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Book SynopsisAn annual collection of the best research on European and global themes, the Annual of European and Global Studies publishes issues with a specific focus, each addressing critical developments and controversies in the field.Combines a discussion of the multi-layered European and global North-South divide with an effort to retrieve alternatives to the dominant divisive use of debt as staking out claims against another party.Explores the consequences of the erasure of historical temporality in the recent period of globalization and individualization as well as new registers for political uses of the past under current conditions.Draws on socio-political, moral-philosophical and literary-artistic analyses, tracing the genealogy of debt through European history.Focusing on Europe in a global context to offer critical, historical and philosophical perspectives on debt and guiltDebt enables individuals and collectives to function and to expand their space of manoeuvre, but it also creates hierarchies and possibilities for domination. By drawing on analyses in political philosophy, political science, sociology, history, social theory and media studies, the essays in this collection discover new and forgotten ways of thinking about debt and North-South relations. They combine a discussion of the European and global North-South divide with an effort to retrieve alternatives to the dominant divisive uses of debt in staking out claims against someone else and as a means of social control.

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Book SynopsisWe offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form. The authors analyze phenomena on the global plane, in local spaces, and in the connections between the global and the local. New developments such as the growing impact of technology on education, the emergence of new policy actors, the growing expansion and segmentation of higher education, the salience of human rights, among others, are emerging as powerful agendas shaping all levels of education. In fundamental ways, the forces of globalization challenge the previous approaches and theories of national development. Recognizing the areas of convergence, dissonance, and conflict should help us grasp with greater clarity the implications of globalization for education and knowledge in the XXI century. The contributors to this book include both well-known scholars in the field of comparative education as welTrade ReviewThis reissue of Globalization and Education is more than just a second edition, since chapters from the first edition (published in 2000) have been substantially updated and several new chapters added. The editors and many of the contributors have been co-operating on this topic for many years; hence, the book reflects a prolonged extensive contemplation about the complexities of the topic, which undoubtedly contributes to the book’s depth and scope. Consequently, we have an accurate large volume, primarily from the field of comparative education studies, which explains some of the most relevant attributes and characteristics of the subject of included studies, which also sheds light on actual developments on all levels of education. . . .This multifaceted book presents yet another case of a larger cooperative educational study, which proves that the end of the neoliberal epoch is highly desired and as much as possible projected in the area of education. Recalling the tradition of the Enlightenment, one may say that educators and philosophers are again emphatically encouraged to invent humanity anew. * International Review of Education *Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman have revisited two decades of pedagogical and political debates about the dynamics of the global and the local in education to produce a thorough, lucid, and significant book. The editors assembled a diverse and highly qualified group of scholars that have contributed the most engaging, vivid, and in-depth discussions of key contemporary educational issues, ranging from models of understanding globalization to multiple forms of discrimination occurring in schools, and to ways of inquiring about global processes in different regions of the world. Globalization and Education is a treasure trove of the best research and wise thinking that should find its place in the toolbox of educators and scholars trying to understand how global and local dynamics are changing education in the 21st Century. -- Gustavo E. Fischman, professor, Arizona State UniversityThe book presents noted scholars who share an actor-driven and network-based understanding of globalization. Rather than seeing globalization as an external, coercive force that turns national and local actors into passive recipients and implementers of international “standards” and “best practices,” the contributors disentangle the concept and analyze in fascinating ways what globalization means and does to educational development in different contexts and countries. -- Gita Steiner-Khamsi, professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, New YorkI welcome the second edition of Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation Across Cultures. Stromquist and Monkman put together a brilliant constellation of stars of comparative and international education. This book, written by 21 women and four men is full of ideas, concepts, and solid arguments that help us to better understand the dialectic between local cultures and globalization in its relation with educational systems. -- Carlos Ornelas, professor, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico CityTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations & Acronyms Part I. Conceptual and Methodological Issues 1.Defining Globalization and Assessing Its Implications, Revisted Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman 2.Globalization, Educational Change, and the National State Martin Carnoy 3.Globalization and Global Governance in Education Karen Mundy and Caroline Manion 4.The Productive Plasticity of Rights: Globalization, Education and Human Rights Monisha Bajaj 5.“The Girl Effect”: U.S. Transnational Corporate Investment in Girls' Education Kathryn Moeller 6.Globalization and Curriculum Inquiry: Performing Transnational Imaginaries Noel Gough 7.Globalization and the Social Construction of Reality: Affirming or Unmasking the “Inevitable”? Catherine A. Odora Hoppers 8.Studying Globalization: The Vertical Case Study Approach Lesley Bartlett and Frances Vavrus Part II. Globalization Impacts in Various Educational Sectors 9.Globalization Responses from European and Australian University Sectors Jan Currie and Lesley Vidovich 10.Globalization of the Community College Model: Paradox of the Local and the Global Revisited Rosalind Latiner Raby 11.Growing Up in the Great Recession: Revisiting the Restructuring of Gender, Schooling, and Work Peter Kelly and Jane Kenway 12.Globalization, Adult Education and Development Shirley Walters Part III. National Case Studies of Globalization Impacts 13.Globalization in Japan: Education Policy and Curriculum Lynne Parmenter 14.Global Encounters of the Universal and the Particular in Educational Policies in México 1988-2006 Rosa Nidia Buenfil 15.The Impacts of Globalization on Education in Malaysia Molly N. N. Lee 16.The Consequences of Global Mass Education: Schooling, Work and Well-being in EFA-era Malawi Nancy Kendall and Rachel Silver 17.Globalization and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Narrowing of Education’s Purpose Salim Vally and Carol Anne Spreen 18. “Still Hanging off the Edge”: An Australian Case Study of Gender, Universities and Globalization Jill Blackmore Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisPracticing Transnationalism explores the challenges of teaching American studies in the Middle East during a time of tension and conflict between the United States and the region.Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Questions and Challenges 1. The American Question (Patrick McGreevy) 2. The Politics of American-Style Higher Education in the Middle East (Neema Noori) Part II. Contexts and Implications 3. The American Liberal Education System and Its Development at the American University of Beirut (Betty Anderson) 4. Shifting the Gorilla: The Failure of the American Unipolar in the Middle East (Scott Lucas) 5. Discourse, Palestine, and the Authoritative News Media (Luke Peterson) Part III. Cultural Encounters 6. Arabic Poetry in America (Hani Ismail Elayyan) 7. The Stones We Throw Are Rhymes: Imagining America in Palestinian Hip-Hop (David A. McDonald) Part IV. Classroom Encounters 8. American Studies in the Arabian Gulf: Teaching American Politics in Bahrain (Colin Cavell) 9. Waiting for Hasan: Lewis Hine, Service Learning, and the Practical Pedagogy of American Studies (Kate Sampsell-Willmann) 10. Teaching in the Middle East: Partial Cosmopolitanism (Edward J. Lundy) Contributors

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJoanna Chiu, a reporter for the Toronto Star, provides a powerful, heartfelt account of Chinese immigrants and their fraught encounters with Beijing’s United Front Work Department, a lavishly funded government agency that works with the Ministry of State Security. Chiu tells gripping stories of influence operations in such disparate places as Australia, Canada, the US, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Russia … Chiu’s stories demonstrate in human terms just how formidable a task it will be to put the US and China on any kind of cooperative path. * New York Review of Books *Chiu’s book is very well written and researched, with plenty of firsthand accounts from the author. I recommend the book for everyone interested in China. -- Los Angeles Review of BooksBrilliantly researched and beautifully written. * The Globe and Mail *Doggedly reported and fiercely argued, this cri de coeur offers essential insight into Beijing’s “aims and activities.” * Publishers Weekly *China Unbound reveals Chiu to be an intrepid reporter and cogent analyst of Chinese politics and society … She has produced a valuable contribution to public debate, illuminating the enigmatic Chinese state which is characterized by repression at home and an ambitious agenda abroad. * Winnipeg Free Press *

