The Globalization Reader, 2nd Edition

by Editor: Frank J. Lechner (Emory University); Editor: John Boli (Emory University)

• ISBN13: 9781405102797
• ISBN10: 1405102799
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 updated - includes 30 new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. Wide-ranging - across economic, political, cultural, and experiential dimensions of social change. Inclusive - covering a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and capturing some of the fault lines in current debates. Stimulating - not only by including well-written, provocative, and contemporary works but also by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting themes.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Sources and Acknowledgments	x
Preface to the Second Edition	xv
General Introduction	1	(4)
Part I Debating Globalization	5	(48)
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	(7)
Nitza Berkovitch
Beijing Declaration
UN Fourth World Conference on Women	255	(3)
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)
Index	450