The globalization reader - Lechner, Frank J.; Boli, John, 1948- (Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008)
Pt. I. Debating globalization. The hidden promise : liberty renewed / John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge -- How to judge globalism / A martya Sen -- From the great transformation to the global free market / John Gray -- Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin Barber -- The clash of civil izations? / Samuel P. Huntington -- Pt. II. Explaining globalization. T he modern world-system as a capitalist world-economy / Immanuel Wallers tein -- Sociology of the global system / Leslie Sklair -- Realism and c omplex interdependence / Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye -- World s ociety and the nation-state / John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thoma s, and Francisco O. Ramirez -- Globalization as a problem / Roland Robe rtson -- Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy / Ar jun Appadurai -- The global ecumene / Ulf Hannerz -- Pt. III. Experienc ing globalization. How sushi went global / Theodore C. Bestor -- McDona ld's in Hong Kong / James L. Watson -- Travelling beyond local cultures / Martin Albrow -- Strong states, strong teachers? / Bruce Fuller -- S trategic inauthenticity / Timothy D. Taylor -- Pt. IV. Economic globali zation. Commodity chains and marketing strategies : Nike and the global athletic footwear industry / Miguel Korzeniewicz -- The global economy : organization, governance, and development / Gary Gereffi -- Incensed about inequality / Martin Wolf -- Is globalization reducing poverty an d inequality? / Robert Hunter Wade -- Beyond good intentions : corporat e citizenship for a new century / Mary Robinson -- The case against 'co rporate social responsibility' / David Henderson -- Globalism's discont ents / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Pt. V. Political globalization I : the dem ise of the nation-state? The end of the nation state / Kenichi Ohmae -- The declining authority of states / Susan Strange -- Global organized crime / James H. Mittelman -- Has globalization gone too far? / Dani Ro drik -- Partisan politics in the global economy / Geoffrey Garrett -- P t. VI. Political globalization II : reorganizing the world. The emergen ce and transformation of the international women's movement / Nitza Ber kovitch -- The evolution of debates over female genital cutting / Eliza beth Heger Boyle -- World culture in the world polity : a century of in ternational non-governmental organization / John Boli and George M. Tho mas -- Closing the corruption casino : the imperatives of a multilatera l approach / Peter Eigen -- Power shift / Jessica T. Mathews -- The bac klash against NGOs / Michael Bond -- Pt. VII. Cultural globalization I : the role of media. Media and sovereignty : the global information rev olution and Its challenge to state power / Monroe E. Price -- Periphera l vision / John Sinclair, Elizabeth Jacka, and Stuart Cunningham -- Cul tural imperialism / John Tomlinson -- Bollywood versus Hollywood : batt le of the dream factories / Heather Tyrrell -- Why Hollywood rules the world, and whether we should care / Tyler Cowen -- Pt. VIII. Cultural G lobalization II : the role of religions. Global fundamentalism / Frank J. Lechner -- Bin Laden and other thoroughly modern Muslims / Charles K urzman -- The challenge of fundamentalism / Bassam Tibi -- Globalized I slam : the search for a new ummah / Olivier Roy -- Obedience versus aut onomy : women and fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan / Shahla Haeri -- The Christian revolution / Philip Jenkins -- Expanding world culture : Pentecostalism as a global movement / Frank J. Lechner and John Boli - - Globalizing Catholicism and the return to a "universal" church / Jos âe Casanova -- Pt. IX. Changing world society : environmentalism and th e globalization of social problems. From one earth to one world / World Commission on Environment and Development -- Rio Declaration on Enviro nment and Development / UN Conference on Environment and Development -- Greenpeace and political globalism / Paul Wapner -- Environmental advo cacy networks / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink -- The Amungme, Ka moro and Freeport : how indigenous Papuans have resisted the world's la rgest gold and copper mine / Abigail Abrash -- Pt. X. Resisting globali zation : critique and action. Counterhegemonic globalization : transnat ional social movements in the contemporary political economy / Peter Ev ans -- From global to local : beyond neoliberalism to the international of hope / Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash -- Counter-capitalism : globalisation's children strike back / James Harding -- Ecological ba lance in an era of globalization / Vandana Shiva -- Tomorrow begins tod ay / Subcomandante Marcos -- Porto Alegre call for mobilization / World Social Forum -- A better world is possible! / International Forum on G lobalization.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: International economic relations; International economic relations -- social aspects; International economic integration; Globalization; Anti-globalization movement