Explores the origins and the reciprocal influences of globalization and the recent economic crisis, and suggests what new ideological foundations and geographic regions will be ascendant. - Provided by publisher

Many paths to austerity -- From development to the lost decade in Latin America -- African austerity -- Austerity in Asia and Oceania -- The United States and the inevitability of austerity -- Austerity lands in the European Union -- Why austerity persists -- Bibliography.