The Globalization Reader by Frank J. Lechner (English) Paperback Book

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An introduction to the issues surrounding the complex and controversial realities of today's interconnected world, the revised sixth edition Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization. Now in its sixth edition, the Reader has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to review the most important global trends. Including readings by a variety of authors, the text offers a wide-ranging and authoritative introduction to the political, economic, cultural, and experiential aspects of globalization.  The updated sixth edition presents the most accessible and comprehensive review of current debates and research. Contributions from scholars, activists, and organizations provide balanced viewpoints and expert coverage of the many aspects of globalization. The Globalization Reader offers readings on an exciting range of new topics as well as retaining key globalization topics such as the experience of globalization, economic and political globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, women's rights, environmentalism, global civil society, and the alternative globalization movement. This important resource: Covers the many complex dimensions of globalizationIncludes contributions from many of the most prominent globalization scholarsPresents concise and informative introductions to each major topicOffers compelling discussion questions for each sectionContains readings on a variety of new topics such as migration, medical tourism, state policy regarding abortion and same-sex sexual relations, the UN Global Compact, climate justice, and more Written for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology, political science, anthropology and geography, the revised sixth edition covers courses such as globalization, comparative political economy, international relations and similar topics.

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Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization. Now in its sixth edition, the Reader has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to review the most important global trends. Including readings by a variety of authors, the text offers a wide-ranging and authoritative introduction to the political, economic, cultural, and experiential aspects of globalization. The updated sixth edition presents the most accessible and comprehensive review of current debates and research. Contributions from scholars, activists, and organizations provide balanced viewpoints and expert coverage of the many aspects of globalization. The Globalization Reader offers readings on an exciting range of new topics as well as retaining key globalization topics such as the experience of globalization, economic and political globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, women's rights, environmentalism, global civil society, and the alternative globalization movement. Written for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology, political science, anthropology and geography, the revised sixth edition covers courses such as globalization, comparative political economy, international relations and similar topics.

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Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization. Now in its sixth edition, the Reader has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to review the most important global trends. Including readings by a variety of authors, the text offers a wide-ranging and authoritative introduction to the political, economic, cultural, and experiential aspects of globalization. The updated sixth edition presents the most accessible and comprehensive review of current debates and research. Contributions from scholars, activists, and organizations provide balanced viewpoints and expert coverage of the many aspects of globalization. The Globalization Reader offers readings on an exciting range of new topics as well as retaining key globalization topics such as the experience of globalization, economic and political globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, women's rights, environmentalism, global civil society, and the alternative globalization movement. Written for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology, political science, anthropology and geography, the revised sixth edition covers courses such as globalization, comparative political economy, international relations and similar topics.

