumer-producer cooperatives at all appropriate social and geographical scales—a long term but necessary set of transitions.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
USA; Europe; China
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Languages: French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]
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Media experience:
Radio
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Sklair, Leslie (2010) Capitalist globalization, corporate social responsibility and social policy. Critical social policy, 30 (4). pp. 472-495. ISSN 0261-0183 Sklair, Leslie (2010) Iconic architecture and the culture-ideology of consumerism. Theory, culture and society, 27 (5). pp. 135-159. ISSN 0263-2764 Sklair, Leslie (2009) Commentary: From the consumerist/oppressive city to the functional/emancipatory city. Urban studies, 46 (12). pp. 2703-2711. ISSN 0042-0980 Sklair, Leslie (2009) La classe capitalista transnazionale e l’architettura contemporanea nelle città globali [The transnational capitalist class and contemporary architecture in globalizing cities]. Lotus international, 138 pp. 4-18. ISSN 1124-9064 Sklair, Leslie (2009) The transnational capitalist class and the politics of capitalist globalization. In: Dasgupta, Samir and Pieterse, Jan Nederveen, (eds.) Politics of globalization. SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK, pp. 82-97. ISBN 9788178299471 Sklair, Leslie (2009) The globalization of human rights. Journal of global ethics, 5 (2). pp. 81-96. ISSN 1744-9626 Sklair, Leslie (2009) Iconic architecture and capitalist globalization. In: Paddison, Ronan and Ostendorf, W J M. and McNeill, Donald and Tiesdell, Steve A. and Parnell, S M., (eds.) Urban studies: society. SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 9781847872579 Sklair, Leslie (2009) The emancipatory potential of generic globalization. Globalizations, 6 (4). pp. 525-539. ISSN 1474-7731 Sklair, Leslie (2009) Architettura iconica e globalizzazione capitalista. In: Dialoghi internazionali: città nel mondo. Bruno Mondadori, Milan, Italy, pp. 114-145. ISBN 9788861592537 Sklair, Leslie (2009) The transnational capitalist class: theory and empirical research. In: Sattler, Friederike and Boyer, Christoph, (eds.) European economic elites: between a new spirit of capitalism and the erosion of state socialism. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, Germany, pp. 497-522. ISBN 9783428131815 Sklair, Leslie (2008) Globalizace lidských práv [Globalization of human rights]. In: Hrubec, M., (ed.) Interkulturní dialog o lydských právech: zapádni, islámské a konfuciánské perspektivy [An intercultural dialogue on human rights: the Western, Islamic and Confucian perspectives]. Filosofia, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 49-81. Sklair, Leslie (2008) Die transnationale Kapitalistische. In: Berger, Peter A. and Weiß, Anja, (eds.) Transnationalisierung sozialer Ungleichheit. Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, Germany, pp. 213-240. ISBN 9783531152073 Sklair, Leslie (2008) Discourses of globalization: a transnational capitalist class analysis. In: Krishnaswamy, Revathi and Hawley, John C., (eds.) The postcolonial and the global. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 215-227. ISBN 9780816646081 Sklair, Leslie (2008) Iconic architecture and capitalist globalization. In: Herrle, Peter and Wegerhoff, Erik, (eds.) Architecture and identity. Lit Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 207-220. ISBN 9783825810887 Sklair, Leslie (2008) From state-centrist sociology of development to transnational globalization. IKON occasional papers, no.1/2008. Institute of Occidental Studies (IKON), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia Sklair, Leslie (2007) A transnational framework for theory and research in the study of globalization. In: Rossi, Ino, (ed.) Frontiers of globalization research: theoretical and methodological approaches. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 93-108. ISBN 9780387335957 Sklair, Leslie (2007) Achilles has two heels: crises of capitalist globalization. In: Miller, David and Dinan, William, (eds.) Thinker, faker, spinner, spy: corporate PR and the assault on democracy. Pluto Press, London, UK, pp. 21-32. ISBN 9780745324449 Sklair, Leslie (2007) Competing conceptions of globalization (1999). In: Roberts, J. Timmons and Hite, Amy Bellone, (eds.) The globalization and development reader: perspectives on development and global change. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 233-246. ISBN 9781405132367 Sklair, Leslie (2007) The transnational capitalist class and global politics: deconstructing the corporate-state connection. In: James, Paul and O'Brien, Robert, (eds.) Globalization and economy. