Globalization Books

Book SynopsisNeil Ewins'' study of the Staffordshire potteries in a period of great global change traces how ceramics production has been affected by globalisation in both familiar and unexpected ways. Although many manufacturers such as Wedgwood initially moved production to cheaper labour markets in East Asia, others remained in or returned to England once it became clear that outsourcing manufacturing was affecting the brand value and customer perception of their products. Neil Ewins explores the complex behaviour of the UK ceramics industry, using a combination of evidence from the press, trade journals, ceramic objects, and primary interview evidence of manufacturers, retailers and a ceramic designer. Ewins suggests that, although the surface designs of UK ceramics invariably reflect diverse cultural and stylistic influences, a notion of authenticity often still resides in the place and context in which the ceramic product was originally made. Overall, the book argues that U

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Book SynopsisJohn McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA, and is author of a number of Red Globe Press's bestselling books in politics, including Comparative Government and Politics (with Rod Hague and Martin Harrop), Understanding the European Union and European Union Politics.Trade ReviewAn outstanding addition to global studies literature. It is readable, comprehensive and engaging, and this edition includes key updates to address current global issues such as Covid-19, making it an ideal textbook for students of international and global studies * Andrea Duffy, Colorado State University, USA *The impressive breadth and depth of this book make it a must-read for students looking to build a strong foundation for success in global studies. McCormick has done an excellent job in creating an appealing mix of both theories, themes and empirics to help students open the kaleidoscope of globalization using a multidisciplinary and critical approach. * Xiang Zhang, Nottingham Trent University, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The rise of the global system 2. Population and resources 3. Science and technology 4. States and governments 5: Identity and culture 6: Global governance 7: Human rights 8: War, peace and security 9: The global economy 10: Trade 11: Migration 12: Health and disease 13: The global environment

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Book SynopsisExplores the challenges and possibilities of long-term governance in democratic systems

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Book SynopsisMost Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about the people who are actually working these jobs and how their own lives have been throw into tumult by these new economic forces. Andrew Ross spent a year in China, interviewing local employees and their managers in Taiwan, Shanghai, and the far western provinces. In this engaging and informative book, he shows how the Chinese workforce has inherited many of the same worries as American workers, such as job instability, long hours, and awareness of their own expendability. He reports on the daily reality of corporate free trade and explores the growing competition between China and India. This is an eye-opening exploration of an unseen side of our globalized world.

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world. Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China. Explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them. Demonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movements Trade Review"Global Movements presents a vast body of literature and research and is written in a clear prose that makes it accessible to students." (Social Movement Studies, October 2010) “Global Movements is essential reading for all those trying to understand our twenty-first-century society. It is the first complex account of new forms of worldwide protest and society.” Tim Jordan, Open University "This book will be fascinating for anyone who has ever taken part in direct action … McDonald’s work opens up a whole new world for other researchers on global movements." Development and Change “Most essays and research on global movements adopt either a planetary perspective, or the subjective perspective of their participants. McDonald, in this brilliant and solid book, articulates both points of view.” Michel Wieviorka, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales “[McDonald] provides a particularly thorough and engaging theoretical introduction, evaluating the literature on globalization and social movements in US and European tradition and stressing the obsolescence of a focus on either structure and organization, or representation and identity.” ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments and Preface. Part I: Movements and Globalization. 1. Globalization. 2. Movements and Action. Part II: From Antiglobalization to Grammars of Experience. 3. Direct Action: From Community to Experience. 4. The New Humanitarianism. 5. Grammars of Experience. Part III: Global Modernities, Grammars of Action. 6. Zapatista Dreaming: Memory and the Mask. 7. Healing Movements, Embodied Subjects. 8. Global Islam: Modernity’s Other?. 9. Islamic Makings of The Self. Part IV: Paradigms of Action and Cutlure. 10. Rethinking Movements. Index

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Book SynopsisConstructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India Constructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India provides a detailed overview of the phenomenon of the criminal tribe in India from the early days of colonial rule to the present. Tracing and analyzing historical debates in historiography, anthropology, and criminology, Henry Schwarz argues that crime in the colonial context is used as much to control subject populations as to define morally repugnant behavior. Crime thus becomes the foil of political legitimacy under military conquest. By the end of British rule in India, almost two hundred tribes had been criminalized, comprising four million people. Today some sixty million people still labor under the stigma of this criminal inheritance. In this new study, Schwarz explores the popular movement that has arisen to reverse this discrimination, producing a radical culture that contests stereotypes to reclaim humanity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Placing Criminals, Displacing Thuggee: Historical Representation, "Fact," and Stereotype, c. 1830–2005. 2. How to Make a Thug: Recipes for Producing Crime, 1830–1910. 3. Discipline, Labor, Salvation: Repression, Reform, and the Thuggee Precedent. 4. Acting Like a Thief: From Aesthetics of Survival to the Politics of Liberation. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book helps readers identify feasible and morally plausible reforms of global institutional arrangements and international organizations. A distinctive, practically oriented contribution to debates about global justice. Helps readers to examine the fairness of global rules and institutions.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1 Introduction: Christian Barry and Thomas W. Pogge. Part 1: Aims. 2 Global Justice Without End?: John Tasioulas. 3 Assessing Global Poverty and Inequality: Income, Resources, and Capabilities: Ingrid Robeyns. 4 Boundary Making and Equal Concern: Kok-Chor Tan. 5 Theorizing International Fairness: Nancy Kokaz. Part 2: Arrangements. 6 Three (Potential) Pillars of Transnational Economic Justice: The Bretton Woods Institutions as Guarantors of Global Equal Treatment and Market Completion: Robert Hockett. 7 Network Power and Global Standardization: The Controversy over the Multilateral Agreement on Investment: David Singh Grewal. 8 The World Trade Organization and Egalitarian Justice: Darrel Moellendorf. 9 Whose Sovereignty?: Empire Versus International Law: Jean L. Cohen. 10 Human Rights and Global Health: A Research Program: Thomas W. Pogge. 11 Just International Monetary Arrangements: Sanjay G. Reddy. 12 The Ownership Model of Business Ethics: David Rodin. 13 The Preventive Use of Force: A Cosmopolitan Institutional Proposal: Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane. Part 3: Responsibilities. 14 Applying the Contribution Principle: Christian Barry. 15 Global Justice and the Logic of the Burden of Proof: Juha Ra¨ Ikka¨. 16 Extreme Poverty and Global Responsibility: Bashshar Haydar. 17 The New Liberal Imperialism: Assessing the Arguments: Jedediah Purdy. Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the ways in which firms and workers are adjusting to globalization. A collection of cutting-edge essays investigating the ways in which firms and workers are adjusting to globalization. Written by leading researchers in the field.Table of Contents1. Trade-Related Job Loss and Wage Insurance: A Synthetic Review: Lori Kletzer (University of California, Santa Cruz). 2. Liberalisation and Compensation: Carl Davidson and Steve Matusz (Michigan State University). 3. Structural Change and the Labour Market Effects of Globalisation: Noel Gaston (Bond University) and Doug Nelson (Tulane University). 4. Aspects of International Fragmentation: Wilhelm Kohler (University of Linz). 5. Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity: Evidence from UK establishment level data: Sourafel Girma and Holger Gorg (GEP, University of Nottingham). 6. Two Dimensions of Convergence: National and International Wage Adjustment Effects of Cross-Border Outsourcing in Europe: Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck). 7. 'Export Experience' Under Borrowing Constraints: Saqib Jafarey (University of Liverpool) and Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University). 8. Entry to Export Markets and Productivity: A Microeconometric Analysis of Matched Firms: Sourafel Girma, David Greenaway and Richard Kneller (GEP, University of Nottingham). 9. Outsourcing Under Imperfect Protection of Intellectual Property: Amy Jocelyn Glass (Texas A&M University).