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Book SynopsisStruggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its “timeless” quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization, San Miguel—on the economic, political, and cultural margins of revolutionary Mexico—worked to demonstrate that it preserved an authentic quality, earning designation asa “typical Mexican town” by the Guanajuato state legislature in 1939. With the town’shistoric status guaranteed, acoalition of local elites and transnational figures turned to an international solution—tourism—to revive San Miguel’s economy and to reinforce its Mexican identity. Lisa Pinley Covert examines how this once small, quiet town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one of Mexico’s largest foreign-bornpopulations. By exploring the intersTrade Review"From its striking cover to its engaging prose, Lisa Pinley Covert's San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site enriches a growing, and increasingly sophisticated, body of historical scholarship on twentieth-century Mexican tourism development."—Evan Ward, H-LatAm"Covert’s study is invaluable. . . . Its breadth of sources includes several private archives and interviews with dozens of residents. The study enriches the historiographies of Mexican-US relations, Mexican industrialization, cultural imperialism, gender, and inequality. . . . Given these advantages and a longue durée scope, running from 1935 to the near present, San Miguel de Allende is instructive reading for a host of scholars and eminently assignable to undergraduates."—Andrew Paxman, Hispanic American Historical Review"San Miguel de Allende is a valuable contribution to new fields that reveal a shared urban history in Mexico and the United States."—Marcel Sebastian Anduiza Pimentel, Pacific Historical Review“San Miguel de Allende explores Mexican national identity from a bold new perspective. Drawing on a remarkably broad range of sources Covert makes a convincing case that the remaking of San Miguel de Allende’s past anticipates the modern Mexican right’s cultural and economic project for the country’s future.”—Ben Fallaw, author of Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary Mexico “A richly detailed work that blends history with cultural politics, San Miguel de Allende is a major contribution to several related fields, most clearly Mexican history, transnational history, and American studies. Its clear, concise, and compelling prose makes it easy to recommend and teach.”—Jason Ruiz, author of Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of EmpireTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Making a Typical Mexican Town 2. Good Neighbors, Good Catholics, and Competing Visions 3. Bringing the Mexican Miracle to San Miguel 4. Containing Threats to Patriarchal Order and the Nation 5. San Miguel’s Two Service Economies Epilogue: From Typical Town to World Heritage Site Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world's largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however, this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as: atomic energy in Japan, conflicts about East Asian regional integration, the decline of the Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA), and the TPP's possible impact on the Japanese universal health insurance system. We now face a possible Sino-Japanese military conflict concerning the Senkaku Islands (or Diaoyutai Islands). In short, the Asia-Pacific region has both a rosy future and the potential influence from unstable and dangerous elements at work within the region at present. The main purpose of this book is to analyze historical development, whilst looking at the contemporary situation of Japan from inTrade ReviewThis [is an] eminently readable collection. . . .The introduction and the fourteen chapters are of a consistently high quality and Sugita should be complimented for bringing together in one volume such a high level of scholarship. . . .Written clearly, of a high standard, mixing empirical and analytical parts, the individual chapters and the volume as a whole are to be very welcomed. Readers from a variety of academic disciplines and interested parties should benefit from it greatly. * Japan Today *This collection of fourteen essays under three main themes—globalization, Japan–Asia relations and US–Japan relations—will appeal to both scholars and students of Japanese studies. Yoneyuki Sugita deserves accolades for putting together this excellent volume that throws new light on some of Japan’s key historical and contemporary issues. -- Purnendra Jain, University of AdelaideThis conference collection analyses, from a great variety of issues, Japan`s self-identities and its interactions with the outside world. It gives interesting insights into how globalization has been affecting Japan and its partners. The book shows that Japan is not only a passive recipient but also active actor in this process. This collection is of great interest to all who want to know more about the political, economic and cultural aspects of globalization and about Japan's foreign policy in general! -- Reinhard Drifte, Newcastle UniversityThe year 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Accolades to Yoneyuki Sugita who took this event as an opportunity to gather experts from all over the world to discuss prospects and serious problems of the Asia-Pacific region. Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History and Prospects is a refreshing interdisciplinary book that reviews Japan’s past seventy years from various scientific and cultural perspectives. A highly thought-provoking book that contains a wealth of information on the meaning of globalization, Japan’s foreign relations, and the significance of the US-Japan relationship. It is a precious contribution to our understanding of Japan’s standing in the region. -- Carmen Schmidt, University of OsnabrueckThe central theme of this collection of essays is that Japan’s niche in the global context is—or at least could be—far more secure than either domestic or international rhetoric suggests. Using both historical and contemporary data, the authors cogently argue that if the Japanese government, Japanese society, and their American and Chinese counterparts all focused on their true economic, strategic, and cultural interests, the major problems of the Asia-Pacific region would be manageable. In addition to advocating for tempering rhetoric, the essays compiled here also identify institutional flexibility and attention to cultural practices, such as enjoying manga and pursuing Buddhist prayer that serve to reduce cultural anxieties in a rapidly globalizing world. -- Laura Hein, Northwestern UniversityIn this study, political scientists, Japanologists and upcoming scholars have produced a firmly-interconnected mosaic work on Japan and her relations with the US and Asian nations. These essays shed light on the wide spectrum of issues, including economic migration, tourism, race, identity, anti-Japanism, popular culture, Buddhism, health-promotion policy, political purges, atomic power generation (the best documented), trade dispute settlement, maritime security operation, schooling, and ODA support for education rather than trade. The contributors offer various ways of considering relations with China in a region without strong institutional settings as in Europe. -- Aiko Ikeo, Waseda UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: Is This Really Globalization? Chapter 1: Borders of ‘American Citizens’ Created in a More Globalized World: The Significance of the Transpacific Steamship Route for Asian Immigration to the Unites States in the Late 19th Century, Yuki Ooi Chapter 2: Symbiotic Relationship between Japan’s Status in the World and Changes in the Nature of Medical Insurances from the 1920s to the Early 1940s, Yoneyuki Sugita Chapter 3: Japanese Identity in a Globalized World: “Anti-Japanism” and Discursive Struggle, Karl Gustafsson Chapter 4: From “Funeral” to “Engaged” Buddhism: Death Rites and Postwar Japanese Social Identity, Steven Heine Chapter 5: The Obama 'Pivot' to Asia in the Context of American Hegemony, Bruce Cumings Part II: Whither Japan’s Relations with Asia? Chapter 6: The Young East: Negotiating Japan’s place in the world through East Asian Buddhism, Judith Snodgrass Chapter 7: Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Japan: Dispute Settlement and Trade Security, John Paden Chapter 8: Popular Culture Regionalization in East Asia and What this Means to Japan, Nissim Otmazgin Chapter 9: Myanmar: the Last Frontier for Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Southeast Asia, Marie Söderberg Chapter 10: Recalibrating Sino-Japanese Relations for a Better Future: Implications of Japan’s Joint Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden with China, Victor Teo Part III: Do U.S.–Japan Relations Still Matter? Chapter 11: The Unforeseen Effects of the American Intervention: The Political Purge Program and the Making of Japan's Postwar Leadership, Juha Saunavaara Chapter 12: A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Learning Environments and Educational Performance in Japan and the United States, Christopher Weiss, Emma García, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa Chapter 13: Privatizing Foreign Policy: The Role of Business Executives in U.S.–Japan Economic Relations, Toru Oga Chapter 14: Abolition of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants? Analysis from a Historical Perspective on Early Cold War, 1945–1955, Mayako Shimahoto

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection raises questions about globalization, Japan's relationships with other Asian countries, and the continued importance of U.S.–Japan relations. The contributors analyze the historical development of the region and its current situation from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to answer these questions.Trade ReviewThis collection of fourteen essays under three main themes—globalization, Japan–Asia relations and US–Japan relations—will appeal to both scholars and students of Japanese studies. Yoneyuki Sugita deserves accolades for putting together this excellent volume that throws new light on some of Japan’s key historical and contemporary issues. * Japan Today *This collection of fourteen essays under three main themes—globalization, Japan-Asia relations and US-Japan relations—will appeal to both scholars and students of Japanese studies. Yoneyuki Sugita deserves accolades for putting together this excellent volume that throws new light on some of Japan’s key historical and contemporary issues. -- Purnendra Jain, University of AdelaideThis conference collection analyses, from a great variety of issues, Japan`s self-identities and its interactions with the outside world. It gives interesting insights into how globalization has been affecting Japan and its partners. The book shows that Japan is not only a passive recipient but also active actor in this process. This collection is of great interest to all who want to know more about the political, economic and cultural aspects of globalization and about Japan's foreign policy in general! -- Reinhard Drifte, Newcastle UniversityThe year 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Accolades to Yoneyuki Sugita who took this event as an opportunity to gather experts from all over the world to discuss prospects and serious problems of the Asia-Pacific region. Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History and Prospects is a refreshing interdisciplinary book that reviews Japan’s past seventy years from various scientific and cultural perspectives. A highly thought-provoking book that contains a wealth of information on the meaning of globalization, Japan’s foreign relations, and the significance of the US-Japan relationship. It is a precious contribution to our understanding of Japan’s standing in the region. -- Carmen Schmidt, University of OsnabrueckThe central theme of this collection of essays is that Japan’s niche in the global context is—or at least could be—far more secure than either domestic or international rhetoric suggests. Using both historical and contemporary data, the authors cogently argue that if the Japanese government, Japanese society, and their American and Chinese counterparts all focused on their true economic, strategic, and cultural interests, the major problems of the Asia-Pacific region would be manageable. In addition to advocating for tempering rhetoric, the essays compiled here also identify institutional flexibility and attention to cultural practices, such as enjoying manga and pursuing Buddhist prayer that serve to reduce cultural anxieties in a rapidly globalizing world. -- Laura Hein, Northwestern UniversityIn this study, political scientists, Japanologists and upcoming scholars have produced a firmly-interconnected mosaic work on Japan and her relations with the US and Asian nations. These essays shed light on the wide spectrum of issues, including economic migration, tourism, race, identity, anti-Japanism, popular culture, Buddhism, health-promotion policy, political purges, atomic power generation (the best documented), trade dispute settlement, maritime security operation, schooling, and ODA support for education rather than trade. The contributors offer various ways of considering relations with China in a region without strong institutional settings as in Europe. -- Aiko Ikeo, Waseda UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: Is This Really Globalization? Chapter 1: Borders of ‘American Citizens’ Created in a More Globalized World: The Significance of the Transpacific Steamship Route for Asian Immigration to the Unites States in the Late 19th Century, Yuki Ooi Chapter 2: Symbiotic Relationship between Japan’s Status in the World and Changes in the Nature of Medical Insurances from the 1920s to the Early 1940s, Yoneyuki Sugita Chapter 3: Japanese Identity in a Globalized World: “Anti-Japanism” and Discursive Struggle, Karl Gustafsson Chapter 4: From “Funeral” to “Engaged” Buddhism: Death Rites and Postwar Japanese Social Identity, Steven Heine Chapter 5: The Obama 'Pivot' to Asia in the Context of American Hegemony, Bruce Cumings Part II: Whither Japan’s Relations with Asia? Chapter 6: The Young East: Negotiating Japan’s place in the world through East Asian Buddhism, Judith Snodgrass Chapter 7: Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Japan: Dispute Settlement and Trade Security, John Paden Chapter 8: Popular Culture Regionalization in East Asia and What this Means to Japan, Nissim Otmazgin Chapter 9: Myanmar: the Last Frontier for Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Southeast Asia, Marie Söderberg Chapter 10: Recalibrating Sino-Japanese Relations for a Better Future: Implications of Japan’s Joint Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden with China, Victor Teo Part III: Do U.S.–Japan Relations Still Matter? Chapter 11: The Unforeseen Effects of the American Intervention: The Political Purge Program and the Making of Japan's Postwar Leadership, Juha Saunavaara Chapter 12: A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Learning Environments and Educational Performance in Japan and the United States, Christopher Weiss, Emma García, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa Chapter 13: Privatizing Foreign Policy: The Role of Business Executives in U.S.–Japan Economic Relations, Toru Oga Chapter 14: Abolition of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants? Analysis from a Historical Perspective on Early Cold War, 1945–1955, Mayako Shimahoto

