Global Transformations Politics, Economics and Culture

by Held, David; McGrew, Anthony; Goldblatt, David; Perraton, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780745614991
• ISBN10: 074561499X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-04
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

This widely acclaimed book throws new light on the complex processes that are reshaping the contemporary world. All too often debates about globalization - and about whether it implies the end of the nation-state - have descended into polemics and confusion.Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www.polity.co.uk/global

Author Biography

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.


Anthony McGrew is Senior Lecturer in Government at the Open University.


David Goldblatt is Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University.


Jonathan Perraton is Lecturer in Economics at Sheffield University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Globalization Debate

Sources of Contention in the Globalization Debate

Rethinking Globalization: An Analytical Framework

Determining the Shape of Contemporary Globalization

The Book Ahead

The Territorial State and Global Politics

From Empires to Modern Nation-states

The Emergence of Global Politics

Multilayered Governance and the Diffusion of Political Authority

Historical Forms of Political Globalization: The Transformation of Political Community

Differential National Enmeshment

Conclusion: Political Globalization and Structural Impacts

The Expanding Reach of Organized Violence

Introduction

What is Military Globalization?

The Globalization of the War System: Geopolitics and the Evolution of a World Military Order

A Global Arms Dynamic?

Historical Forms of Military Globalization: A Comparison

Contemporary Patterns of National Enmeshment in the World Military Order

Contemporary Military Globalization and its Political Consequences

Global Trade, Global Markets

Trade and Globalization

Trade: From Antiquity to the Rise of the Nation-State

From the Industrial Revolution to the Second World War: The Rise and Fall of World Trade

The Rise of a Global Trading Order

Historical Forms of Trade Globalization: The Transformation of Global Trade

National Enmeshment in the Global Trading System

The Impact of Global Trade Relations

Conclusion: State Autonomy and Sovereignty

Shifting Patterns of Global Finance

Indicators of Financial Globalization and Financial Enmeshment

Early Patterns of Global Financial Activity

The Classical Gold Standard Period: 1870-1914

The Interwar Years: Global Monetary Disorder

The Bretton Woods Era: The Reinvention of Global Finance

The Shape of Contemporary Financial Globalization

Comparing Historical Forms of Financial Globalization

Global Finance and National Enmeshment

Economic Autonomy and Sovereignty in an Era of Global Finance

Conclusion

Corporate Power and Global Production Networks

MNCs and Global Production

International Business Before the Industrial Revolution

International Production in the Industrial Age: Multinational Business Expansion 1850-1939

The Rise of the Multinational Corporation and the Transnationalization of Production

MNCs and Global Production Networks

Historical Forms of Business Globalization

Contemporary Patterns of National Enmeshment in Global Production Networks

The Globalization of Business: Domestic Impacts

Conclusion

People on the Move

Globalization and Migration

Historical Forms of Global Migration

Contemporary Patterns of Migration

Historical Forms of Global Migration: A Comparison

Migration and National Enmeshment

Globalization, Migration and the Nation-state

Conclusion

Globalization, Culture and the Fate of Nations

Analysing Cultural Globalization

Cultural Globalization in Historical Perspective

The Shape of Contemporary Cultural Globalization

Historical Forms of Cultural Globalization: In Sum

Contemporary Cultural Globalization and its Political Impact

Conclusion

Catastrophe in the Making: Globalization and the Environment

Globalization and the Environment

Environmental Globalization in Historical Perspective

Changing Historical Forms of Environmental Globalization

Stratification of Environmental Degradation and National Enmeshment

The Contemporary Pattern of Global Environmental Change and its Political Impacts

Conclusion

Conclusion: the Shape of Contemporary Globalization

Methodological Appendix

References

Index

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