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Book SynopsisThis unique and engaging anthology introduces students to the major concepts of globalization within the context of the key debates and disputes. Introduces globalization through its basic concepts, rather than thematically;a distinctive approach that provides students with a better grasp of what social science has to offer on the topic Utilizes concepts from interdisciplinary sources, bringing together work from key figures across a number of fields -from Weber and Marx, to contemporary figures in the field, including Beck, Bauman, Castells, and Homi Bhabha Includes excerpts to illustrate ideas, all at an appropriate level of difficulty for an undergraduate audience Offers all of this in the dynamic context of major debates surrounding the basic concepts and the fundamental realities of globalization Designed so it can be used independently, or alongside Ritzer's Globalization: A Basic Textfor a complete student resource Trade Review“With contributions from leading scholars across a variety of disciplines, these readings help clarify our knowledge and advance our understanding of globalization. This book fills an important gap by making available, in a single volume, a variety of interpretations of issues critical to the topic of globalization. It is a very good read.” (ID: International Dialogue, February 2012) Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Book 1 1 Introduction to Globalization Debates 3 1 Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature 4 Mauro F. Guillén Part I Political Economy 19 2 Civilizations 21 2 The Clash of Civilizations? 23 Samuel P. Huntington 3 Global Utopias and Clashing Civilizations: Misunderstanding the Present 29 John Gray 4 Can Civilizations Clash? 34 Jack F. Matlock, Jr 5 History Ends, Worlds Collide 36 Chris Brown 6 If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World 37 Samuel P. Huntington 3 Orientalism, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism 43 7 Orientalism: Introduction 47 Edward W. Said 8 Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse 54 Sadik Jalal al-‘Azm 9 Postcolonialism and Its Discontents 57 Ali Rattansi 10 Said’s Orientalism: A Vital Contribution Today 66 Peter Marcuse 4 Neoliberalism 72 11 Freedom versus Collectivism in Foreign Aid 75 William Easterly 12 The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time 86 Karl Polanyi 13 Freedom’s Just Another Word 101 David Harvey 14 Neoliberalism as Exception, Exception to Neoliberalism 111 Aihwa Ong 5 Structural Adjustment 117 15 Structural Adjustment in East and Southeast Asia: Lessons from Latin America 119 Jim Glassman and Pádraig Carmody 16 The Social Consequences of Structural Adjustment: Recent Evidence and Current Debates 127 Sarah Babb 17 The Human Rights Effects of World Bank Structural Adjustment, 1981–2000 138 M. Rodwan Abouharb and David L. Cingranelli 18 How International Monetary Fund and World Bank Policies Undermine Labor Power and Rights 146 Vincent Lloyd and Robert Weissman 19 Who Has Failed Africa?: IMF Measures or the African Leadership? 150 Gerald Scott 6 Nation-State 157 20 Sociology and the Nation-State in an Era of Shifting Boundaries 159 Donald N. Levine 21 The Westfailure System 161 Susan Strange 22 Globalization and the Myth of the Powerless State 166 Linda Weiss 23 Globalization and the Resilience of State Power 175 Daniel Béland 24 Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational Studies 179 William I. Robinson 7 Transnationalism 182 25 Transnational Practices 184 Leslie Sklair 26 Social Theory and Globalization: The Rise of a Transnational State 195 William I. Robinson 27 Revisiting the Question of the Transnational State: A Comment on William Robinson’s “Social Theory and Globalization” 198 Philip McMichael 8 World Systems 203 28 The Modern World-System: Theoretical Reprise 205 Immanuel Wallerstein 29 Competing Conceptions of Globalization 210 Leslie Sklair 9 Empire 214 30 Empire 217 Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 31 The Global Coliseum: On Empire 226 Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri interviewed by Nicholas Brown and Imre Szeman 32 Retrieving the Imperial: Empire and International Relations 228 Tarak Barkawi and Mark Laffey 33 Africa: the Black Hole at the Middle of Empire? 234 David Moore 34 The New World Order (They Mean It) 240 Stanley Aronowitz 35 Adventures of the Multitude: Response of the Authors 241 Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 10 Network Society and Informationalism 244 36 Toward a Sociology of the Network Society 246 Manuel Castells 37 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells 252 Peter Marcuse 11 World Risk Society and Cosmopolitanism 260 38 The Terrorist Threat: World Risk Society Revisited 263 Ulrich Beck 39 Risk, Globalisation and the State: A Critical Appraisal of Ulrich Beck and the World Risk Society Thesis 271 Darryl S. L. Jarvis 40 Unpacking Cosmopolitanism for the Social Sciences: A Research Agenda 280 Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider 41 Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism 285 Craig Calhoun 12 McWorld and Jihad 288 42 Jihad vs McWorld 290 Benjamin R. Barber 43 Paris Is Burning: Jihad vs McWorld by Benjamin R. Barber 297 Fareed Zakaria 44 Sovereignty and Emergency: Political Theology, Islam and American Conservatism 301 Bryan S. Turner 45 On Terrorism and the New Democratic Realism 305 Benjamin R. Barber Part II Culture 307 46 Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms 309 Jan Nederveen Pieterse 13 Creolization, Hybridity, and Glocalization 319 47 The World in Creolisation 322 Ulf Hannerz 48 Flows, Boundaries and Hybrids: Keywords in Transnational Anthropology 324 Ulf Hannerz 49 Globalization as Hybridization 326 Jan Nederveen Pieterse 50 Glocalization: Time–Space and Homogeneity–Heterogeneity 334 Roland Robertson 14 Critiquing Creolization, Hybridity, and Glocalization 344 51 Hybridity, So What? The Anti-Hybridity Backlash and the Riddles of Recognition 347 Jan Nederveen Pieterse 52 The Global, the Local, and the Hybrid: A Native Ethnography of Glocalization 351 Marwan M. Kraidy 53 Globalization and Trinidad Carnival: Diaspora, Hybridity and Identity in Global Culture 356 Keith Nurse 54 Mapping the “Glocal” Village: The Political Limits of “Glocalization” 360 William H. Thornton 55 Rethinking Globalization: Glocalization/Grobalization and Something/Nothing 361 George Ritzer 56 Dialectics of Something and Nothing: Critical Reflections on Ritzer’s Globalization Analysis 372 Douglas Kellner 15 McDonaldization 380 57 An Introduction to McDonaldization 383 George Ritzer 58 McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption 389 Malcolm Waters 59 The McDonald’s Mosaic: Glocalization and Diversity 393 Bryan S. Turner 60 Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia 396 James L. Watson 61 Global Implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization 399 Alan Bryman 62 Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local – McDonald’s in Israel 402 Uri Ram 16 World Culture 408 63 World Culture: Origins and Consequences 410 Frank J. Lechner and John Boli 64 Norms, Culture, and World Politics: Insights from Sociology’s Institutionalism 421 Martha Finnemore Sources and Credits 425 Index 429