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Book SynopsisCivilizations and World Order: Geopolitics and Cultural Difference examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world order(s) from a cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary perspective. Contributions seek to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as civilization, order, and world order; they do so by taking into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life. The book deals with its main theme from three angles or vectors: first, the geopolitical or power-political context of civilizations; secondly, the different roles of civilizations or cultures against the backdrop of post-coloniality and Orientalism; and thirdly, the importance of ideological and regional differences as factors supporting or obstructing world order(s). All in all, the different contributions demonstrate the impact of competing civilizational trajectories on the functioning or malfunctioning of contemporary world order.Trade ReviewEvery so often a book comes our way which challenges us to think outside the box. This rich collection of essays does just that. Each author, while reflecting his own distinctive philosophical and cultural standpoint, addresses two questions which go to the heart of our current predicament. Given the steady decline of Western political and cultural hegemony side by side with accelerating globalization, what are the prospects of constructing a relatively peaceful world order? Is civilizational difference part of the problem or part of the solution? The answers are diverse, often provocative, and invariably insightful. -- Joseph A. Camilleri, La Trobe UniversityThese chapters provide a single powerful message: to understand each other is often difficult and demanding, but it is by far the most profitable strategy for international politics. And it is ultimately intellectually rewarding. -- Daniele Archibugi, University of LondonTable of ContentsForeword: Civilizational Revival in the Global Age Ahmet Davutoğlu Introduction Fred Dallmayr, M. Akif Kayapınar and İsmail Yaylacı Part I: Geopolitics and World Order 1. Geopolitical Turmoil and Civilizational Pluralism Richard Falk 2. Civilization as Instrument of World Order? The Role of the Civilizational Paradigm in the Absence of a Balance of Power Hans Köchler 3. Power in the Analysis of World Orders Raymond Duvall and Çiğdem Çıdam 4. International Society, Cultural Diversity, and the Clash (or Dialogue) of Civilizations Chris Brown Part II: Eurocentrism and Cultural Difference 5.The Formative Parameters of Civilizations: A Theoretical and Historical Framework Ahmet Davutoğlu 6.Western Democrats, Oriental Despots? S. Sayyid 7.The Ottoman Empire and the Global Muslim Identity in the Formation of Eurocentric World Order, 1815-1919 Cemil Aydın 8.Beyond the “Enlightenment Mentality”: An Anthropocosmic Perspective Tu Weiming Part III: Liberalism, Global and Regional Orders 9.Globalization, Civilizations, and World Order Robert Gilpin 10.Liberalism of Restraint and Liberalism of Imposition: Liberal Values and World Order in the New Millennium Georg Sørensen 11.The Rise of a Neo-medieval Order in Europe Jan Zielonka 12.Illusions, Dreams and Nightmares: Japan, the United States, and the East Asian Renaissance in the First Decade of the New Century John Welfield

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIwabuchi's is the only book by a Japanese author to emphasize the sociological link between cultural borders and ethnic minority groups in Japan, especially the zainichi. . . .Iwabuchi distinguishes himself from other mainstream cultural pundits in Japan by openly underscoring how national borders are reinforcing invisible ones within Japan. * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *The sharp analysis in Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity offers rich insight into the local effects of the globalization of Japan's media culture. This primarily cultural theory text is a rare gem that uncovers how practices inherent in globalization should lead us to action. The book delivers a sophisticated theoretical engagement with key questions in the study of globalization, cultural studies, and Asian studies. In addition, Iwabuchi's contributions to foreign policy debates, concerns with multiculturalism in Japan, and the broader literature on resident Koreans should not be overlooked. The author's fresh perspective on these issues urges further study on similar processes in other Asian countries. * The Journal of Japanese Studies *We live in an age of dizzying cultural globalization, and yet paradoxically, wherever we look, nationalism seems to be on the rise. In this book, Koichi Iwabuchi gives a wonderfully nuanced and persuasive analysis of key cultural and political forces behind the paradox. He explores the complex ways in which the consumer branding of the nation by governments and media enterprises re-produces nation-consciousness in new forms. This important and illuminating work should be read by anyone seeking to understand cultural interactions and tensions between Japan and its neighbors today. -- Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National UniversityKoichi Iwabuchi’s new book, Resilient Borders, confirms his reputation as a keenly astute analyst and critic of contemporary Japanese culture as it struggles to come to terms with the complex realities of cultural diversity, transnational flows and globalization. -- Ien Ang, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Western SydneyKoichi Iwabuchi is one of our most important culture media theorists, and this book is an incisive dissection and powerful critique of Japan’s efforts to police and protect its national boundaries in an era of relentless global cultural flows. The old “Japan, Inc.” is long gone, but a new Japan, Inc. has emerged in the 21st century as a national administration of soft cultural power instead of raw manufacturing power. Iwabuchi shows how the banal cuteness of character goods, J-Pop, anime, and other cultural products emanating from Japan disguises a potent “brand nationalism” that suppresses a genuine accounting for the multicultural and the marginal within Japanese society and avoids a serious engagement with its past and present East Asian neighbors. -- William W. Kelly, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Banal Inter-Nationalism and Its Others Chapter 2: Cool Japan, Brand Nationalism and the Public Interest Chapter 3: Lost in Trans-Nation: Post-Orientalism and Actually Existing Multicultural Reality Chapter 4: Making It Multinational: Media Representation of Multicultural Japan Chapter 5: The Korean wave and the Dis/empowering of Resident Koreans in Japan Chapter 6: East Asian Media Culture Connections, Inter-Asian Referencing and Cross-border

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Book SynopsisThe acceleration of media culture globalization processes cross-fertilization and people's exchange beyond the confinement of national borders, but not all of them lead to substantial transformations of national identity or foster cosmopolitan outlook in terms of openness, togetherness and dialogue within and beyond the national borders. Whilst national borders continue to become more and more porous, the measures of border control are constantly reformulated to tame disordered flows and tightly re-demarcate the bordersmaterially, physically, symbolically and imaginatively. Border crossing does not necessarily bring about the transgression of borders. Transgression of borders requires one to fundamentally question how borders in the existing form have been socio-historically constructed and also seek to displace their exclusionary power that unevenly divide us and them and here and there. This book considers how media culture and the management of people's border crossing movement comTrade ReviewIwabuchi's is the only book by a Japanese author to emphasize the sociological link between cultural borders and ethnic minority groups in Japan, especially the zainichi. . . .Iwabuchi distinguishes himself from other mainstream cultural pundits in Japan by openly underscoring how national borders are reinforcing invisible ones within Japan. * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *The sharp analysis in Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity offers rich insight into the local effects of the globalization of Japan's media culture. This primarily cultural theory text is a rare gem that uncovers how practices inherent in globalization should lead us to action. The book delivers a sophisticated theoretical engagement with key questions in the study of globalization, cultural studies, and Asian studies. In addition, Iwabuchi's contributions to foreign policy debates, concerns with multiculturalism in Japan, and the broader literature on resident Koreans should not be overlooked. The author's fresh perspective on these issues urges further study on similar processes in other Asian countries. * The Journal of Japanese Studies *We live in an age of dizzying cultural globalization, and yet paradoxically, wherever we look, nationalism seems to be on the rise. In this book, Koichi Iwabuchi gives a wonderfully nuanced and persuasive analysis of key cultural and political forces behind the paradox. He explores the complex ways in which the consumer branding of the nation by governments and media enterprises re-produces nation-consciousness in new forms. This important and illuminating work should be read by anyone seeking to understand cultural interactions and tensions between Japan and its neighbors today. -- Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National UniversityKoichi Iwabuchi’s new book, Resilient Borders, confirms his reputation as a keenly astute analyst and critic of contemporary Japanese culture as it struggles to come to terms with the complex realities of cultural diversity, transnational flows and globalization. -- Ien Ang, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Western SydneyKoichi Iwabuchi is one of our most important culture media theorists, and this book is an incisive dissection and powerful critique of Japan’s efforts to police and protect its national boundaries in an era of relentless global cultural flows. The old “Japan, Inc.” is long gone, but a new Japan, Inc. has emerged in the 21st century as a national administration of soft cultural power instead of raw manufacturing power. Iwabuchi shows how the banal cuteness of character goods, J-Pop, anime, and other cultural products emanating from Japan disguises a potent “brand nationalism” that suppresses a genuine accounting for the multicultural and the marginal within Japanese society and avoids a serious engagement with its past and present East Asian neighbors. -- William W. Kelly, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Banal Inter-Nationalism and Its Others Chapter 2: Cool Japan, Brand Nationalism and the Public Interest Chapter 3: Lost in Trans-Nation: Post-Orientalism and Actually Existing Multicultural Reality Chapter 4: Making It Multinational: Media Representation of Multicultural Japan Chapter 5: The Korean wave and the Dis/empowering of Resident Koreans in Japan Chapter 6: East Asian Media Culture Connections, Inter-Asian Referencing and Cross-border

