Globalization: The Greatest Hits: A Global Studies Reader

by Steger, Manfred B.

• ISBN13: 9781594516627
• ISBN10: 1594516626
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-30
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr

Summary

The premier scholar of globalization studies, Manfred B. Steger, has brought together here the 'œgreatest hits' of the field since it emerged in the 1980s. In addition to carefully selecting and editing twenty of the most influential pieces on globalization out of a vast repertoire of writing, Steger provides an original and insightful introduction that spotlights the gist of these gems while showing how they build on one another thematically. Manageable in length and price, this 'œtop 20' list is perfect for all readers wanting to know how globalization has evolved and the way in which it serves as a backdrop to the current global economic crisis.

Author Biography

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Director of the Globalism Research Centre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. Steger has consulted on globalization with governments and media worldwide and has authored over 15 books on the subject including the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2"d ed. 2009) and the very distinguished The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Emergence of Global Studies	p. 1
The Globalization of Markets	p. 16
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy	p. 33
The Globalization of Modernity	p. 48
Mapping the Global Condition	p. 58
Globalization: A Necessary Myth?	p. 71
Preface to Empire	p. 85
The Global City Model	p. 90
The Globalization of Sexual Identities	p. 100
Globalization: An Ascendant Paradigm?	p. 117
The Promise of Global Institutions	p. 136
Five Meanings of Global Civil Society	p. 153
Al Qaeda and the New Terrorists	p. 164
From Market Globalism to Imperial Globalism: Ideology and American Power after 9/11	p. 177
The World as a Polder: What Does It All Mean to Us Today?	p. 198
The Spectre That Haunts the Global Economy?: The Challenge of Global Femation	p. 209
Arguing Globalizations: Propositions towards an Investigation of Global Formation	p. 219
The Urban Climacteric	p. 242
The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance	p. 259
Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums	p. 277
Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs?	p. 294
About the Editor and Authors	p. 305
Index	p. 309
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