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The Globalization Reader

ISBN: 9781405102803 | 1405102802
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date: 12/1/2003

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The Globalization Reader makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debates. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. The editors have replaced several abstract articles from the first edition with livelier, more accessible essays that reflect the current scholarship. With new case studies, and a more international focus, this second edition is an even better introduction to globalization studies. Fully revised and upda... MORE
Sources and Acknowledgmentsx
Preface to the Second Editionxv
General Introduction1(4)
Part I Debating Globalization
5(48)
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Introduction
7(2)
The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed
9(7)
John Micklethwait
Adrian Wooldridge
How to Judge Globalism
16(6)
Amartya Sen
From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market
22(7)
John Gray
Jihad vs. McWorld
29(7)
Benjamin Barber
The Clash of Civilizations?
36(8)
Samuel P. Huntington
A Global Ethic as a Foundation for Global Society
44(9)
Hans Kung
Questions
51(2)
Part II Explaining Globalization
53(68)
Introduction
55(3)
The World Unified
58(5)
E. J. Hobsbawm
The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System
63(7)
Immanuel Wallerstein
Sociology of the Global System
70(7)
Leslie Sklair
Realism and Complex Interdependence
77(7)
Robert O. Keohane
Joseph S. Nye
World Society and the Nation-State
84(9)
John W. Meyer
John Boli
George M. Thomas
Francisco O. Ramirez
Globalization as a Problem
93(7)
Roland Robertson
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
100(9)
Arjun Appadurai
The Global Ecumene
109(12)
Ulf Hannerz
Questions
120(1)
Part III Experiencing Globalization
121(34)
Introduction
123(2)
McDonald's in Hong Kong
125(8)
James L. Watson
Travelling Beyond Local Cultures
133(8)
Martin Albrow
Strong States, Strong Teachers?
141(8)
Bruce Fuller
Strategic Inauthenticity
149(6)
Timothy D. Taylor
Questions
154(1)
Part IV Economic Globalization
155(54)
Introduction
157(3)
Wawasan 2020
160(7)
William Greider
Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry
167(10)
Miguel Korzeniewicz
Growth is Good for the Poor
177(6)
David Dollar
Aart Kraay
Growth with Equity is Good for the Poor
183(7)
Oxfam
Beyond Good Intentions: Corporate Citizenship for a New Century
190(4)
Mary Robinson
The Case Against `Corporate Social Responsibility'
194(6)
David Henderson
Globalism's Discontents
200(9)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Questions
208(1)
Part V Political Globalization I: The Demise of the Nation-State?
209(36)
Introduction
211(3)
The End of the Nation State
214(5)
Kenichi Ohmae
The Declining Authority of States
219(6)
Susan Strange
Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
225(6)
Dani Rodrik
Partisan Politics in the Global Economy
231(9)
Geoffrey Garrett
The Role of the State in the Age of Globalisation
240(5)
Kofi Annan
Questions
244(1)
Part VI Political Globalization II: Reorganizing the World
245(40)
Introduction
247(4)
The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement
251(4)
Nitza Berkovitch
Beijing Declaration
255(3)
UN Fourth World Conference on Women
World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization
258(7)
John Boli
George M. Thomas
Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach
265(5)
Peter Eigen
Power Shift
270(7)
Jessica T. Mathews
The Backlash Against NGOs
277(8)
Michael Bond
Questions
283(2)
Part VII Cultural Globalization I: The Role of Media
285(36)
Introduction
287(3)
The New International Information Order
290(7)
Sean MacBride
Colleen Roach
Peripheral Vision
297(6)
John Sinclair
Elizabeth Jacka
Stuart Cunningham
Cultural Imperialism
303(9)
John Tomlinson
Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories
312(9)
Heather Tyrrell
Questions
319(2)
Part VIII Cultural Globalization II: Fundamentalist Responses
321(40)
Introduction
323(3)
Global Fundamentalism
326(4)
Frank J. Lechner
Globalization, Islam and Resistance
330(5)
Mustapha Kamal Pasha
The Challenge of Fundamentalism
335(5)
Bassam Tibi
The Fundamentalist Impact on Law, Politics, and the Constitution in Iran
340(8)
Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Obedience versus Autonomy: Women and Fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan
348(9)
Shahla Haeri
Yes, This Is About Islam
357(4)
Salman Rushdie
Questions
359(2)
Part IX Changing World Society: Environmentalism and the Globalization of Social Problems
361(44)
Introduction
363(3)
From One Earth to One World
366(7)
World Commission on Environment and Development
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
373(4)
UN Conference on Environment and Development
Greenpeace and Political Globalism
377(7)
Paul Wapner
Environmental Advocacy Networks
384(8)
Margaret E. Keck
Kathryn Sikkink
The Amungme, Kamoro & Freeport: How Indigenous Papuans Have Resisted the World's Largest Gold and Copper Mine
392(6)
Abigail Abrash
Globalization and Sustainability
398(7)
Wolfgang Sachs
Questions
404(1)
Part X Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action
405(45)
Introduction
407(3)
From Global to Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope
410(7)
Gustavo Esteva
Madhu Suri Prakash
Counter-Capitalism: Globalisation's Children Strike Back
417(5)
James Harding
Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalisation
422(8)
Vandana Shiva
Tomorrow Begins Today
430(5)
Subcomandante Marcos
Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization
435(3)
World Social Forum
A Better World Is Possible!
438(12)
International Forum on Globalization
Questions
449(1)
Index450
Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published numerous papers on global change, fundamentalism, secularization, and sociological theory. He is co-editor, with L. van Vucht-Tijssen and J. Berting, of The Search for Fundamentals (1995).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, citizenship, and state power and authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989), Constructing World Culture (with George M. Thomas, 1999).

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