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Globalization : Debunking the Myths

ISBN: 9780130988973 | 0130988979
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
This book presents a clear and balanced perspective of the dangers and possibilities inherent in the unfolding process known as globalization from both proponents' and opponents' points-of-view. Globalization in the Twenty-First Century, Economic Globalization, Multinational Corporations, Transnationalization of the State And System, Globalization and the Environment, and Cultural Globalization. For anyone who wants an accessible, unbiased presentation of globalization.
Globalization: Debunking the Myths demystifie... MORE
Prefacep. x
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
The Struggle to Understand Globalization in the Twenty-first Centuryp. 1
Globalism and Globalizationp. 2
Globalizationp. 4
Whither Globalization?p. 6
Globalization as a New World Shangri-lap. 6
Globalization and a Brave New World Reprisedp. 9
Plan of the Bookp. 11
U... MOREp. 17
Economic Globalizationp. 19
Political Globalizationp. 21
Cultural Globalizationp. 23
The Multidimensionality of Globalizationp. 24
Economic Globalization: Market Integrationp. 29
Introduction: The Logic of Global Economic Engagementp. 29
Reality Check: Integration in Finance and Tradep. 31
Debunking the Myths: Exclusion from the Clubp. 33
Conclusion: Incomplete Integrationp. 36
Economic Globalization: Growth, Development, Promise, and Anxietyp. 41
Introduction: The Neoliberal Promise and Hopep. 41
Reality Check: Development, Growth, and Poverty Reductionp. 42
Debunking the Myths: Why the Neoliberal Model Fails Poor Statesp. 45
Conclusion: Making Globalization Work for Allp. 51
The Political Challenges of Globalizationp. 56
Introduction: Great Expectations or False Hopes?p. 56
Reality Check: Marginalization, Fragmentation, Disintegrationp. 57
Debunking the Myths: Self-Empowerment and NGOsp. 60
Conclusion: "Fragmengration"p. 66
Political Globalization: Sovereignty Under Siege?p. 71
Introduction: Globalization and State Sovereigntyp. 71
Reality Check: Economic Sovereignty Redefinedp. 72
Debunking the Myths: The Age of Micro- and Macro-Governmentsp. 75
Conclusion: The Future of the Nation-Statep. 80
Cultural Globalization: Homogenization, Harmony, Resistance, and Discordp. 86
Introduction: The Backlash Against Cultural Globalizationp. 86
Reality Check: The Americanization of the Globe?p. 92
Debunking the Myths: The Globalization of Americap. 93
Conclusion: The Evolution of Global Culture, the "Glocal"p. 96
Globalization and the Environmentp. 102
Introduction: Race to the Bottomp. 102
Reality Check: Over-Exaggerationp. 104
Debunking the Myths: Global Partnerp. 109
Conclusion: Sustainable Development via the Environment Meets Globalizationp. 113
Globalization for All?p. 120
Globalization's Bleak Future Prospectsp. 120
Globalization's Hope: Confronting Poverty and Political Indifferencep. 124
Bibliographyp. 128
Indexp. 148
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