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Book SynopsisGlobal Issues in the Context of Spaces examines globalization using the concept of space to contextualize discussion of global issues. The manuscript uses the concept of space to contextualize global issues because spaces are the theater of human activity. Global issues result from specific dynamics emerging between people and their activities within specific spaces. The growth of population, the increase of human activity, and the usage of new spaces explain the complexity and challenges of global issues today.Table of ContentsChapter 1—Space Related Concepts as Primary Locus of Human Activities and Issues Chapter 2—Space, Identity, and Global Issues Chapter 3—Gender Issues as Space Issues Chapter 4—Structured Spaces as Cause of Global Issues Chapter 5—Religion and Politics: Competing for the Public Space Chapter 6—Civilizations and Space Chapter 7—The Global Space: From the Columbian Epoch to Globalization Chapter 8—Globalization of Space and its Implications Chapter 9—Globalization Issues: The Environment, Immigration, Global Health, Human Trafficking Chapter 10—Role and Place of Nations in the Global Space Chapter 11—The Cyber Space: A New Space and its Issues

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Book SynopsisGlobal Issues in the Context of Spaces examines globalization using the concept of space to contextualize discussion of global issues. The manuscript uses the concept of space to contextualize global issues because spaces are the theater of human activity. Global issues result from specific dynamics emerging between people and their activities within specific spaces. The growth of population, the increase of human activity, and the usage of new spaces explain the complexity and challenges of global issues today.Table of ContentsChapter 1—Space Related Concepts as Primary Locus of Human Activities and Issues Chapter 2—Space, Identity, and Global Issues Chapter 3—Gender Issues as Space Issues Chapter 4—Structured Spaces as Cause of Global Issues Chapter 5—Religion and Politics: Competing for the Public Space Chapter 6—Civilizations and Space Chapter 7—The Global Space: From the Columbian Epoch to Globalization Chapter 8—Globalization of Space and its Implications Chapter 9—Globalization Issues: The Environment, Immigration, Global Health, Human Trafficking Chapter 10—Role and Place of Nations in the Global Space Chapter 11—The Cyber Space: A New Space and its Issues

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Book SynopsisThe success of individual nation states today is often measured in terms of their ability to benefit from and contribute to a host of global economic, political, socio-cultural, technological, and educational networks. This increased multifaceted international inter-dependence represents an intuitively contradictory and an immensely complex situation. This scenario requires that national governments, whose primary responsibility is towards their citizenry, must relinquish a degree of control over state borders to constantly developing trans and multinational regimes and institutions. Once state borders become permeable all sorts of issues related to rights earned or accrued due to membership of a national community come into question. Given that neither individuals nor states can eschew the influence of the growing interdependence, this new milieu is often described in terms of shrinking of the world into a global village. This reshaping of the world requires us to broaden our horizonsTrade ReviewHow does one live in an increasingly deterritorialized world that is still shaped by a state-centric conception of citizenship? Taking up this profound question from the perspective of the Global South, this volume is a timely meditation on the forms and functions of citizenship in a globalized world. Drawing from many different disciplinary perspectives and covering a wide range of empirical and geographical contexts, the essays in this collection provide some important insights into mutating conceptions of citizenship, new forms of subjectivity, and shifting articulations of justice in our contemporary world. -- Shampa Biswas, Paul Garrett Professor, Whitman CollegeMany commentators have grappled with the impact of the multiple processes of globalization on the content and practices of citizenship. Few however have done this as incisively and innovatively as the contributors to the volume edited by Bashir and Gray. By bringing together superbly researched accounts from a diversity of disciplinary, historical, and regional perspectives, the collection provides a wealth of solid knowledge and sharp insights on the globalization and citizenship nexus. It is expected that the conceptual sophistication, empirical scope, and theoretical depth of the volume will make it invaluable for the teaching, explanation, and understanding of the complex and uneasy relationship between citizenship and globalization. -- Emilian Kavalski, Australian Catholic UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Deconstructing Global Citizenship, Hassan Bashir & Phillip W. Gray Chapter 1: The Modern State: Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Globalization, Francis Robinson Chapter 2: (Re) Situating the West’s Cultural Others in International Relations Theory: Towards Developing Joint East-West Perspectives, Hassan Bashir & Hamza bin Jehangir Chapter 3: The Limited Virtue of Tolerance in a Globalized World, Phillip W. Gray Chapter 4: Civil Economy: Re-imagining an Ethical Economy and the Implications for Citizenship, Khalid Mir Chapter 5: Citizenship in the Age of Global Surveillance: Some Observations on the Change in State-Citizen Relationship, Bettina Koch Chapter 6: Deciding What to Do: A Universal Code of Ethics for Global Citizenship, Andrej Zwitter Chapter 7: Citizenship, History and Culture: Derrida's Monolingualism of the Other in a Post 9/11 World, Rashmika Pandya Chapter 8: Challenges of Religious Universality to Global Citizenship: Ethical Implications for Today, Robin Seelan Chapter 9: Practice-Dependence, Cosmopolitanism and Conflict Avoidance, Kevin Gray Chapter 10: Multiculturalism is Not Dead: Positive Experience of Multicultural Society Management in Russia, Yan I. Vaslavskiy Chapter 11: Faith, Class and Citizenship in Conflict: The Christian Predicament in the Syrian and Egyptian Uprisings, Salma Mousa Chapter 12: Human Security in a Globalized World: Reflections on Japan’s Official Development Assistance Programs, Alexandria Innes & Christopher Lamont Chapter 13: Global Imperatives versus Local Needs: Analysis of Agricultural Development and Food Security in Rural South Asia, Sanee Sajjad Chapter 14: Non-adherence to international IP protection standards in less developed countries: The case of Pakistan, Ahmed Bashir Chapter 15: Mobilizing Democracy in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case for Democracy in the Thought of Kwame Nkrumah, Sara Jordan Chapter 16: Education in a Globalized World: Education City and the Recalibration of Qatari Citizens, Tanya Kane Chapter 17: Qatar’s Globalized Citizenry and the Majlis Culture: Insights from Habermas's Theory of the Development of a Public Sphere, Nancy Small

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Book SynopsisThe book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled Creative Capitalism, five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand, there are new ways of working which include flexibility, mobility, and especially precarity; on the other, there are new forms of recovery and accumulation. In the second part, titled Multitudinous Creativities: Radicalities and Alterities, the book reflects on more autonomous creative experiments in the world. The third part, titled Creativity, New Technologies, and Networks, analyses the issues related to the work of creative capitalism and the possible resistance within the digital and collaborative platforms.Trade ReviewFocusing a broad range of examples from the realms of social imagination and precarious cultural work, Creative Capitalism, Multitudinous Creativity is a translocal companion to creative and other commons. The book displays that with every piece of creativity sucked by machinic capitalism, countless new lines of invention are emerging as contemporary multitudinous radicality. -- Gerald Raunig, European Institute for Progressive Cultural PoliciesThe excellent essays in this collection analyze how creativity functions both with and against contemporary capitalism: how "creative work" configures new forms of domination and how creativity animates anticapitalist protest repertoires. In the course of the essays also emerges a fascinating dialogue between European and Latin American perspectives to demonstrate the extent to which creative capitalism looks and functions differently across the North / South divide. -- Michael Hardt, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsContents Chapter 1: Creative Capitalism 1. Cognitive, Relational (Creative) Labor and the Precarious Movement for “Commonfare”: “San Precario” and EuroMayDay. Andrea Fumagalli 2. The case of the Braga stadium: work, spectacle and democracy in the 21st century José Neves 3.The Common and its potential creativity: Post-crisis perspectives Óscar García Agustín 4. Flexibility and mobility in the Creative Economy: Between "Feminization" of Creative Work and Slave Labor. Verónica Gago (Argentina) 5. Network subjectivity and its culture of resistance: the challenges in post-fordist capitalism Bruno Cava Chapter 2: Multitudinous Creativities: Radicalities and Alterities 6. The creativity of the streets and the urbanism of disaster. Clarissa Moreira 7. What Can a Face Do? What Can an Arm Do? The Brazilian Uprising and a New Aesthetic of Protest Raluca Soreanu 8. Cognitive capitalism, the uprising of the multitude and museums: for the "right to the city" and to "common places" Vladimir Sibylla Pires 9. Biopolitical Shipwreck Peter Pál Pelbart 10.Activist design in Helsinki: creating sustainable futures at the margins, the center, and everywhere in between Eeva Berglund Chapter 3: Creativity, New Technologies, and Networks 11. The “creative turn”: digital space and local dynamics *[1] Sarita Albagli 12. From culture of labor to cultural labor: youth and networks in today's Brazil Bruno Tarin 13. Autonomy, free labor and passions as devices of creative capitalism. Narratives from a co-research in journalism and the editing industry Cristina Morini, Kristin Carls, Emiliana Armano 14. Unblock the chain - Cooperative processes and P2P technologies: between commons and capitalist integration Giorgio Griziotti 15. The pollination of creativity: for a basic income in the creative capitalism of network societies Yann Moulier Boutang ------------------------------------------------------------