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 101-119. ISBN 9781412919524 Sklair, Leslie (2007) Ikonische Architektur und die transnationale kapitalistische Klasse. In: Nestler, G., (ed.) Fluid taxonomies. Schlebrügge, Vienna, Austria, pp. 121-131. ISBN 9783851601107 Sklair, Leslie (2007) Globalisation generique, globalisation capitaliste, globalisations alternatives. In: Nahavandi, F., (ed.) Vivre ensemble au XXIème siècle: actes du colloque international de l'Institut de Sociologie. Institut de Sociologie, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique, pp. 359-371. ISBN 9782872630155 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Do cities need architectural icons? [review article]. Urban studies, 43 (10). pp. 1899-1907. ISSN 0042-0980 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Competing conceptions of globalization. In: Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Babones, Salvatore J., (eds.) Global social change: historical and comparative perspectives. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland, USA, pp. 59-78. ISBN 9780801884238 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Social movements for global capitalism: the transnational capitalist class in action. In: Lipschutz, Ronnie D., (ed.) Civil societies and social movements: domestic, transnational, global. Ashgate, Surrey, UK. ISBN 9780754626336 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Capitalist globalization: fatal flaws and the necessity for alternatives. Brown journal of world affairs, 13 (1). pp. 29-37. ISSN 1080-0786 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Globalisation and development. In: Clark, David Alexander, (ed.) The Elgar companion to development studies. Edward Elgar Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK, pp. 200-203. ISBN 9781843764755 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Capitalist globalization and the anti-globalization movement. In: Dasgupta, Samir and Kiely, Ray, (eds.) Globalization and after. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, pp. 293-319. ISBN 9780761935063 Sklair, Leslie (2006) Iconic architecture and capitalist globalization. City, 10 (1). pp. 21-47. ISSN 1360-4813 Sklair, Leslie (2005) The transnational capitalist class and contemporary architecture in globalizing cities. The international journal of urban and regional research, 29 (3). pp. 485-500. ISSN 0309-1317 Sklair, Leslie (2005) Generic globalisation, capitalist globalisation, and beyond: a framework for critical globalization studies. In: Appelbaum, Richard P. and Robinson, William I., (eds.) Critical gobalization studies. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 55-64. ISBN 9780415949613 Sklair, Leslie (2004) Globalization and development. In: Forsyth, Tim, (ed.) Encyclopedia of international development. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 041525342x Sklair, Leslie (2004) The end of capitalist globalization. In: Steger, Manfred B., (ed.) Rethinking globalism. Rowman and Littlefield, Maryland, USA, pp. 39-49. ISBN 0742525457 Sklair, Leslie (2003) Transnational practices and the analysis of the global system. In: Hulsemeyer, Axel, (ed.) Globalization in the twenty-first century. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 15-32. Sklair, Leslie (2003) Sociology of the global system. In: Lechner, Frank and Boli, John, (eds.) The globalization reader. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 70-76. ISBN 9781405102803 Sklair, Leslie (2003) Globalization, capitalism and power. Developments in sociology, 10 pp. 101-121. ISSN 0956-9359 Sklair, Leslie (2003) Sociologia del sistema global. Editorial Gedisa, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 8474328454 Sklair, Leslie (2002) Champions, losers and big business in China. Asia-Pacific business review, 9 (1). pp. 95-103. ISSN 1360-2381 Sklair, Leslie (2002) Democracy and the transnational capitalist class. Annals of the American academy of political and social science, 581 (1). pp. 144-157. ISSN 0002-7162 Sklair, Leslie (2002) The transnational capitalist class and global politics: deconstructing the corporate-state connection. International political science review, 23 (2). pp. 159-174. ISSN 0192-5121 Sklair, Leslie and Robbins, Peter T. (2002) Global capitalism and major corporations from the Third World. Third World quarterly, 23 (1). pp. 81-100. ISSN 0143-6597 Sklair, Leslie (2002) Globalization and management: the role of the transnational capitalist class. In: Joynt, Pat and Warner, Malcolm, (eds.) Managing across cultures: issues and perspectives. Thomson Learning, London, UK, pp. 269-280. ISBN 9780415135580 Sklair, Leslie (2002) Globalization: capitalism and its alternatives. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. ISBN 9780631224617 Sklair, Leslie (2001) The transnational capitalist class. Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 9780631224624 Sklair, Leslie (2000) Media imperialism. In: Beynon, John and Dunkerley, David, (eds.) Globalization: the reader. Routledge, New York, pp. 28-30. ISBN 9780415929226 Sklair, Leslie (2000) Social movements and global capitalism. In: Roberts, J. Timmons and Hite, Amy, (eds.) From modernization to globalization. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, pp. 328-339. ISBN 9780631210979 Sklair, Leslie (2000) The sociology of the global system. In: Lechner, Frank and Boli, John, (eds.) The globalization reader. Routledge, New York. ISBN 9780415929226
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