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Book SynopsisUpdated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Provides a rich introduction to the subject Grounds the study of globalization ethnographically by locating global processes in everyday practice Addresses the global flow of capital, people, commodities, media, and ideologies Offers extensive geographic coverage: from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Europe, and North America Updated edition includes new selections, section introductions, and recommendations for further reading Trade Review“The Anthropology of Globalization, 2nd Edition is a treasury of the vast store of new and exciting work being done on this theme. It will be an invaluable text for classes on globalization in a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, literature, ethnic studies, and international studies.” Akhil Gupta, UCLA "This volume brings together some of the most insightful anthropological writing on globalization, and so achieves the miracle of making sense of the innovations, countervailing tendencies and dilemmas that are now part of the study of culture in a changing world." Ronald Niezen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Overture: Thinking the Global 1 1 Tracking Global Flows 3Jonathan Xavier Inda and Renato Rosaldo 2 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy 47Arjun Appadurai 3 The Global Situation 66Anna Tsing Part I Itinerant Capital 99 Introduction 99 4 Notes on Mayan Youth and Rural Industrialization in Guatemala 101Linda Green 5 Thai Love Thai: Financing Emotion in Post-crash Thailand 121Alan Klima 6 Situating Global Capitalisms: A View from Wall Street Investment Banks 137Karen Ho Part II Mobile Subjects 165 Introduction 165 7 Cyberpublics and Diaspora Politics among Transnational Chinese 167Aihwa Ong 8 Between Cinema and Social Work: Diasporic Turkish Women and the (Dis)Pleasures of Hybridity 184Katherine Pratt Ewing 9 Compassion and Repression: The Moral Economy of Immigration Policies in France 212Didier Fassin Part III Roving Commodities 235 Introduction 235 10 Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald’s and Consumerism in Moscow 237Melissa L. Caldwell 11 Copyrighting Che: Art and Authorship under Cuban Late Socialism 254Ariana Hernandez-Reguant 12 Diagnostic Liquidity: Mental Illness and the Global Trade in DNA 277Andrew Lakoff Part IV Traveling Media 301 Introduction 301 13 Dubbing Culture: Indonesian Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities and Ethnography in an Already Globalized World 303Tom Boellstorff 14 Itineraries of Indian Cinema: African Videos, Bollywood, and Global Media 334Brian Larkin 15 The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements 352Jeffrey S. Juris Part V Nomadic Ideologies 371 Introduction 371 16 The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong: Theorizing the Local/Global Interface 373Sally Engle Merry and Rachel E. Stern 17 Disorderly Development: Globalization and the Idea of ‘‘Culture’’ in the Kalahari 403Rene´e Sylvain 18 Politico-moral Transactions in Indian AIDS Service: Confidentiality, Rights, and New Modalities of Governance 433Kavita Misra Index 468