Author Biography

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He is the author of The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008), Globalization: The Making of World Society (2009), and The American Exception (2017), among other publications. John Boli is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Emory University, USA. His publications cover world culture, global organizations, state authority, and education. He has co-authored a number of books including Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 (with George Thomas, 1999).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Sixth Edition xii General Introduction 1 Part I Debating Globalization 7 Introduction 8 1 The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed 11John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge 2 How to Judge Globalism 19Amartya Sen 3 The Elusive Concept of Globalisation 25Cees J. Hamelink 4 The Clash of Civilizations? 32Samuel P. Huntington 5 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 40United Nations Part I Questions 46 Part II Explaining Globalization 47 Introduction 48 6 The Modern WorldSystem as a Capitalist WorldEconomy 52Immanuel Wallerstein 7 Sociology of the Global System 59Leslie Sklair 8 A Brief History of Neoliberalism 67David Harvey 9 World Society and the NationState 73John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas, and Francisco O. Ramirez 10 Globalization as a Problem 82Roland Robertson 11 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy 90Arjun Appadurai Part II Questions 99 Part III Experiencing Globalization 101 Introduction 102 12 Waves in the History of Globalization 105Frank J. Lechner 13 McDonald's in Hong Kong 112James L. Watson 14 The Transnational Villagers 121Peggy Levitt 15 Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization 129Aneesh Aneesh 16 Fear and Money in Dubai 137Mike Davis 17 Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism 142Sasha Issenberg 18 An Anthropology of Structural Violence 147Paul Farmer 19 Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche 154Ethan Watters Part III Questions 159 Part IV Globalization and the World Economy 161 Introduction 162 20 China Makes, the World Takes 167James Fallows 21 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry 173Miguel Korzeniewicz 22 The Sticky Superpower 184The Economist 23 Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now: An Overview 189Branko Milanovic 24 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It 194Paul Collier 25 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Effects 200Malcolm Edey 26 The Twin Excesses – Financialization and Globalization – Caused the Crash 207Ashok Bardhan 27 Globalism's Discontents 210Joseph E. Stiglitz Part IV Questions 218 Part V Globalization and the Nation-State 219 Introduction 220 28 The Declining Authority of States 224Susan Strange 29 Global Organized Crime 231James H. Mittelman 30 Has Globalization Gone Too Far? 237Dani Rodrik 31 The Individualization of Society and the Liberalization of State Policies on SameSex Sexual Relations, 1984–1995 244David John Frank and Elizabeth H. McEneaney 32 Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960–2009 251Elizabeth H. Boyle, Minzee Kim, and Wesley Longhofer Part V Questions 258 Part VI Global Governance 261 Introduction 262 33 The International Monetary Fund 266James Vreeland 34 ISO and the Infrastructure for a Global Market 273Craig N. Murphy and JoAnne Yates 35 Global Health Governance: A Conceptual Review 280Richard Dodgson, Kelley Lee, and Nick Drager 36 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's GrantMaking Programmefor Global Health 286David McCoy, Gayatri Kembhavi, Jinesh Patel, and Akish Luintel 37 IMPACT: Transforming Business, Changing the World – The United Nations Global Compact 291DNV GL Group and United Nations Global Compact Part VI Questions 297 Part VII Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society 299 Introduction 300 38 NGOs and Climate Crisis: Fragmentation, Lines of Conflict and Strategic Approaches 304Barbara Unmusig 39 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting 313Elizabeth Heger Boyle 40 Women's Human Rights and the Muslim Question: Iran's One Million Signatures Campaign 320Rebecca L. Barlow 41 World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International NonGovernmental Organization 328John Boli and George M. Thomas 42 Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach 336Peter Eigen 43 Trading Diamonds Responsibly: Institutional Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility 341Franziska Bieri and John Boli 44 Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development 348Ananya Roy Part VII Questions 354 Part VIII Globalization and Media 355 Introduction 356 45 Cultural Imperialism 360John Tomlinson 46 Mapping Global Media Flow and ContraFlow 370Daya Kishan Thussu 47 Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 377Doobo Shim 48 Landing of the Wave: Hallyu in Peru and Brazil 383Nusta Corranza Ko, Song No, JeongNam Kim, and Ronald Gobbi Simoes 49 Watching Big Brother at Work: A Production Study of Big Brother Australia 389Jane Roscoe 50 Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories 397Heather Tyrrell 51 Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care 405Tyler Cowen Part VIII Questions 411 Part IX Globalization and Religion 413 Introduction 414 52 Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims 418Charles Kurzman 53 Globalised Islam: The Search for a New Ummah 423Olivier Roy 54 The Christian Revolution 429Philip Jenkins 55 American Evangelicals: The Overlooked Globalizers and Their Unintended Gospel of Modernity 437Joshua J. Yates 56 Religious Rejections of Globalization 443Frank J. Lechner 57 The Decontexualization of Asian Religious Practices in the Context of Globalization 450Brooke Schedneck Part IX Questions 455 Part X Globalization and Identity 457 Introduction 458 58 Moral Choices and Global Desires: Feminine Identity in a Transnational Realm 461Ernestine McHugh 59 Global/Indian: Cultural Politics in the IT Workplace 469Smitha Radhakrishnan 60 Strategic Inauthenticity 476Timothy D. Taylor 61 Orange Nation: Soccer and National Identity in the Netherlands 481Frank J. Lechner 62 Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture 486Ulf Hannerz 63 Cosmopolitanism & Humanism 492C. Martin Centner Part X Questions 495 Part XI Global Environmentalism 497 Introduction 498 64 Greenpeace and Political Globalism 502Paul Wapner 65 Environmental Advocacy Networks 510Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink 66 Toward Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development: Transnational Civil Society Organizing around Big Dams 519Sanjeev Khagram 67 Ozone Depletion 526Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown 68 Movements for Climate Justice in the US and Worldwide 531Brian Tokar 69 Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, at the Opening Session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland 539Rajendra K. Pachauri Part XI Questions 542 Part XII Contesting Globalization: Alternatives and Opposition 545 Introduction 546 70 Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Political Economy 550Peter Evans 71 The Global Justice Movement 557Geoffrey Pleyers 72 The Twelve Assumptions of an AlterGlobalisation Strategy 563Gustave Massiah 73 The Global South: The WTO and Deglobalization 568Walden Bello 74 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization 573Vandana Shiva 75 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization 582World Social Forum 76 When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism 585Jonathan Haidt 77 The Globalization of Rage: Why Today's Extremism Looks Familiar 591Pankaj Mishra Part XII Questions 595 Index 597

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General Introduction Part I Debating Globalization Part II Explaining Globalization Part III Experiencing Globalization Part IV Globalization and the World Economy Part V Globalization and the Nation-State Part VI Global Governance Part VII Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society Part VIII Globalization and Media Part IX Globalization and Religions Part X Globalization and Identity Part XI Global Environmentalism Part XII Alternative Globalization and the Global Justice Movement

Details ISBN1119409942 Language English ISBN-10 1119409942 ISBN-13 9781119409946 Format Paperback Pages 648 Year 2020 Publication Date 2020-01-02 Edition 6th Imprint Wiley-Blackwell DEWEY 337 UK Release Date 2020-01-02 Place of Publication Hoboken NZ Release Date 2020-01-02 US Release Date 2020-01-02 Author John Boli Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Edition Description 6th edition Replaces 9781118733554 Replaced by 9781119739937 Edited by John Boli Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-01-01 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this

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