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The globalization reader
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- Creator
- edited by Frank J. Lechner and John Boli
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781405102797, 1405102799, 9781405102803, 1405102802
- OCLC
- ocm52455237
- This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movement.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 -- 6. A Global Ethic as a Foundation for Global Society / Hans Kung -- 7. The World Unified / E. J. Hobsbawm -- 8. The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System / Immanuel Wallerstein -- 9. Sociology of the Global System / Leslie Sklair -- 10. Realism and Complex Interdependence / Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye -- 11. World Society and the Nation-State / John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas and Francisco O. Ramirez -- 12. Globalization as a Problem / Roland Robertson -- 13. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy / Arjun Appadurai -- 14. The Global Ecumene / Ulf Hannerz -- 15. McDonald's in Hong Kong / James L. Watson -- 16. Travelling Beyond Local Cultures / Martin Albrow -- 17. Strong States, Strong Teachers? / Bruce Fuller -- 18. Strategic Inauthenticity / Timothy D. Taylor -- 19. Wawasan 2020 / William Greider -- 20. Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry / Miguel Korzeniewicz -- 21. Growth is Good for the Poor / David Dollar Aart Kraay -- 22. Growth with Equity is Good for the Poor / Oxfam -- 23. Beyond Good Intentions: Corporate Citizenship for a New Century / Mary Robinson -- 24. The Case Against 'Corporate Social Responsibility' / David Henderson -- 25. Globalism's Discontents / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- 26. The End of the Nation State / Kenichi Ohmae -- 27. The Declining Authority of States / Susan Strange -- 28. Has Globalization Gone Too Far? / Dani Rodrik -- 29. Partisan Politics in the Global Economy / Geoffrey Garrett -- 30. The Role of the State in the Age of Globalisation / Kofi Annan -- 31. The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement / Nitza Berkovitch -- 32. Beijing Declaration / UN Fourth World Conference on Women -- 33. World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization / John Boli and George M. Thomas -- 34. Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach / Peter Eigen -- 35. Power Shift / Jessica T. Mathews -- 36. The Backlash Against NGOs / Michael Bond -- 37. The New International Information Order / Sean MacBride and Colleen Roach -- 38. Peripheral Vision / John Sinclair, Elizabeth Jacka and Stuart Cunningham -- 39. Cultural Imperialism / John Tomlinson -- 40. Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories / Heather Tyrrell -- 41. Global Fundamentalism / Frank J. Lechner -- 42. Globalization, Islam and Resistance / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- 43. The Challenge of Fundamentalism / Bassam Tibi -- 44. The Fundamentalist Impact on Law, Politics, and the Constitution in Iran / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- 45. Obedience versus Autonomy: Women and Fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan / Shahla Haeri -- 46. Yes, This Is About Islam / Salman Rushdie -- 47. From One Earth to One World / World Commission on Environment and Development -- 48. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development / UN Conference on Environment and Development -- 49. Greenpeace and Political Globalism / Paul Wapner -- 50. Environmental Advocacy Networks / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink -- 51. The Amungme, Kamoro & Freeport: How Indigenous Papuans Have Resisted the World's Largest Gold and Copper Mine / Abigail Abrash -- 52. Globalization and Sustainability / Wolfgang Sachs -- 53. From Global to Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope / Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash -- 54. Counter-Capitalism: Globalisation's Children Strike Back / James Harding -- 55. Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalisation / Vandana Shiva -- 56. Tomorrow Begins Today / Subcomandante Marcos -- 57. Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization / World Social Forum -- 58. A Better World Is Possible! / International Forum on Globalization