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Book SynopsisUpdated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Provides a rich introduction to the subject Grounds the study of globalization ethnographically by locating global processes in everyday practice Addresses the global flow of capital, people, commodities, media, and ideologies Offers extensive geographic coverage: from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Europe, and North America Updated edition includes new selections, section introductions, and recommendations for further reading Trade Review“The Anthropology of Globalization, 2nd Edition is a treasury of the vast store of new and exciting work being done on this theme. It will be an invaluable text for classes on globalization in a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, literature, ethnic studies, and international studies.” Akhil Gupta, UCLA "This volume brings together some of the most insightful anthropological writing on globalization, and so achieves the miracle of making sense of the innovations, countervailing tendencies and dilemmas that are now part of the study of culture in a changing world." Ronald Niezen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Overture: Thinking the Global:. 1. Tracking Global Flows: Jonathan Xavier Inda (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Renato Rosaldo (New York University). 2. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai (The New School). 3. The Global Situation: Anna Tsing (University of California, Santa Cruz). Part I: Itinerant Capital:. Introduction. 4. Notes on Mayan Youth and Rural Industrialization in Guatemala: Linda Green (University of Arizona). 5. Thai Love Thai: Financing Emotion in Post-crash Thailand: Alan Klima (University of California, Davis). 6. Situating Global Capitalisms: A View from Wall Street Investment Banks: Karen Ho (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities). Part II: Mobile Subjects:. Introduction. 7. Cyberpublics and Diaspora Politics among Transnational Chinese: Aihwa Ong (University of California, Berkeley). 8. Between Cinema and Social Work: Diasporic Turkish Women and the (Dis)Pleasures of Hybridity: Katherine Pratt Ewing (Duke University). 9. Compassion and Repression: The Moral Economy of Immigration Policies in France: Didier Fassin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris). Part III: Roving Commodities:. Introduction. 10. Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in Moscow: Melissa L. Caldwell (University of California, Santa Cruz). 11. Copyrighting Che: Art and Authorship under Cuban Late Socialism: Ariana Hernández-Reguant (University of California, San Diego). 12. Diagnostic Liquidity: Mental Illness and the Global Trade in DNA: Andrew Lakoff (University of California, San Diego). Part IV: Traveling Media:. Introduction. 13. Dubbing Culture: Indonesian Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities and Ethnography in an Already Globalized World: Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine). 14. Itineraries of Indian Cinema: African Videos, Bollywood, and Global Media: Brian Larkin (Barnard College). 15. The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements: Jeffrey S. Juris (Arizona State University). Part V: Nomadic Ideologies:. Introduction. 16. The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong: Theorizing the Local/Global Interface: Sally Engle Merry (New York University) and Rachel E. Stern (University of California, Berkeley). 17. Disorderly Development: Globalization and the Idea of “Culture”: Renée Sylvain (University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada). 18. Politico-moral Transactions in Indian AIDS Service: Confidentiality, Rights, and New Modalities of Governance: Kavita Misra (Yale University). Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption. Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processes Provides empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaigns Fills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumption Locates ethical consumption within a range of social theoretical debates -on neoliberalism, governmentality, and globalisation Challenges the moralism of much of the analysis of ethical consumption, which sees it as a retreat from proper citizenly politics and an expression of individualised consumerism Trade Review"Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption." (Breitbart.com: Business Wire, 29 November 2010)Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction: Politicizing Consumption in an Unequal World. 1.1 The Moralization of Consumption. 1.2 Justice, Responsibility and the Politics of Consumption. 1.3 Relocating Agency in Ethical Consumption. 1.4 Problematizing Consumption. Part One Theorizing Consumption Differently. 2 The Ethical Problematization of 'The Consumer'. 2.1 Teleologies of Consumerism and Individualization. 2.2 Theorizing Consumers as Political Subjects. 2.3 The Responsibilization of the Consumer. 2.4 What Type of Subject Is 'The Consumer'? 2.5 Does Governing Consumption Involve Governing the Consumer? 2.6 The Ethical Problematization of the Consumer. 2.7 Conclusion. 3 Practising Consumption. 3.1 The Antinomies of Consumer Choice. 3.2 Theorizing Consumption Practices. 3.3 Problematizing Choice. 3.4 Articulating Background. 3.5 Conclusion. 4 Problematizing Consumption. 4.1 Consumer Choice and Citizenly Acts. 4.2 Articulating Consumption and the Consumer. 4.3 Mobilizing the Ethical Consumer. 4.4 Articulating the Ethical Consumer. 4.5 Conclusion. Part Two Doing Consumption Differently. 5 Grammars of Responsibility. 5.1 Justifying Practices. 5.2 Researching the (Ir)responsible Consumer. 5.3 Versions of Responsibility. 5.4 Dilemmas of Responsibility. 5.5 Conclusion. 6 Local Networks of Global Feeling. 6.1 Locating the Fair Trade Consumer. 6.2 Re-evaluating Fair Trade Consumption. 6.3 Managing Fair Trade, Mobilizing Networks. 6.4 Doing Fair Trade: Buying, Giving, Campaigning. 6.5 Conclusion. 7 Fairtrade Urbanism. 7.1 Rethinking the Spatialities of Fair Trade. 7.2 Re-imagining Bristol: From Slave Trade to Fair Trade. 7.3 Putting Fair Trade in Place. 7.4 Fair Trade and 'The Politics of Place Beyond Place'. 7.5 Conclusion. 8 Conclusion: Doing Politics in an Ethical Register. 8.1 Beyond the Consumer. 8.2 Doing Responsibility. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes.Trade Review“The most intriguing parts of the book are where historical details of specific sports—cricket, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, speed skating, baseball—are offered as evidence for the essayists' arguments on how the local interacts with outside forces, whether protecting, mimicking or influencing.” (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, May 2009)Table of Contents1. Sport and Globalization: Transnational Dimensions: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 2. Not Playing Around: Global Capitalism, Modern Sport and Consumer Culture: Barry Smart. 3. The Grobal in the Sporting Glocal: David L. Andrews and George Ritzer. 4. Steps to an Ecology of Transnational Sports: Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 5. Recovering the Social: Globalization, Football and Transnationalism: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 6. Is Baseball a Global Sport? America’s ‘National Pastime’ as Global Field and International Sport: William W. Kelly. 7. More Than a Game: Globalization and the Post-Westernization of World Cricket: Chris Rumford. 8. Imagined Communities in the Global Game: Soccer and the Development of Dutch National Identity: Frank J. Lechner. 9. The Global Footballer and the Local War-Zone: George Weah and Transnational Networks in Liberia, West Africa: Gary Armstrong

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Book SynopsisGlobalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact of international trade on local water depletion and pollution and identifies water dependent nations. Examines the critical link between water management and international trade, considering how local water depletion and pollution are often closely tied to the structure of the global economy Offers a consumer-based indicator of each nation's water use: the water footprint Questions whether trade can enhance global water use efficiency, or whether it simply shifts the environmental burden to a distant location Highlights the hidden link between national consumption and the use of water resources across the globe, identifying the threats facing water dependent' countries worldwide Provides a state-of-the-art review and in-depth data source for a new field of knowledge Trade Review"The main strengths of the book are its clear explanations of the core concepts and the methods used to estimate the movements of virtual water, along with the wealth of empirical evidence on specific countries, regions and commodities. . . While the authors do not explicitly answer all of the questions outlined at the beginning of the book, this is still a well-written and timely contribution that adds some much-needed evidence to the literature on virtual water." (Area, 2011) "This book is a technical research report, , and gives another important strand of firm evidence to support the case for switching to vegan lifestyles". (Vegan, 1 December 2010) “Heightened concern about global climate change makes this book timely and of interest to many readers.” (Choice Reviews, May 2009) "[This book] is an authorative and stimulating book to read. Its main contribution is the excellent use of case studies to illustrate the well-articulated theoretical background of virtual water and its global implications.... A though-provoking book." (South African Geographical Journal, 2008) “The authors propose to reverse the logic of production volumes to consumption volumes. This approach entirely changes all conclusions concerning water stress in the world, dependencies on other countries, and responsibility for water scarcity. This detailed study gives new insights into these mechanisms, leading to a more realistic picture of a country’s water needs. The book contains extensive and detailed tables, with all the data required for an in depth evaluation. The book concludes with some important remarks on fairness, sustainability, responsibility, and price-setting.” (Water Environment and Technology Magazine, December 2008)Table of ContentsList of Maps. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. How much Water is used for Producing our Goods and Services?. 3. Virtual-Water Flows between Nations as a Result of Trade in Agricultural and Industrial Products. 4. Water Saving through International Trade in Agricultural Products. 5. The Water Footprints of Nations. 6. The Water Footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands. 7. Virtual- versus Real-Water Transfers within China. 8. The Water Footprint of Coffee and Tea Consumption. 9. The Water Footprint of Cotton Consumption. 10. Water as a Geopolitical Resource. 11. Efficient, Sustainable, and Equitable Water Use in a Globalized world. Appendix I. Analytical Framework for the Assessment of Virtual-Water content, Virtual-Water Flows, Water Savings, Water Footprints, and Water Dependencies. Appendix II. Virtual-Water Flows per Country Related to International Trade in Crop, Livestock, and Industrial Products. Appendix III. National Water Savings and Losses due to Trade in Agricultural Products. Appendix IV. Water Footprints of Nations. Appendix V. Water Footprint versus Water Scarcity, Self-Sufficiency, and Water Import Dependency per Country. Glossary. References. Index