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Book SynopsisThe Korean communities in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires were the first overseas Korean communities that the new Republic of Korea initiated and supported. The initiative was taken to relieve the economic suffering of the poverty-stricken country in the 1960s. Among South American countries that were open to Korean immigrants, Brazil and Argentina attracted the most, which included even undocumented Korean migrants from neighboring countries. The two Korean communities (about 45,000 people in Sao Paulo and 20,000 in Buenos Aires) represent almost two thirds of the Korean residents in Latin America. Over the years, global forces emanating mainly from East Asia, North America, and South America have affected the Korean communities. The intensity and directions of the triangular pulls and pushes have varied, reflecting changing global socioeconomic conditions. This has created tension and ambiguity among the Korean migrant and host communities. Looking at the two communities comparatively, thTrade ReviewThis is a rare and useful study of the “Korean diaspora” in South America that profiles the Korean communities in São Paulo and Buenos Aires. It is a welcome addition to the English literature on Asians in Latin America, which has focused on peoples of Japanese descent and has ignored the Koreans. -- Takeyuki Tsuda, Arizona State UniversityA strong transnational and comparative study, Global Pulls compares not only Korean communities in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, but Koreans in Latin America with those in North America. It also sheds much light on the Korean government’s efforts to accommodate overseas Koreans. -- Pyong Gap Min, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNYTable of ContentsChapter 1: Triangular Pulls and Triple Consciousness Chapter 2: Chinese and Japanese Immigration to South America Chapter 3: Korean Immigration to South America Chapter 4: The Korean Community in Sao Paulo Chapter 5: The Korean Community in Buenos Aires Chapter 6: Korean Experience of Race Relations in Host Countries Chapter 7: Remigration and Reverse Migration Chapter 8: Korea: The Home Never Left Summary: The Effects of Global Pulls Appendix I. Chronology of East Asian Emigration to Latin America Appendix II. Chronology of Korean Community in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires

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Book SynopsisGlobal Strategic Engagement analyzes the changes brought about in global politics by the phenomenon of globalization in the last thirty years. The primary point of view of the text is the micro-perspective of the new practitioners of global governance: international public officers, transnational activists, global entrepreneurs, and world leaders.The novelty of the book derives from its two outputs: a micro description of the new way of playing the political game in the age of globalization, and a constructivist mapping of the current political terrain which is centered on the identification of the new references of contemporary politics beyond the traditional cleavage left vs. right.Trade ReviewMarchetti (Univ. of Rome) offers an excellent overview of existing issues and controversies in globalization. He enters the debate by arguing that shared governance is the hallmark of contemporary globalization. The book also critiques current perspectives on measuring and understanding globalization. Finally, the author examines all aspects of globalization; acknowledging that economics is central, Marchetti understands the significance of sociocultural and political factors. His primary contribution is a reconceptualization of the global system and international politics. In the past, the state-centric model was dominant. The author argues that states are no longer predominant; international and transnational institutions, including multinational corporations, have diminished the centrality of states in the international system. Marchetti suggests that globalization has intensified the cleavage between globalism and localism. As a result, international politics is about networking among actors. The book ends with scenarios based on the transformations provoked by globalization. In the end, the book is well-structured and organized and offers thoughtful ideas about globalization in the 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. * CHOICE *[T]he core of this thought-provoking book, with its rich, but never dense, analyses, is not so much what ‘globalisation’ means in itself, as what it means for governance, and for democratic governance in particular.... Marchetti expertly leads the reader through a discussion of the theoretical interpretations of globalisation..... Marchetti’s analysis and his tentative conclusions are particularly timely.... [I]f there is only time to read one book on globalisation, Global Strategic Engagement would be a good place to start. * European Political Science *Globalization is a controversial phenomenon.... Many authors studied the phenomena...with the end of the 1990s. However, since then, the path of global integration “under uncontested American leadership” (p. 161) has begun to be questioned. These developments make this recently published book an interesting read and innovative contribution to the debate on state and non-state actors in global governance. * Global Policy *At a time in which globalisation is both at its peak and under unprecedented strain, Marchetti provides an excellent analysis of the political, social and economic dimensions of globalisation, its evolution and its current predicament, making a compelling liberal case for global strategic engagement in the decades ahead. -- Nathalie Tocci, Istituto Affari Internazionali, RomeHow should we understand the ever more complex and all-encompassing phenomenon of globalization, and how does it affect domestic and international politics? Can national and transnational actors find ways to address increasingly global challenges? Raffaele Marchetti provides a nuanced and thought-provoking analysis of politics in the age of globalization, looking both into the past and developing concrete scenarios about where we are heading. In an ever more connected world, there could not be a more timely moment for this excellent book. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in how global dynamics will shape our lives. -- Oliver Stuenkel, Getúlio Vargas FoundationGlobal Strategic Engagement presents a cogent overview of contemporary global governance arguing that states, international organizations, and civil society groups now share political authority. Much needed and particularly novel is Marchetti’s discussion of contending visions of governance—not only neo-liberal and cosmopolitan, but also increasingly important but little examined localist and civilizational discourses. -- Clifford Bob, Duquesne UniversityTable of ContentsI – Globalization: A Complex and Controversial Phenomenon II – Measuring Globalization III – Economic aspects of globalization IV – Socio-cultural aspects of globalization V – Institutions and actors in global governance VI – The new cleavage: globalism vs localism VII – Transnational mechanisms and political strategies VIII – Challenges and world order

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Book SynopsisGlobal Strategic Engagement analyzes the changes brought about in global politics by the phenomenon of globalization in the last thirty years. The primary point of view of the text is the micro-perspective of the new practitioners of global governance: international public officers, transnational activists, global entrepreneurs, and world leaders.The novelty of the book derives from its two outputs: a micro description of the new way of playing the political game in the age of globalization, and a constructivist mapping of the current political terrain which is centered on the identification of the new references of contemporary politics beyond the traditional cleavage left vs. right.Trade ReviewMarchetti (Univ. of Rome) offers an excellent overview of existing issues and controversies in globalization. He enters the debate by arguing that shared governance is the hallmark of contemporary globalization. The book also critiques current perspectives on measuring and understanding globalization. Finally, the author examines all aspects of globalization; acknowledging that economics is central, Marchetti understands the significance of sociocultural and political factors. His primary contribution is a reconceptualization of the global system and international politics. In the past, the state-centric model was dominant. The author argues that states are no longer predominant; international and transnational institutions, including multinational corporations, have diminished the centrality of states in the international system. Marchetti suggests that globalization has intensified the cleavage between globalism and localism. As a result, international politics is about networking among actors. The book ends with scenarios based on the transformations provoked by globalization. In the end, the book is well-structured and organized and offers thoughtful ideas about globalization in the 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. * CHOICE *[T]he core of this thought-provoking book, with its rich, but never dense, analyses, is not so much what ‘globalisation’ means in itself, as what it means for governance, and for democratic governance in particular.... Marchetti expertly leads the reader through a discussion of the theoretical interpretations of globalisation..... Marchetti’s analysis and his tentative conclusions are particularly timely.... [I]f there is only time to read one book on globalisation, Global Strategic Engagement would be a good place to start. * European Political Science *Globalization is a controversial phenomenon.... Many authors studied the phenomena...with the end of the 1990s. However, since then, the path of global integration “under uncontested American leadership” (p. 161) has begun to be questioned. These developments make this recently published book an interesting read and innovative contribution to the debate on state and non-state actors in global governance. * Global Policy *At a time in which globalisation is both at its peak and under unprecedented strain, Marchetti provides an excellent analysis of the political, social and economic dimensions of globalisation, its evolution and its current predicament, making a compelling liberal case for global strategic engagement in the decades ahead. -- Nathalie Tocci, Istituto Affari Internazionali, RomeHow should we understand the ever more complex and all-encompassing phenomenon of globalization, and how does it affect domestic and international politics? Can national and transnational actors find ways to address increasingly global challenges? Raffaele Marchetti provides a nuanced and thought-provoking analysis of politics in the age of globalization, looking both into the past and developing concrete scenarios about where we are heading. In an ever more connected world, there could not be a more timely moment for this excellent book. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in how global dynamics will shape our lives. -- Oliver Stuenkel, Getúlio Vargas FoundationGlobal Strategic Engagement presents a cogent overview of contemporary global governance arguing that states, international organizations, and civil society groups now share political authority. Much needed and particularly novel is Marchetti’s discussion of contending visions of governance—not only neo-liberal and cosmopolitan, but also increasingly important but little examined localist and civilizational discourses. -- Clifford Bob, Duquesne UniversityTable of ContentsI – Globalization: A Complex and Controversial Phenomenon II – Measuring Globalization III – Economic aspects of globalization IV – Socio-cultural aspects of globalization V – Institutions and actors in global governance VI – The new cleavage: globalism vs localism VII – Transnational mechanisms and political strategies VIII – Challenges and world order

