TY - BOOK ID - 78492736 TI - Karachi in the twenty-first century : political, social, economic and security dimensions PY - 2016 SN - 1443889342 9781443889346 1443887064 9781443887069 PB - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Globalization KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Karachi (Pakistan) KW - Kurrachee (Pakistan) KW - Kurrachi (Pakistan) KW - Karācī (Pakistan) KW - Corporation of the City of Karachi (Pakistan) KW - Karachi Municipal Corporation (Pakistan) KW - Baldiyah-yi ʻUẓmā Karācī (Pakistan) KW - KMC KW - Karachi KW - K.M.C. KW - Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (Pakistan) KW - Karācī Meṭropoliṭan Kārporeshan (Pakistan) KW - City District Governmet Karachi KW - Karācī Siṭī Ḍisṭrikṭ Gavarnmanṭ KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78492736 AB - The forces of globalisation are indiscriminate - they enable those who pursue good and those who pursue evil. The changes brought about by globalisation affect all segments of society, all walks of life, all political parties, all religions, all ethnic groups, and all countries. Sometimes they occur in the most unexpected ways and yield complex results that appear to be mystifying and intractable, at least on the surface.This book describes how the forces of globalisation have descended upon Karachi and exacerbated local and regional problems to the point where the city is teetering on the bri ER -