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Book SynopsisGLOBALIZATION Lechner has drawn on his extensive work on, and his deep knowledge of, globalization to write a brief, accessible, and highly successful introduction to the field. The early chapters on food, sport, and mass media should pique the student's interest and lure them into a deeper involvement with later chapters and the field in general.George Ritzer, University of Maryland Frank Lechner's text takes on key issues in the study of globalization with real clarity and critical power. An authoritative account of the major issues, theories, and debates in the field, aptly illustrated by diverse contemporary examples, this text offers a clear analysis of a complex topic that will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars. Fran Tonkiss, London School of Economics Written in a lively and accessible style, Globalization: The Making of World Society shows how globalization affects everyday experience, creates new institutions, and presents neTable of ContentsList of Plates vii List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Boxes xii Preface and Acknowledgments xiii List of Acronyms xv 1 Introduction 1 Part I Global Experience 11 2 Global Food and the History of Globalization 13 3 Global Sports and the Direction of Globalization 34 4 Global Media and the Varieties of Globalization 56 Part II Global Institutions 77 5 The Global Economy and the Power of the Market 79 6 Global States and the Specter of Retreat 103 7 Global Governance and the Prospects of World Law 124 8 Global Civil Society and the Voices of Change 148 9 Global Religion and the Impact of Faith 168 Part III Global Problems 193 10 Global Migration: How New People Change Old Places 195 11 Global Inequality: Winners and Losers in Globalization 219 12 The Global Environment: Saving the Planet? 243 13 Global Justice: Is Another World Possible? 266 Glossary 285 References 288 Index 311

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Book SynopsisGLOBALIZATION Lechner has drawn on his extensive work on, and his deep knowledge of, globalization to write a brief, accessible, and highly successful introduction to the field. The early chapters on food, sport, and mass media should pique the student's interest and lure them into a deeper involvement with later chapters and the field in general.George Ritzer, University of Maryland Frank Lechner's text takes on key issues in the study of globalization with real clarity and critical power. An authoritative account of the major issues, theories, and debates in the field, aptly illustrated by diverse contemporary examples, this text offers a clear analysis of a complex topic that will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars. Fran Tonkiss, London School of Economics Written in a lively and accessible style, Globalization: The Making of World Society shows how globalization affects everyday experience, creates new institutions, and presents neTable of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. Preface and Acknowledgments. List of Acronyms. 1. Introduction. Part I: Global Experience. 2. Global Food and the History of Globalization. 3. Global Sports and the Direction of Globalization. 4. Global Media and the Varieties of Globalization. Part II: Global Institutions. 5. The Global Economy and the Power of the Market. 6. Global States and the Specter of Retreat. 7. Global Governance and the Prospects of World Law. 8. Global Civil Society and the Voices of Change. 9. Global Religion and the Impact of Faith. Part III: Global Problems. 10. Global Migration: How New People Change Old Places. 11. Global Inequality: Winners and Losers in Globalization. 12. The Global Environment: Saving the Planet? 13. Global Justice: Is Another World Possible? Glossary. References.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook meets the challenges that globalization poses to sociolinguistic theory by investigating key issues relating to language use and development. Comprising 36 chapters written by leading international scholars, this volume brings together new research in the field and maps out new areas for future research.Trade Review“Overall, The Handbook of Language and Globalization succeeds in providing the reader with insightful analysis at the intersection of language and globalization. With its broad scope and inclusion of useful research topics, the volume can be considered as an open gate for a wider field of study and research in sociolinguistics. It also provides a stimulating and complex picture of the state of theory and practice in the area of language and globalization.” (Linguist, 18 October 2012) “An enlightening and engaging collection by eminent international scholars. A major resource for the study of theoretical and pragmatic approaches to Global English, including concerns about ‘marginalization’ and ‘murder’ of languages.” —Braj B.Kachru, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois “This Handbook provides a fascinating exposition of the complex, multidimensional nature of globalization as it pertains to the world's languages. Coupland has marshalled authors at the forefront of their fields who offer a diversity of approaches and do not flinch from disputes and challenging questions. I suspect that this book will transform the discourse on globalization within linguistics and will impel a reconsideration of whether linguistic diversity is inevitably impacted by global processes.” —Margaret Florey, Resource Network for Linguistic DiversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments x Introduction: Sociolinguistics in the Global Era 1 Nikolas Coupland Part I Global Multilingualism, World Languages, and Language Systems 29 1 Globalization, Global English, and World English(es): Myths and Facts 31 Salikoko S. Mufwene 2 Language Systems 56 Abram De Swaan 3 The Global Politics of Language: Markets, Maintenance, Marginalization, or Murder? 77 Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson 4 World Languages: Trends and Futures 101 Ulrich Ammon 5 Language Policy and Globalization 123 Thomas Ricento 6 Panlingual Globalization 142 Jonathan Pool 7 The Spread of Global Spanish: From Cervantes to reggaetón 162 Clare Mar-Molinero 8 New National Languages in Eastern Europe 182 Brigitta Busch Part II Global Discourse in Key Domains and Genres 201 9 Localizing the Global on the Participatory Web 203 Jannis Androutsopoulos 10 Globalizing the Local: The Case of an Egyptian Superhero Comic 232 Theo van Leeuwen and Usama Suleiman 11 Language and the Globalizing Habitus of Tourism: Toward A Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Relationships 255 Adam Jaworski and Crispin Thurlow 12 Globalization and Language Teaching 287 David Block 13 Discursive Constructions of Global War and Terror 305 Adam Hodges 14 Has God Gone Global? Religion, Language, and Globalization 323 Annabelle Mooney Part III Language, Values, and Markets under Globalization 347 15 Language as Resource in the Globalized New Economy 349 Monica Heller 16 Language and Movement in Space 366 Jan Blommaert and Jie Dong 17 Indexing the Local 386 Barbara Johnstone 18 Ecolinguistics and Globalization 406 Arran Stibbe 19 The Chinese Discourse of Human Rights and Glocalization 426 Shi-Xu 20 Meanings of 'Globalization': East and West 447 Peter Garrett 21 Languages and Global Marketing 475 Helen Kelly-Holmes Part IV Language, Distance, and Identities 493 22 Shadows of Discourse: Intercultural Communication in Global Contexts 495 Claire Kramsch and Elizabeth Boner 23 Unraveling Post-Colonial Identity through Language 520 Rakesh M. Bhatt 24 At the Intersection of Gender, Language, and Transnationalism 540 Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi 25 Globalization and Gay Language 555 William L. Leap 26 Metroethnicities and Metrolanguages 575 John C. Maher 27 Popular Cultures, Popular Languages, and Global Identities 592 Alastair Pennycook 28 Global Representations of Distant Suffering 608 Lilie Chouliaraki 29 Global Media and the Regime of Lifestyle 625 David Machin and Theo van Leeuwen Index 644