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Book SynopsisPoverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to increase in the coming decades, affecting more and more impoverished people across the globe. Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate-related challenges in the twenty-first century. Dulal and the text's contributors explore the synergies and implications of those innovations with respect to poverty alleviation goals. This collection brings together a range of scholars from different backgrounds, ranging from political science, economics, public policy, and environmental science, all analyzing poverty reduction challenges and opportunities Trade ReviewThe important debates about climate change and poverty reduction usually occur in separate policy spheres. This compelling book argues that the impacts of climate change and poverty are increasingly interconnected. I highly recommend this timely and well-written volume because it shows how poverty alleviation and equitable growth can occur in the face of climate change—if policy makers are willing to address climate change and economic development in a holistic manner. -- Christopher D. Merrett, Western Illinois UniversityThis edited collection provides a refreshing breadth in the perspectives that it presents and the issues that it tackles....Part One of the book...is particularly interesting, providing an analysis of the influence of the poor as a voting block in India, positing that divisions along ethnic, caste, religious, and other lines make the likelihood of India’s poor converging on a collective action agenda against poverty unlikely, despite India’s democratic electoral system. * E-International Relations *Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors Preface Part One: Inequality, Politics, and the Spatial Dimensions of Poverty Chapter One - Markets, the State, and the Dynamics of Inequality in Latin America: Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay, by Nora Lustig and Luis F. Lopez-Calva Chapter Two - Politics and the Room to Maneuver: Democracy, Social Opportunity, and Poverty in India, by Subrata K. Mitra, Jivanta Schöttli, and Markus Pauli Chapter Three - The Importance of Place and Space: The Spatial Dimensions of Poverty and Development Policy, by Kate Bird and Kate Higgins Part Two: Poverty Reduction Challenges Chapter Four - Assessing the Potential Impact on Poverty of Rising Cereals Prices: The Case of Mali, by George Joseph and Quentin Wodon Chapter Five - Assessing the Potential Impact of Higher Fertilizer Use on Poverty Among Farm Households: Illustration for Rwanda, by Enrique Hennings and Quentin Wodon Chapter Six - Poverty Reduction Challenges in South Asia, by Arup Mitra Chapter Seven - Official Development Assistance: Does It Reduce Poverty?, by John Weiss Part Three: Poverty Reduction Instruments, Policies, and Lessons Learnt Chapter Eight - Bolsa Família, Its Design, and Possibilities for the Future, by Sergei Soares Chapter Nine - The Biodiversity Conservation: An Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation?, by Dilys Roe and Terry Sunderland Chapter Ten - Tracing the REDD Bullet: Implications of Market-Based Forest Conservation Mechanisms for Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries, by Bryan R. Bushley and Rishikesh R. Bhandary Chapter Eleven - Banking on Social Institutions for Poverty Reduction, by Hari B. Dulal and Roberto Foa Chapter Twelve - Climate Change Adaptation and the International Aid Regime: Prospects for Policy Convergence, by Craig Johnson Chapter Thirteen - Lessons on Equitable Growth: Stories of Progress in Vietnam, Mauritius, and Malawi, by Milo Vandemoortele and Kate Bird Index

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Book SynopsisCrossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World explores ethnic and racial nationalism within a transnational and transcultural framework in the long twentieth century (late nineteenth to early twenty-first century). The contributors to this volume examine how national solidarity and identitywith their vast array of ideological, political, intellectual, social, and ethno-racial qualitiescrossed juridical, territorial, and cultural boundaries to become transnational; how they altered the ethnic and racial visions of nation-states throughout the twentieth century; and how they ultimately influenced conceptions of national belonging across the globe. Human beings live in an increasingly interconnected, transnational, global world. National economies are linked worldwide, information can be transmitted around the world in seconds, and borders are more transparent and fluid. In this process of transnational expansion, the very definition of what constitTrade ReviewThese essays document the creation, contestation, and dynamic nature of borders, belonging, and identity during the explosively transnational 20th century. Behnken (Iowa State Univ.) and Wendt (Univ. of Frankfort, Germany) add to their extensive publishing record on the modern history of race and civil rights by assembling 14 essays written by authors whose experiences fittingly cross national, ethnic, and disciplinary boundaries. The essays satisfyingly stay anchored to the overriding sociospatial/identity politics dialectic, but each ventures into its own waters enough to incite readers to explore more of the topic. Eight essays deal with Latin American and African/African American examples, while three essays concern Asia, two pieces are on Europe, and one focuses on the discursive and imagined boundaries of homosexuality. Although the essays span the globe and the century, there are many interesting subthemes that weave through the book—expanding national identity to include minority voices, reimagining the past for contemporary political control, and navigating the frontier of imagined boundaries, to name a few. Scholars and students in the social sciences with interests in transnationalism, nation building, or identity politics will find this to be a thought-provoking treat. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates to faculty. * CHOICE *Crossing Boundaries is a wide-ranging volume that untangles the transnational dimensions of ethnicity, race, and national belonging. Brian Behnken and Simon Wendt have skillfully woven a collection of fine essays that demonstrate how these important aspects of modern identity are critical to understanding nation-building projects. -- Gregory D. Smithers, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityBrian D. Behnken and Simon Wendt have given us a volume that is truly transnational in design and scope. From its conceptual discussions to its well-chosen examples spanning the entire world, Crossing Boundaries is destined to become a major work in this fast-developing field. -- Andres Resendez, University of California, DavisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Hybrid National Belonging and Identity in a Transnational World by Simon Wendt and Brian D. Behnken Chapter 1. Politics of Belonging on a Caribbean Borderland: The Colombian Islands of San Andrés and Providence by Sharika Crawford Chapter 2. "To the Reconciliation of All Dominicans": The Transnational Trials of Dominican Exiles in the Trujillo Era by Charlton Yingling Chapter 3. Mexico's American/America's Mexican: Cross-border Flows of Nationalism and Culture between the United States and Mexico by Brian D. Behnken Chapter 4. Nuestro USA?: Latino/as Making Home and Reimagining Nation in the Heartland by Marta Maria Maldonado Chapter 5. Imperial Citizenship and the Origins of South African Nationalism by Charles V. Reed Chapter 6. "An African Nation in the Western Hemisphere": The New Afrikan Independence Movement and Black Transnational Revolutionary Nationalism by Paul Karolczyk Chapter 7. Transnational Ethnic Identities and Garinagu Political Organizations in the Diaspora by Doris Garcia Chapter 8. Avoiding Vagabond Nationality: The Emergence of Ivoirité in 1990s Côte d'Ivoire by Karen Morris Chapter 9. Russians in Manchuria: From Imperial to National Identity in a Colonial and Semi-Colonial Space by Frank Grüner Chapter 10. Japan's Race War: Transnational Dimensions of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, 1942-1945 by David C. Earhart Chapter 11. Creating a European Constitutional Monarchy for Afghanistan: The Transnational Dynamics of Afghanistan's Constitutional Period by Kristina Benson Chapter 12. "So Tired of Playing the Parts I Had to Play": Anna May Wong and German Orientalism in the Weimar Republic by Pablo Dominguez Chapter 13. About "Thunderstorms of History" and a Society in Crisis: Transnationalizing the Study of Ethnic Nationalism in Southeastern Europe by Nenad Stefanov Chapter 14. Beyond the Straight State: On the Borderlands of Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Nation in the United States and Europe by Kevin S. Amidon

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Book SynopsisFor many years, political leaders and analysts have debated the impacts of China's rise on the stability of the existing international system. International observers have also debated whether China would be a status quo power or a revisionist power, and whether China would observe the rules and regulations of international institutions and regimes. China Joins Global Governance: Cooperation and Contentions, edited by Mingjiang Li, provides an insightful contribution to our understanding of these issues through a specific angle: China's role in global governance. The contributors to this volume address such questions as, how has China dealt with major global institutions and regimes? How has China helped address various global challenges? How is China's rise changing the international approach to global governance? The contributors cover a broad range of issues, including China's vision and strategy in global multilateralism, China's role in global economic/financial/trade governance,Trade ReviewThis important volume brings together leading experts to address several key questions related to one of the most important themes of this decade: China's roles in running the world. With its detailed focus on specific global issues, from trade to climate to energy to security, and nuanced arguments, this book is a significant contribution to our understanding of how global governance is unfolding in a world where China matters more every day. -- Ann Florini, Singapore Management UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction by Mingjiang Li Part 1. China's Vision and Strategy Chapter 1. China's Vision of Global Governance: A Resurrection of the "Central Kingdom?" by Lai-ha Chan, Pak K. Lee, and Gerald Chan Chapter 2. Rising from Within: China's Search for a Multilateral World and Its Implications for Sino-US Relations by Mingjiang Li Part 2. China and Global Economic Governance Chapter 3. China's Participation in Global Trade Negotiations by Henry Gao Chapter 4. Learning and Socialization in International Institutions: China's Experience with the WTO Dispute Settlement System by Xiaojun Li Chapter 5. The Politics and Economics of the Renminbi-Dollar Relationship by Yale H. Ferguson Chapter 6. Coping with the Dollar Hegemony: China's New Monetary Strategy and Its Implications for Regional Monetary Governance by Wei Li Chapter 7. Bargaining for More: China's Initiatives for Regional Free Trade in East Asia by June Park Part 3. China and Global Energy and Environment Chapter 8. China's Quest for ENergy Resources in the World: A Geo-economic Perspective by Jieli Li Chapter 9. Breaking the Impasse in International Climate Negotiations: A New Direction for Currently Flawed Negotiations and a Roadmap for China till 2050 by Zhong Xiang Zhang Part 4. China and Global Security Chapter 10. China's Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation by Tong Zhao

