Globalization: A Basic Text, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. COVER
2. SERIES PAGE
3. TITLE PAGE
4. COPYRIGHT PAGE
5. DEDICATION PAGE
6. ABOUT THE WEBSITE
   1. FOR STUDENTS
   2. FOR INSTRUCTORS
7. FIGURES
8. PREFACE
9. CHAPTER 1: GLOBALIZATION I
   1. SOME OF THE BASICS
   2. FROM SOLIDS TO LIQUIDS (TO GASES)
   3. FLOWS
   4. HEAVY, LIGHT, WEIGHTLESS
   5. HEAVY STRUCTURES THAT EXPEDITE FLOWS
   6. HEAVY STRUCTURES AS BARRIERS TO FLOWS
   7. SUBTLER STRUCTURAL BARRIERS
   8. ON THE INCREASING UBIQUITY OF GLOBAL FLOWS AND STRUCTURES
   9. THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL FLOWS AND STRUCTURES
   10. CHAPTER SUMMARY
   11. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
   12. ADDITIONAL READINGS
10. CHAPTER 2: GLOBALIZATION II
    1. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS GLOBALIZATION?
    2. IS IT GLOBALIZATION OR TRANSNATIONALIZATION?
    3. IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS GLOBALIZATION, WHEN DID IT BEGIN?
    4. GLOBALIZATION OR GLOBALIZATIONS?
    5. WHAT DRIVES GLOBALIZATION?
    6. DOES GLOBALIZATION HOP RATHER THAN FLOW?
    7. IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS GLOBALIZATION, IS IT INEXORABLE?
    8. DOES GLOBAPHILIA OR GLOBAPHOBIA HAVE THE UPPER HAND?
    9. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE ABOUT GLOBALIZATION?
    10. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    11. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    12. ADDITIONAL READINGS
11. CHAPTER 3: GLOBALIZATION AND RELATED PROCESSES
    1. IMPERIALISM
    2. COLONIALISM
    3. DEVELOPMENT
    4. WESTERNIZATION
    5. EASTERNIZATION
    6. AMERICANIZATION
    7. COMPARISONS WITH GLOBALIZATION
    8. THE ERA OF THE “POSTS”
    9. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    10. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    11. ADDITIONAL READINGS
12. CHAPTER 4: NEOLIBERALISM
    1. THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF NEOLIBERALISM
    2. NEOLIBERALISM: AN EXEMPLARY STATEMENT AND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES
    3. POPULAR NEOLIBERAL “THEORY”: THE CASE OF THOMAS FRIEDMAN
    4. CRITIQUING NEOLIBERALISM
    5. NEOLIBERALISM AS EXCEPTION
    6. NEOLIBERALISM: THE CASE OF ISRAEL
    7. THE END OF HISTORY
    8. THE DEATH OF NEOLIBERALISM?
    9. NEO-MARXIAN THEORETICAL ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERALISM
    10. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    11. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    12. ADDITIONAL READINGS
13. CHAPTER 5: GLOBAL POLITICAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
    1. ON POLITICAL PROCESSES AND FLOWS
    2. THE NATION-STATE
    3. IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION-STATE
    4. “IMAGINED COMMUNITY”
    5. CHANGES IN GLOBAL NATION-STATE RELATIONS
    6. OTHER GLOBAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND STRUCTURES
    7. REGIONAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
    8. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
    9. CIVIL SOCIETY
    10. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    11. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    12. ADDITIONAL READINGS
14. CHAPTER 6: STRUCTURING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    1. BEFORE BRETTON WOODS
    2. BRETTON WOODS AND THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM
    3. THE END OF BRETTON WOODS
    4. CHANGES IN, AND CRITIQUES OF, BRETTON-WOODS-ERA ORGANIZATIONS
    5. ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
    6. EUROPEAN UNION (COMMON MARKET)
    7. NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)
    8. MERCOSUR
    9. OPEC
    10. THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION (MNC)
    11. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
    12. THE MYTH OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION?
    13. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    14. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    15. ADDITIONAL READINGS
15. CHAPTER 7: GLOBAL ECONOMIC FLOWS
    1. TRADE
    2. INCREASING COMPETITION FOR COMMODITIES
    3. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FLOW OF OIL
    4. RACE TO THE BOTTOM AND UPGRADING
    5. OUTSOURCING
    6. FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION
    7. CORPORATIONS, PEOPLE, AND IDEAS
    8. CONSUMPTION
    9. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    10. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    11. ADDITIONAL READINGS
16. CHAPTER 8: GLOBAL CULTURE AND CULTURAL FLOWS
    1. CULTURAL DIFFERENTIALISM
    2. CULTURAL HYBRIDIZATION
    3. CULTURAL CONVERGENCE
    4. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    5. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    6. ADDITIONAL READINGS
17. CHAPTER 9: HIGH-TECH GLOBAL FLOWS AND STRUCTURES
    1. TECHNOLOGY, TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION, AND DISTANCIATION
    2. MASS MEDIA
    3. THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA
    4. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    5. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    6. ADDITIONAL READINGS
18. CHAPTER 10: GLOBAL FLOWS OF PEOPLE
    1. MIGRANTS
    2. MIGRATION
    3. HUMAN TRAFFICKING
    4. TOURISM
    5. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    6. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    7. ADDITIONAL READINGS
19. CHAPTER 11: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS
    1. Modernization And Environmental FLOWS
    2. DIFFERENCES AMONG NATION-STATES
    3. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
    4. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
    5. GLOBAL RESPONSES
    6. FROM LIGHTNESS TO HEAVINESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS
    7. COLLAPSE
    8. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    9. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    10. ADDITIONAL READINGS
20. CHAPTER 12: NEGATIVE GLOBAL FLOWS AND PROCESSES
    1. DANGEROUS IMPORTS
    2. BORDERLESS DISEASES
    3. CRIME
    4. TERRORISM
    5. WAR
    6. THE IMPACT OF NEGATIVE GLOBAL FLOWS ON INDIVIDUALS
    7. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    8. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    9. ADDITIONAL READINGS
21. CHAPTER 13: GLOBAL INEQUALITIES ICLASS AND RURAL–URBAN INEQUALITIES
    1. CLASS INEQUALITY
    2. RURAL–URBAN INEQUALITY
    3. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    4. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    5. ADDITIONAL READINGS
22. CHAPTER 14: GLOBAL INEQUALITIES II
    1. DEFINING MAJORITY–MINORITY RELATIONS
    2. RACE AND ETHNICITY
    3. GENDER
    4. SEXUALITY
    5. RESPONDING TO AND RESISTING GLOBAL MINORITY STATUS: THE CASE OF WOMEN
    6. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    7. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    8. ADDITIONAL READINGS
23. CHAPTER 15: DEALING WITH, RESISTING, AND THE FUTURES OF, GLOBALIZATION
    1. DEALING WITH GLOBALIZATION
    2. ALTER-GLOBALIZATIONS
    3. THE FUTURES OF GLOBALIZATION
    4. CHAPTER SUMMARY
    5. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    6. ADDITIONAL READINGS
24. APPENDIX
    1. ANTHROPOLOGY
    2. SOCIOLOGY
    3. POLITICAL SCIENCE
    4. ECONOMICS
    5. GEOGRAPHY
    6. PSYCHOLOGY
    7. LITERARY CRITICISM (POSTCOLONIAL)
    8. OTHER FIELDS
    9. ADDITIONAL READINGS
25. GLOSSARY
26. REFERENCES
27. INDEX
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