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Book SynopsisTaking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today''s globalized world. Introduces readers to major theories, key terms, concepts, and notable theorists Equips readers with the basic knowledge and conceptual tools necessary for thinking critically about the complex issues facing the global community Includes a variety of supplemental features to facilitate learning and enhance readers'' understanding of the material Table of ContentsList of Tables xv List of Figures xvii Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxii 1. Going Global 1 2. Nation-state System 31 3. International Organizations 51 4. Human Rights 87 5. The Natural Environment 122 6. Population and Consumption 161 7. Infectious Disease and Globalization 187 8. The Gendered World 214 9. Information and Communication Technologies 251 10. War and Violent Conflict 290 11. Peace 339 Glossary 375 Index 393

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Book SynopsisTaking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today''s globalized world. Introduces readers to major theories, key terms, concepts, and notable theorists Equips readers with the basic knowledge and conceptual tools necessary for thinking critically about the complex issues facing the global community Includes a variety of supplemental features to facilitate learning and enhance readers'' understanding of the material Table of ContentsList of Tables xv List of Figures xvii Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxii 1. Going Global 1 2. Nation-state System 31 3. International Organizations 51 4. Human Rights 87 5. The Natural Environment 122 6. Population and Consumption 161 7. Infectious Disease and Globalization 187 8. The Gendered World 214 9. Information and Communication Technologies 251 10. War and Violent Conflict 290 11. Peace 339 Glossary 375 Index 393

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Book SynopsisReaders of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Transnational Agrarian Movements: Origins and Politics, Campaigns and Impact (Saturnino M. Borras Jr, Marc Edelman and Cristóbal Kay). 2. Peasants Make Their Own History, But Not Just as They Please . . . (Philip McMichael). 3. Transnational Organizing in Agrarian Central America: Histories, Challenges, Prospects (Marc Edelman). 4. La Vía Campesina and its Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform (Saturnino M. Borras Jr). 5 ‘Late Mobilization’: Transnational Peasant Networks and Grassroots Organizing in Brazil and South Africa (Brenda Baletti, Tamara M. Johnson and Wendy Wolford). 6. Mobilizing Against GM Crops in India, South Africa and Brazil (Ian Scoones). 7. Trade and Biotechnology in Latin America: Democratization, Contestation and the Politics of Mobilization (Peter Newell). 8. Claiming the Grounds for Reform: Agrarian and Environmental Movements in Indonesia (Nancy Lee Peluso, Suraya Afiff and Noer Fauzi Rachman). 9. Whose Rules Rule? Contested Projects to Certify ‘Local Production for Distant Consumers’ (Harriet Friedmann and Amber Mcnair). 10. Migrant Organization and Hometown Impacts in Rural Mexico (Jonathan Fox and Xochitl Bada). 11. From Covert to Overt: Everyday Peasant Politics in China and the Implications for Transnational Agrarian Movements (Kathy Le Mons Walker). 12. Where There Is No Movement: Local Resistance and the Potential for Solidarity (Kevin Malseed). Index.

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Book SynopsisWorlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of worlding' Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics Trade Review“I am hopeful that this collection, along with others of its kind, will inspire new lines of research and theorisation that will help arrest the actual realities of cities in an era of planetary urbanisation.” (Urban Studies, 1 February 2015) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction Worlding Cities, or the Art of Being Global 1 Aihwa Ong Part I Modeling 27 1 Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts 29 Chua Beng Huat 2 Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms 55 Lisa Hoffman 3 Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects 77 Gavin Shatkin 4 Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change 98 Shannon May Part II Inter-Referencing 127 5 Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong 129 Helen F. Siu 6 Cracks in the Façade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai 160 Chad Haines 7 Asia in the Mix: Urban Form and Global Mobilities – Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai 182 Glen Lowry and Eugene McCann 8 Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty 205 Aihwa Ong Part III New Solidarities 227 9 Speculating on the Next World City 229 Michael Goldman 10 The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism 259 Ananya Roy 11 Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi 279 D. Asher Ghertner Conclusion Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams 307 Ananya Roy Index 336

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Book SynopsisWorlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of worlding' Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics Trade Review“I am hopeful that this collection, along with others of its kind, will inspire new lines of research and theorisation that will help arrest the actual realities of cities in an era of planetary urbanisation.” (Urban Studies, 1 February 2015) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction Worlding Cities, or the Art of Being Global 1 Aihwa Ong Part I Modeling 27 1 Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts 29 Chua Beng Huat 2 Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms 55 Lisa Hoffman 3 Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects 77 Gavin Shatkin 4 Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change 98 Shannon May Part II Inter-Referencing 127 5 Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong 129 Helen F. Siu 6 Cracks in the Façade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai 160 Chad Haines 7 Asia in the Mix: Urban Form and Global Mobilities – Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai 182 Glen Lowry and Eugene McCann 8 Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty 205 Aihwa Ong Part III New Solidarities 227 9 Speculating on the Next World City 229 Michael Goldman 10 The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism 259 Ananya Roy 11 Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi 279 D. Asher Ghertner Conclusion Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams 307 Ananya Roy Index 336

