The Globalization Reader, 3rd Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9781405155533
• ISBN10: 1405155531
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points. With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to globalization. Fully revised and updated with new material on economic globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems Includes a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and captures some of the fault lines in current debates Stimulates discussion by including provocative contemporary works and by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting theme

Author Biography

Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. In addition to numerous papers on religion and sociological theory, he published World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli, 2005) and wrote The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2007).

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

Table of Contents

Sources and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xviii
General Introduction	p. 1
Debating Globalization	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed	p. 11
How to Judge Globalism	p. 19
From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market	p. 25
Jihad vs. McWorld	p. 32
The Clash of Civilizations?	p. 39
Questions	p. 47
Explaining Globalization	p. 49
Introduction	p. 51
The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy	p. 55
Sociology of the Global System	p. 62
Realism and Complex Interdependence	p. 70
World Society and the Nation-State	p. 78
Globalization as a Problem	p. 87
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy	p. 95
The Global Ecumene	p. 105
Questions	p. 116
Experiencing Globalization	p. 117
Introduction	p. 119
How Sushi Went Global	p. 121
McDonald's in Hong Kong	p. 126
Travelling Beyond Local Cultures	p. 135
Strong States, Strong Teachers?	p. 143
Strategic Inauthenticity	p. 151
Questions	p. 156
Economic Globalization	p. 157
Introduction	p. 159
Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry	p. 163
The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development	p. 173
Incensed About Inequality	p. 183
Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality?	p. 190
Beyond Good Intentions: Corporate Citizenship for a New Century	p. 197
The Case against 'Corporate Social Responsibility'	p. 202
Globalism's Discontents	p. 208
Questions	p. 216
Political Globalization I: The Demise of the Nation-State?	p. 217
Introduction	p. 219
The End of the Nation State	p. 223
The Declining Authority of States	p. 228
Global Organized Crime	p. 235
Has Globalization Gone Too Far?	p. 241
Partisan Politics in the Global Economy	p. 247
Questions	p. 256
Political Globalization II: Reorganizing the World	p. 257
Introduction	p. 259
The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement	p. 263
The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting	p. 268
World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization	p. 274
Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach	p. 282
Power Shift	p. 287
The Backlash against NGOs	p. 294
Questions	p. 300
Cultural Globalization I: The Role of Media	p. 301
Introduction	p. 303
Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power	p. 306
Peripheral Vision	p. 311
Cultural Imperialism	p. 317
Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories	p. 327
Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care	p. 335
Questions	p. 341
Cultural Globalization II: The Role of Religions	p. 343
Introduction	p. 345
Global Fundamentalism	p. 348
Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims	p. 353
The Challenge of Fundamentalism	p. 358
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah	p. 364
Obedience versus Autonomy: Women and Fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan	p. 370
The Christian Revolution	p. 379
Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement	p. 387
Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a "Universal" Church	p. 392
Questions	p. 398
Changing World Society: Environmentalism and the Globalization of Social Problems	p. 399
Introduction	p. 401
From One Earth to One World	p. 404
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development	p. 411
Greenpeace and Political Globalism	p. 415
Environmental Advocacy Networks	p. 423
The Amungme, Kamoro & Freeport: How Indigenous Papuans Have Resisted the World's Largest Gold and Copper Mine	p. 431
Questions	p. 437
Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action	p. 439
Introduction	p. 441
Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Political Economy	p. 444
From Global to Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope	p. 451
Counter-Capitalism: Globalisation's Children Strike Back	p. 459
Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization	p. 465
Tomorrow Begins Today	p. 474
Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization	p. 479
A Better World Is Possible!	p. 482
Questions	p. 494
Index	p. 495
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