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Book SynopsisOil Supply Crises: Cooperation and Discord in the West, by Vessela Chakarova, offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of consumer countries' policies and reactions to oil supply shortages. In addition to being a valuable source of information on oil market dynamics, it provides a deep theoretical understanding of one of the most critical issues in international relations: inter-state cooperation. This volume employs a structured, focused comparison to study European consumer countries' cooperation in times of oil supply shortages. There have been fifteen such crises since the Second World War, three of which with dramatic consequences for the world economy. This analysis evaluates European cooperative efforts in seven of these cases, starting with the Abadan crisis in 1951. The cases are selected on the basis of their magnitude and economic impact. In particular, the study looks at intergovernmental negotiations within existing international bodies prior to, during, and immeTrade ReviewStudies about oil crises usually concentrate on their causes and repercussions on importing states. This welcome book focuses on a neglected aspect of oil politics: the modes of cooperation among Western oil importers during times of crisis in the major producing countries. Chakarova examines this issue through seven case studies drawn from the period 1951-91; her framework delineates the theoretical differences between "neorealist" and "neoliberal" approaches. Each crisis is dissected in depth. Considerable information is provided in this volume. This study should be highly useful to practitioners since it delves into governmental tactics used to cope with crises. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Professional collections. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Theoretical Debate Chapter 3. The Suez Crisis Chapter 4. The Oil Embargo—Europe "Weakened and Humiliated" Chapter 5. The Energy Crisis is the "Moral Equivalent of War" Chapter 6. The Rest of the Cases Chapter 7. Oil Crises and Inter-state Cooperation: Is It Possible?

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Book SynopsisThere are only a few studies that analyze the complex relationship between Migration and development in Africa. The book presents the main trends in African migration since the last two decades. It analyzes the major migration trends, the various migration hubs across the continent and the underlying factors explaining the changing nature of migration across the continent. A few of the chapters in the book examine the phenomenon of migration from a national perspective by focusing on migration trends in countries such as Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, and Nigeria. Two chapters examine the migration links between Africa and Europe with one of them focusing on the political links between Ghana and the Netherlands while the other focuses on economic exchanges between the Cameroonian diaspora in Germany and selected groups and organizations in Cameroon. The uniqueness of this book lies in the varied disciplinary viewpoints used by the authors in explaining the phenomenon of migration and developmTrade ReviewCombining sharp theoretical and empirical analyses with detailed contemporary and historical insights, this book examines the main features and implications of the migration-development nexus in the African context. The book is remarkably straightforward and lucidly written. Indeed, it is hard to know what to admire most about it— its multidisciplinary approach, its thorough analysis, or the sheer elegance with which all the chapters come together in a coherent whole. Every serious student of migration will need to read this book. -- Joseph Mensah, York UniversityA book on the subject of migration and development can only catch the attention of a variety of readers if it is innovative in a number of ways, and this is the strength of this volume. It has diverse topics that have been carefully selected to cover the subject comprehensively. The reader will find the variety of the disciplinary backgrounds of the authors and methodologies employed as the volume’s greatest strength and attractiveness. The issues examined include longstanding ones such as the brain drain and brain gain. The discussion on rural development resulting from diaspora associational activities is a specific area in the migration and development discourse that will be welcome by policy makers. Some concepts that have recently emerged or are receiving greater attention now in the field of study are not excluded in this volume, and they make it interesting: associational life of migrants, political participation of trans-migrants, repatriation, climate change and migration, among others. The volume is relevant to both the policy maker and academic researcher that need to know more about the migration-development nexus apart from the development effects of migration. -- Delali Badasu, Director, Centre for Migration Studies, University of GhanaTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction, by Steve Tonah and Mary Boatemaa Setrana Chapter 2: Political Participation Beyond National Borders: The Case of Ghanaian Political Party Branches in the Netherlands, by Richard Kwabena Owusu Kyei and Mary Boatemaa Setrana Chapter 3: Transnational Migration among Migrants from Cameroon, by Danielle Minteu Kadje Chapter 4: Partnering for Rural Development in Ghana: The Case of Ghanaian Hometown Associations in the United Kingdom, by Leander Kandilige Chapter 5: Comparative Analysis of Educational Performance of Children from Migrant and Non-Migrant Households in Ghana, by Theophilus Kwabena Abutima Chapter 6: Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Contribution of Skilled Migrants to Development in Kenya, by Jane Mwanji Chapter 7: The Repatriation of Destitute Nigerians in Colonial Ghana, by Omon Merry Osiki Chapter 8: From Seasonal Migrants to Settlers: Climate Change and Permanent Migration to the Transitional Zone of Ghana, by Peter Bilson Obour, Kwadwo Owusu, and Joseph K. Teye Chapter 9: Hindered Pathways towards Development? West African Mobilities and European Borders in the Twenty-First Century, by Joris Schapendonk Chapter 10: Mapping Out the Role of Labor Migrants in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Economy, by Sylvia Esther Gyan and Rabiu K. B. Asante

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Book SynopsisNotions of ustaarabu, a word expressing civilization, and questions of identities in Zanzibar have historically been shaped by the development of Islam and association with littoral societies around the Indian Ocean. The 1964 Revolution marked a break in that history and imposed new notions of African civilization and belonging in Zanzibar. The revolutionary state subsequently introduced tourism and the market economy to maintain its hegemony over Zanzibar. In light of these developments, and with locals facing growing socio-economic marginalization and political uncertainty, Tourism and Social Change in Post-Socialist Zanzibar: Struggles for Identity, Movement, and Civilization examines how Zanzibaris are struggling to move through the local landscape in the post-socialist era and articulate their ideas of belonging in Zanzibar. This book further investigates how movements of Zanzibaris within the emerging and contending social discourses are reconstituting meanings for conceptualizinTrade ReviewKeshodkar (Zayed Univ., Dubai) delivers a wonderful anthropological volume highlighting Zanzibaris' struggle for identity as the country embraces change in a postsocialist government and economy. Since the 1980s, Zanzibar has focused its economic development efforts on establishing tourism, which has resulted in unsustainable numbers of tourists and migrants flooding in from Tanzania, Kenya, and other mainland African countries. Through case study analyses and numerous narratives among stakeholders, Keshodkar points out that with a diverse population in Zanzibar, the local landscape has been modified and has impacted local constructions of belonging, whereby residents feel a sense of strangeness. Topics include movement, Islamic religion, politics, work and prosperity, consumption, mobility, gender, dress, family relations, and marriage. Needless to say, this text touches on many social aspects of community, and would be most appropriate for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level collections focusing on the impacts of tourism, tourism planning, community tourism, and the anthropology of tourism. Readers will not be disappointed, especially as they read the eye-opening stories of struggle and courage among the Zanzibari people. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE *Tourism and Social Change in Post-Socialist Zanzibar ...does an excellent job of documenting the ways in which Zanzibari women continue to navigate social spaces and redefine heshima up to the present day. . . . [It gives] a much more nuanced view of the possibilities women had in moving through Zanzibari society, and [it provides] much needed scholarly attention to the changing forms of women’s respectability and empowerment throughout the last two centuries. * African Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: Conceptualizing Movement and Identity in Zanzibar 2 Historical Articulations of Being Zanzibari: Negotiating Religion, Ethnicity, Race and Civilization 3 Movements in Post-Socialist Zanzibar: Identity Politics in the Era of Tourism 4 Moving Through the Tourism Landscape: The Struggle for Work and Pursuit of Prosperity 5 Contesting Models of Modernity: New Landscapes of Consumption, Mobility and Islam 6 Movement of Haya and Heshima: Emerging Discourses of Gender, Dress and Intimacy 7 The Role of Kinship: Movement in Family Relations and Marriage Strategies 8 Conclusion: The Struggle for Civilization Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe South Caucasus has established itself as a corridor for transporting energy from Azerbaijan to Georgia, Turkey, and on to Europe, symbolized by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. This new infrastructure has created an east-west Eurasian bridge in which transnational extra-regional actors, especially the European Union and international financial institutions, have played a critical role. This book offers an original exploration of integration in the energy and transport sectors amongst Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, and the capacity of this to fundamentally change relations between these countries. In the period studied, from the mid-1990s to 2008, integration in energy and transport did not result in broader political, security, and sociocultural integration in any significant way. The author sets his analysis in a theoretical framework, drawing on theories of integration, but also grounds it in the detailed, empirical knowledge that is the measure of true expertise.Trade ReviewThe book is a well-argued, thought-provoking and inspiring read, rich in detail, and will be useful for anyone who wishes to see the application of integration theories on a new set of countries. It will also be interesting for anyone who aspires to learn more about region-building and integration processes in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and, more broadly, to anyone interested in understanding present-day political processes in these countries. * Europe-Asia Studies *Integration in Energy and Transport is a pathbreaking study of integration processes across Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Building upon diverse theoretical foundations, Alexandros Petersen convincingly assesses both the achievements of regional integration and their limitations. At the book’s core is an analysis of how energy and transportation networks, established with extensive international assistance, contribute to a surprising degree to institutional harmonization across participating states. The work of an enterprising scholar at the start of a tragically short career, this study sets the stage for a stimulating research agenda on externally-promoted processes of regional integration in the Black Sea and Caspian region. -- Cory Welt, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Toward a Theory of Integration Chapter 2: Evaluating Integration amongst Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey Chapter 3: Transnational Extra-regional Actors: The World Bank Group Chapter 4: Transnational Extra-Regional Actors: TRACECA and INOGATE Chapter 5: The China–Central Asia Pipeline: A Counterfactual on the Role of TERAs