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Book SynopsisIn this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world Applies Castells' hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change Table of ContentsList of Figures xii List of Tables xiv List of Charts xvi Preface to the 2010 Edition of The Power of Identity xvii Preface and Acknowledgments 2003 xxxvii Acknowledgments 1996 xliii Our World, our Lives 1 1 Communal Heavens: Identity and Meaning in the Network Society 5 The Construction of Identity 6 God's Heavens: Religious Fundamentalism and Cultural Identity 12 Umma versus Jahiliya: Islamic fundamentalism 13 God save me! American Christian fundamentalism 23 Nations and Nationalisms in the Age of Globalization: Imagined Communities or Communal Images? 30 Nations against the state: the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Impossible States (Sojuz Nevozmoznykh Gosudarstv) 35 Nations without a state: Catalunya 45 Nations of the information age 54 Ethnic Unbonding: Race, Class, and Identity in the Network Society 56 Territorial Identities: The Local Community 63 Conclusion: The Cultural Communes of the Information Age 68 2 The Other Face of the Earth: Social Movements against the New Global Order 71 Globalization, Informationalization, and Social Movements 72 Mexico's Zapatistas: The First Informational Guerrilla Movement 75 Who are the Zapatistas? 77 The value structure of the Zapatistas: identity, adversaries, and goals 80 The communication strategy of the Zapatistas: the Internet and the media 82 The contradictory relationship between social movement and political institution 85 Up in Arms against the New World Order: The American Militia and the Patriot Movement 87 The militias and the Patriots: a multi-thematic information network 90 The Patriots’ banners 95 Who are the Patriots? 98 The militia, the Patriots, and American society 99 The Lamas of Apocalypse: Japan's Aum Shinrikyo 100 Asahara and the development of Aum Shinrikyo 101 Aum's beliefs and methodology 104 Aum and Japanese society 105 Al-Qaeda, 9/11, and Beyond: Global Terror in the Name of God 108 The goals and values of al-Qaeda 111 The evolving process of al-Qaeda’s struggle 115 The mujahedeen and their support bases 119 The young lion of the global jihad: Osama bin Laden 124 From bin Laden to bin Mahfouz: financial networks, Islamic networks, terrorist networks 128 Networking and media politics: the organization, tactics, and strategy of al-Qaeda 135 9/11 and beyond: death or birth of a networked, global, fundamentalist movement? 140 "No Globalization without Representation!": The Anti-globalization Movement 145 "El pueblo desunido jamas sera vencido": the diversity of the anti-globalization movement 147 The values and goals of the movement against globalization 152 Networking as a political way of being 154 An informational movement: the theatrical tactics of anti-globalization militants 156 The movement in context: social change and institutional change 158 The Meaning of Insurgencies against the New Global Order 160 Conclusion: The Challenge to Globalization 166 3 The Greening of the Self: The Environmental Movement 168 The Creative Cacophony of Environmentalism: A Typology 170 The Meaning of Greening: Societal Issues and the Ecologists’ Challenge 179 Environmentalism in Action: Reaching Minds, Taming Capital, Courting the State, Tap-dancing with the Media 186 Environmental Justice: Ecologists' New Frontier 190 4 The End of Patriarchalism: Social Movements, Family, and Sexuality in the Information Age 192 The Crisis of the Patriarchal Family 196 Women at Work 215 Sisterhood is Powerful: The Feminist Movement 234 American feminism: a discontinuous continuity 235 Is feminism global? 243 Feminism: an inducive polyphony 252 The Power of Love: Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements 261 Feminism, lesbianism, and sexual liberation movements in Taipei 266 Spaces of freedom: the gay community in San Francisco 271 Summing up: sexual identity and the patriarchal family 279 Family, Sexuality, and Personality in the Crisis of Patriarchalism 280 The incredibly shrinking family 280 The reproduction of mothering under the non-reproduction of patriarchalism 288 Body identity: the (re)construction of sexuality 294 Flexible personalities in a post-patriarchal world 299 The End of Patriarchalism? 301 5 Globalization, Identification, and the State: A Powerless State or a Network State? 303 Globalization and the State 304 The transnational core of national economies 305 A statistical appraisal of the new fiscal crisis of the state in the global economy 307 Globalization and the welfare state 312 Global communication networks, local audiences, uncertain regulators 316 A lawless world? 321 The Nation-state in the Age of Multilateralism 323 Global Governance and Networks of Nation-states 328 Identities, Local Governments, and the Deconstruction of the Nation-state 332 The Identification of the State 337 The Return of the State 340 The state, violence, and surveillance: from Big Brother to little sisters 340 American unilateralism and the new geopolitics 344 The Iraq War and its aftermath 349 The consequences of American unilateralism 353 The Crisis of the Nation-state, the Network State, and the Theory of the State 356 Conclusion: The King of the Universe, Sun Tzu, and the Crisis of Democracy 364 6 Informational Politics and the Crisis of Democracy 367 Introduction: The Politics of Society 367 Media as the Space of Politics in the Information Age 371 Politics and the media: the citizens’ connection 371 Show politics and political marketing: the American model 375 Is European politics being "Americanized"? 381 Bolivia's electronic populism: compadre Palenque and the coming of Jach'a Uru 386 Informational Politics in Action: The Politics of Scandal 391 The Crisis of Democracy 402 Conclusion: Reconstructing Democracy? 414 Conclusion: Social Change in the Network Society 419 Methodological Appendix 429 Appendix for Tables 5.1 and 5.2 429 Appendix for Figure 6.9: Level of Support for Mainstream Parties in National Elections, 1980–2002 456 Summary of Contents of Volumes I and III 464 References 466 Index 512

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology.Trade Review“Taking into consideration all aspects this book has a very important role in the professional literature of border studies.” (Cross-Border Review Yearbook of the European Institute, 1 September 2014) “Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 April 2013)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Table viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Borders and Border Studies 1 Thomas M. Wilson and Hastings Donnan Part I Sovereignty, Territory and Governance 27 2 Partition 29 Brendan O'Leary 3 Culture Theory and the US–Mexico Border 48 Josiah McC. Heyman 4 The African Union Border Programme in European Comparative Perspective 66 Anthony I. Asiwaju 5 European Politics of Borders, Border Symbolism and Cross-Border Cooperation 83 James Wesley Scott 6 Securing Borders in Europe and North America 100 Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly 7 Border Regimes, the Circulation of Violence and the Neo-authoritarian Turn 119 John Borneman Part II States, Nations and Empires 137 8 Borders in the New Imperialism 139 James Anderson 9 Contested States, Frontiers and Cities 158 Liam O'Dowd 10 The State, Hegemony and the Historical British-US Border 177 Allan K. McDougall and Lisa Philips 11 Nations, Nationalism and "Borderization" in the Southern Cone 194 Alejandro Grimson 12 Debordering and Rebordering the United Kingdom 214 Cathal McCall 13 "Swarming" at the Frontiers of France, 1870–1885 230 Olivier Thomas Kramsch 14 Borders and Conflict Resolution 249 David Newman Part III Security, Order and Disorder 267 15 Chaos and Order along the (Former) Iron Curtain 269 Mathijs Pelkmans 16 Border Security as Late-Capitalist "Fix" 283 Brenda Chalfin 17 Identity, the State and Borderline Disorder 301 Dan Rabinowitz 18 African Boundaries and the New Capitalist Frontier 318 Timothy Raeymaekers 19 Bandits, Borderlands and Opium Wars in Afghanistan 332 Jonathan Goodhand 20 Biosecurity, Quarantine and Life across the Border 354 Alan Smart and Josephine Smart 21 Permeabilities, Ecology and Geopolitical Boundaries 371 Hilary Cunningham Part IV Displacement, Emplacement and Mobility 387 22 Borders and the Rhythms of Displacement, Emplacement and Mobility 389 Pamela Ballinger 23 Remapping Borders 405 Henk van Houtum 24 From Border Policing to Internal Immigration Control in the United States 419 Mathew Coleman 25 Labor Migration, Traffi cking and Border Controls 438 Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons 26 Spatial Strategies for Rebordering Human Migration at Sea 455 Alison Mountz and Nancy Hiemstra 27 "B/ordering" and Biopolitics in Central Asia 473 Nick Megoran 28 Border, Scene and Obscene 492 Nicholas De Genova Part V Space, Performance and Practice 505 29 Border Show Business and Performing States 507 David B. Coplan 30 Performativity and the Eventfulness of Bordering Practices 522 Robert J. Kaiser 31 Reconceptualizing the Space of the Mexico–US Borderline 538 Robert R. Alvarez, Jr 32 Border Towns and Cities in Comparative Perspective 557 Paul Nugent 33 A Sense of Border 573 Sarah Green Index 593

