| Description |
xiv, 313 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Globalization, international relations and political geography -- 1. International relations as we enter the twenty-first century / Gillian Youngs -- 2. Political geography and globalization as we enter the twenty-first century / Eleonore Kofman -- Pt. 2. North-South debates -- 3. Globalization, geography and environmental security / Simon Dalby -- 4. Rethinking the geopolitics of the global: the case of North-South relations / David Slater -- 5. Globalizing forces and natural disaster: what can be the future for the small Caribbean island of Montserrat? / Tracey Skelton -- 6. Social movements and global politics / Marc Williams -- 7. Development hegemonies and local outcomes: women and NGOs in low-income countries / Janet Townsend, Emma Mawdsley and Gina Porter -- Pt. 3. Gender, power and global processes -- 8. Shifting ground(s), remapping strategies and triad analytics / V. Spike Peterson -- 9. Gender inequalities and feminist politics in a global perspective / Jill Steans -- 10. The places of women in trading places revisited: gendered global/regional regimes and inter-nationalized feminist resistance / Anne Sisson Runyan -- 11. International sex and service / Jan Jindy Pettman -- Pt. 4. Politics and economics of movements and space -- 12. Crisis? What crisis? The politics of migration regulation in the era of globalization / Helene Pellerin -- 13. Globalization, migration and citizenship: the case of Turkey / E. Fuat Keyman and Ahmet Icduygu -- 14. What next for the state? / Philip G. Cerny -- 15. The global capacity of a world city: a relational study of London / Jonathan Beaverstock, Richard Smith and Peter Taylor -- 16. Globalization and geopolitical world orders / Geoffrey Parker -- Pt. 5. Knowledge and technologies -- 17. Power, knowledge and governance: globalizing intellectual property management, reproducing inequalities / Chris Farrands -- 18. The multimedia industry: networks and regional development in a globalized economy / Gerhard Fuchs -- 19. Cyber-states and the 'sovereignty' of virtual communities / Roy Smith -- 20. The soft-shell of territoriality in the nuclear era / Richard J. Harknett |
| Summary |
Provides a context for debates about globalization through its identification of both continuities and new concerns, and demonstrates the cross-disciplinary imperatives for investigating these areas. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: London: Pinter, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cultural relations.
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Internationalism.
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Globalization.
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International relations.
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| Author |
Kofman, Eleonore.
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Youngs, Gillian, 1956-
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| LC no. |
2003279069 |
| ISBN |
0826454739 |
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0826454720 |
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