In this critical and sophisticated analysis, Philip F. Kelly challenges the conventional definition of globalization as an irresistible and inevitable force to which societies must succumb. By tracing the consequences of global economic integration in the Philippines, he argues that global processes are constituted, accommodated, mediated and resisted in social processes at multiple scales, from the national economy to the village and the household.

Philip F. Kelly

1. Introduction: Putting Globalization in its place 2. The Philippines and the Global Economy: Constructing a place in the World 3. Globalization and the Philippine Space Economy: Patterns, Processes and Politics 4. The Globalising Village I: Landscapes of Labour 5. The Globalising Village II: The Physical Landscape 6. Resisting and Reimagining the Global 7. Conclusion Appendix: Methodological Issues