| Description |
xvi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Sources and Acknowledgments. -- Preface to the Third Edition. -- General Introduction. -- Part I: Debating Globalization:. -- Introduction. -- 1. The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed: John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. -- 2. How to Judge Globalism: Amartya Sen. -- 3. From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market: John Gray. -- 4. Jihad vs. McWorld: Benjamin Barber. -- 5. The Clash of Civilizations?: Samuel P. Huntington. -- Questions. -- Part II: Explaining Globalization:. -- Introduction. -- 6. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy: Immanuel Wallerstein. -- 7. Sociology of the Global System: Leslie Sklair. -- 8. Realism and Complex Interdependence: Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye. -- 9. World Society and the Nation-State: John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas, and Francisco O. Ramirez. -- 10. Globalization as a Problem: Roland Robertson. -- 11. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. -- 12. The Global Ecumene: Ulf Hannerz. -- Questions. -- Part III: Experiencing Globalization:. -- Introduction. -- 13. How Sushi Went Global: Theodore C. Bestor. -- 14. McDonald?s in Hong Kong: James L. Watson. -- 15. Travelling Beyond Local Cultures: Martin Albrow. -- 16. Strong States, Strong Teachers: Bruce Fuller. -- 17. Strategic Inauthenticity: Timothy D. Taylor. -- Questions. -- Part IV: Economic Globalization:. -- Introduction. -- 18. Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry: Miguel Korzeniewicz. -- 19. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development: Gary Gereffi. -- 20. Incensed about Inequality: Martin Wolf. -- 21. Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality?: Robert Hunter Wade. -- 22. Beyond Good Intentions: Corporate Citizenship for a New Century: Mary Robinson. -- 23. The Case Against ?Corporate Social Responsibility?: David Henderson. -- 24. Globalism?s Discontents: Joseph E. Stiglitz. -- Questions. -- Part V: Political Globalization I: The Demise of the Nation-State?:. -- Introduction. -- 25. The End of the Nation State: Kenichi Ohmae. -- 26. The Declining Authority of States: Susan Strange. -- 27. Global Organized Crime: James H. Mittelman. -- 28. Has Globalization Gone Too Far?: Dani Rodrik. -- 29. Partisan Politics in the Global Economy: Geoffrey Garrett. -- Questions. -- Part VI: Political Globalization II: Reorganizing the World:. -- Introduction. -- 30. The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women?s Movement: Nitza Berkovitch. -- 31. The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting: Elizabeth Heger Boyle. -- 32. World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization: John Boli and George M. Thomas. -- 33. Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach: Peter Eigen. -- 34. Power Shift: Jessica T. Mathews. -- 35. The Backlash against NGOs: Michael Bond. -- Questions. -- Part VII: Cultural Globalization I: The Role of Media:. -- Introduction. -- 36. Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power: Monroe E. Price. -- 37. Peripheral Vision: John Sinclair, Elizabeth Jacka, and Stuart Cunningham. -- 38. Cultural Imperialism: John Tomlinson. -- 39. Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories: Heather Tyrrell. -- 40. Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care: Tyler Cowen. -- Questions. -- Part VIII: Cultural Globalization II: The Role of Religions:. -- Introduction. -- 41. Global Fundamentalism: Frank J. Lechner. -- 42. Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims: Charles Kurzman. -- 43. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Bassam Tibi. -- 44. Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah: Olivier Roy. -- 45. Obedience versus Autonomy: Women and Fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan: Shahla Haeri. -- 46. The Christian Revolution: Philip Jenkins. -- 47. Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement: Frank J. Lechner and John Boli. -- 48. Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a ?Universal? Church: Jose; Casanova. -- Questions. -- Part IX: Changing World Society: Environmentalism and the Globalization of Social Problems:. -- Introduction. -- 49. From One Earth to One World: World Commission on Environment and Development. -- 50. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: UN Conference on Environment and Development. -- 51. Greenpeace and Political Globalism: Paul Wapner. -- 52. Environmental Advocacy Networks: Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. -- 53. The Amungme, Kamoro & Freeport: How Indigenous Papuans Have Resisted the World?s Largest Copper Mine: Abigail Abrash. -- Questions. -- Part X: Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action:. -- Introduction. -- 54. Counterhegemonic Globalization: Peter Evans. -- 55. From Global to Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope: Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash. -- 56. Counter-Capitalism: Globalisation?s Children Strike Back: James Harding. -- 57. Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization: Vandana Shiva. -- 58. Tomorrow Begins Today: Subcomandante Marcos. -- 59. Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization: World Social Forum. -- 60. A Better World is Possible!: International Forum on Globalization. -- Questions. -- Index |
| Summary |
An introduction to globalization studies which covers economic, political, cultural, and experiential dimensions of social change. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Notes |
This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
International economic relations.
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International economic relations -- Social aspects.
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International economic integration.
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Globalization.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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| Author |
Boli, John, 1948-
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Lechner, Frank
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| LC no. |
2003056025 |
| ISBN |
1405102799 alkaline paper |
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1405102802 paperback alkaline paper |
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