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Book SynopsisLively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues.Trade ReviewThis book would be an excellent addition to an undergraduate curriculum. Hopefully, it will be generally adopted into classrooms as part of an international education. -- Malcom D. Magee History: Reviews of New Books Compelling and well-balanced... [America and the World] would serve well as a survey of American economic and diplomatic history in an undergraduate course. -- Erik Benson Essays in Economic and Business HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: 1492–1763Introduction1. Commerce and Conquest2. The Many Wars for America3. De-Indianizing American CulturePart II: 1763–1898Introduction4. The Idea of Freedom in an Age of Slavery5. Developing a Continental Market6. From Colonies to the Threshold of EmpirePart III: 1898–1945Introduction7. Reluctant Global Warriors8. Emerging Economic Hegemon9. Reforming a Chaotic WorldPart IV: 1945–2010Introduction10. Globalization and Americanization11. Becoming the "Indispensable Nation"12. Civil Rights and World CultureConclusionNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in ArabiaPart II: How Globalization Advantages Women4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by TraditionPart III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of MartyrsPart IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in ArabiaPart II: How Globalization Advantages Women4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by TraditionPart III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of MartyrsPart IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book will serve as a valuable guide for those unfamiliar with trade policy and provides a challenging critique of trade policy for those already knowledgeable in the field.Trade ReviewKrist, a former U.S. trade negotiator, provides a useful primer on current world trade rules, structures, and negotiations, from an American perspective. -- Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs The writing, level of discourse, and material are very accessible for an educated audience. ChoiceTable of ContentsTablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. U.S. Trade Policy in Crisis2. America's Trade Agreements3. Trade Agreements and Economic Theory4. Trade Agreements and U.S. Commercial Interests5. Foreign Policy: The Other Driver6. Economic Development: A Missed Opportunity7. Uneasy Neighbors: Trade and the Environment8. The Labor Dilemma9. The Way ForwardAppendix: Backgrounds of U.S. Trade RepresentativesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMaxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.Trade ReviewThis is the most original and thought-provoking forecast of future world politics to be published in recent years. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs ... it is more than simply provocative, it demands attention -- Jonathan Kirshner Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Navigating the Chaos of Contemporary World Politics: Network versus No-work1. Understanding the Language of Energy: Why Entropy Does Not Herald Doomsday2. Entropy as Metaphor: Pattern Recognition, Time's Arrow, and the Big Chill3. The Multidimensions of Disorder: Thermodynamics and World Politics4. The Role of Emerging Powers in the Age of Entropy; or,What Happens When the Sheriff Leaves Town andAnonymous Moves In5. How Power Diffusion Works to a State's Advantage: This Is Not Your Great-Grandfather's Multipolar World6. Rising Entropy at the Macro Level: The World Is Not Flat in Purgatory7. Rising Entropy at the Micro Level: Information Overload and the Advent of Truthiness8. Maxwell's Demon and Angry Birds: Big Data to the Rescue?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTouching on civil-military relations and the global challenges involved with hacking, foreign aid, weapons proliferation, international trade, and climate change, Thinking beyond Boundaries draws thoughtful conclusions about the proper role of the United States around the world.Table of ContentsList of ContributorsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Tracing Domestic Issues in U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 1. Politics along the Water's EdgeChapter 2. Challenges to Achieving Whole- of- Government SolutionsChapter 3. E Pluribus Unum? Education and Foreign PolicyChapter 4. Disorder at the Border? Immigration and Homeland SecurityChapter 5. American Society and Its MilitaryChapter 6. Thinking Beyond Terrorism and InsurgencyPart II: Distinguishing Regional Dynamics in U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities in Sino- American RelationsChapter 8. U.S. Policy Challenges in the Contemporary Middle EastChapter 9. Promoting Security and Prosperity after Af ghan i stanChapter 10. Whither Eu rope? Economic Crisis and the Future of NATOChapter 11. Aid, Development, and Human SecurityChapter 12. Drugs, Crime, and State FracturePart III: Turning Global Challenges Into Foreign-Policy Opportunities Chapter 13. Governing the Electronic CommonsChapter 14. Foreign- Policy Challenges in 3D: Diplomacy, Democracy, and DevelopmentChapter 15. Securing Peace and StabilityChapter 16. Trade, Globalization, and the International EconomyChapter 17. Resources and EnergyChapter 18. Thinking beyond OilConclusionEpilogue: The Student Conference on United States AffairsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe fascinating story of Tamiflu's development and stockpiling against global health threats.orld's most prominent medical countermeasure, Tamiflu. A pill can strengthen national security? The suggestion may seem odd, but many states around the world believe precisely that. Confronted with pandemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases, governments are transforming their security policies to include the proactive development, acquisition, stockpiling, and mass distribution of new pharmaceutical defenses. What happenspolitically, economically, and sociallywhen governments try to protect their populations with pharmaceuticals? How do competing interests among states, pharmaceutical companies, regulators, and scientists play out in the quest to develop new medical countermeasures? And do citizens around the world ultimately stand to gain or lose from this pharmaceuticalization of security policy?Stefan Elbe explores these complex questions in Pandemics, Pills, and Politics, tTable of ContentsBrief SynopsisAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsDisclaimer1. Encapsulating SecurityPart I2. Discovering a Virus's Achilles Heel3. The Pill Always WinsPart II4. What a Difference a Day Makes5. Virtual BlockbusterPart III6. In the Eye of the Storm7. 'Ode to Tamiflu'8. Data Backlash9. 'To Boldly Go'10. EpilogueReferences

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