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Book SynopsisIn The Effects of Globalization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Kema Irogbe argues that the forces of globalization, which include the IMF/World Bank, WTO, and Western media technology, are subordinated to the interests of multinational corporations under the tutelage of a lone superpower in strangling the development efforts of poor countries. Irogbe subjects the operations and the existing relationships among these international governmental and nongovernmental actors to the test of empirical reality and logical plausibility by drawing from the experiences of a varied selection of marginalized countries, such as Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil in Latin America; Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana in Africa; and Iraq, Iran, India, Afghanistan, and Vietnam in Asia. The book argues that globalization is a sophisticated lexicon for the pursuit of a homogenized political, economic, and cultural world order, which is a recipe for unending global crises.Trade ReviewKema Irogbe’s study of the effects of globalization on Latin America, Africa, and Asia, is an informative and interesting read. * ID: International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs *Prof. Irogbe shows the reader why free-market ideas—in the words of Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz—are not only unfair, but also unwise. His book will be viewed as a provocation by the establishment, but will certainly be an eye opener to the thousands of 'aid' workers parachuted into the underdeveloped countries by the international and bilateral aid institutions, as well as by NGOs with the objective of 'saving' the world from its ills. The presentation of his arguments is powerful and founded on carefully researched materials collected over the last two decades. Irogbe shows clearly and in a verifiable manner that globalization contributes to the advancement of underdevelopment for the majority of people. His book is a must for all those who wish to understand the true power structure of our planet and sincerely want to make a difference towards creating a better and more just world for all. -- Kristian Laubjerg, former Resident UN Coordinator and Chief of UNICEF country officesThis book is a critical and uncompromisingly objective appraisal of the effects of globalization on nation-states—particularly, on the periphery countries. Not since Chinweizu’s The West and the Rest of Us (1975) has a book so vividly exposed the plight of the developing world at the mercy of the developed countries. This book provides a rude awakening and offers solutions to the congenital problems that cloud or hinder the good relations of the peoples of the developing countries and the global elite that control the destiny of those countries. -- George A. Agbango, Bloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Power of Multinational Corporations Chapter 3: The Craft of World Trade Organization Chapter 4: The International Monetary Fund/World Bank and the Odious Debts Chapter 5: Western Media Technology and Cultural Globalization Chapter 6: The Malevolent Lone Superpower Chapter 7: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary volume highlights the transformed nature of the relationship between higher education and society in the 21st century. In particular, it argues that the development of the global university, especially in the non-western world, has transformed the traditional understanding of the relationship between higher education and society. This has important implications for the relations of state, as education has not only become an object of national development policy but for many states an important export.The history of the university reflects the decisive social transformations which have given definition and identity to both new nations and modern societies. In the post-war period, universities in the industrialized world underwent a radical shift. The mass expansion of higher education ensured that universities were no longer centers designed to train youth to assume the leadership positions held by previous generations. Instead universities were to become centers Trade ReviewThere is much talk of a neo-liberal global knowledge economy but little analysis of its impact on higher education outside dominant centres of knowledge production. This superb edited collection redresses that imbalance and enables us to understand the neo-liberal knowledge regime as not only an economic project but also an exercise in cultural hegemony. -- John Holmwood, Professor of Sociology, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsCh. 1: Stephen Keck, Making Universities Safe for Students: Cases from Southeast Asia 1910–1925 Ch. 2: Kevin W. Gray and Hassan Bashir, The Global University in the GCC: The Transfer and Transformation of Mission and Governance Ch. 3: M. Ayaz Naseem and Adeela Arshad-Ayaz, Neoliberal Knowledge Imperialism: Education and Dominance in the Neoliberal Era Ch. 4: Jerry Logan and Janel Curry, A Liberal Arts Education: Seeking Lessons from Abroad Ch. 5: Fatima Badry and John Willoughby, State Control of Higher Education in the UAE and Qatar: Blurring the Public-Private Boundary Ch. 6: Mark Rush and Bryan Alexander, The American Vision of Liberal Education and the Challenges of Globalization: An Exploratory Inquiry Ch. 7: Michael Gow, Chinese Foreign Cooperatively Run Schools: An Examination of Officially Approved Transnational Higher Education Degree Programs in the People’s Republic of China Ch. 8: Amani K. Hamdan, The Making of World Class Universities: Saudi Arabia’s Higher Education System Ch. 9: Boufeldja Ghiat, Bologna Process and Higher Education Reforms in Algeria Ch. 10: Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, MOOC and Online Learning: Opportunities and Challenges Ch. 11: John Ryder, Universities and Their Values: Higher Education in the Middle East and Beyond Ch. 12: Nancy Small, Risking Our Foundations: Honor, Codes, and Authoritarian Spaces Ch. 13: Thorsten Botz Bornstein, A Hermeneutic Answer to the Crisis of the Universities: The Problem of “Excellence” in the Global University

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Book SynopsisSouth Korea has experienced new challenges both internally and externally with respect to its foreign policies. Internally, democratization has changed political terrain for domestic and international politics. Democratization and the information revolution have reinvigorated civic life and citizens have become active in expressing very divergent and often polarized views on foreign policies. Democratization also promotes South Korean nationalism. Rising nationalist sentiments make it difficult for the U.S. to effectively handle regional security-related issues such as the North Korean nuclear program, balancing against China, and dealing with the potential Sino-Japanese conflict.Externally, globalization has brought significant changes to South Korea's foreign policies. Economic dimension and issues rather than security-related issues become salient and important. For example, although security concerns are still dominant in Korean society, economic interests necessitate South Korea iTrade ReviewThis volume by Wonjae Hwang helps us understand South Korea’s postwar rise from nearly complete international isolation to a position of international influence by focusing on two of the factors that were important in this transition, globalization and South Korea’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy. It is required reading not just for scholars interested in the international rise of South Korea but for anyone who is interested in understanding how such processes as globalization and democratization can be embraced in a way that will assist leaders to advance their nation’s international status. -- Dennis Patterson, Texas Tech UniversitySouth Korea’s economic and political development is an amazing story, and Wonjae Hwang has produced an excellent study of how globalization has been an important factor in these two areas. South Korea’s Changing Foreign Policy provides a fascinating assessment that shows the complex interplay of globalization with South Korea’s domestic politics and foreign relations with a particularly interesting focus on the role of economics and security as it navigates relations with China and the United States. -- Terence Roehrig, United States Naval War CollegeHwang argues convincingly that Korean democratization and globalization explain South Korea’s increasingly important role in international affairs. Blending broad history with a series of well-focused quantitative analyses of trade, foreign aid, and UN voting, he shows how domestic politics and globalization explain South Korea’s complex foreign policy, providing substantial insight into Korea’s increasing global presence and its evolving role in Northeast Asian geopolitics. -- Jonathan Krieckhaus, University of MissouriTable of ContentsChapter 1. South Korea: Democratization, Globalization, and Foreign Policies Chapter 2. Polarization, Rising Nationalism, and Foreign Policy Preferences Chapter 3. Information Revolution and the Rally-round-the-flag effects Chapter 4. From a Developmental State to a Neoliberal State Chapter 5. Globalization: An Opportunity for Expanding Power Chapter 6. Paradoxical Consequence of Globalization on Domestic Politics Chapter 7. Economic Power and Voting in the United Nations Chapter 8. Trade Between South Korea and Japan, Vote Congruence Chapter 9. The Impact of Korea’s ODA and Trade on Foreign Policy Cooperation Chapter 10. The Future of South Korea’s Foreign Policies

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Book SynopsisSouth Korea has experienced new challenges both internally and externally with respect to its foreign policies. Internally, democratization has changed political terrain for domestic and international politics. Democratization and the information revolution have reinvigorated civic life and citizens have become active in expressing very divergent and often polarized views on foreign policies. Democratization also promotes South Korean nationalism. Rising nationalist sentiments make it difficult for the U.S. to effectively handle regional security-related issues such as the North Korean nuclear program, balancing against China, and dealing with the potential Sino-Japanese conflict.Externally, globalization has brought significant changes to South Korea's foreign policies. Economic dimension and issues rather than security-related issues become salient and important. For example, although security concerns are still dominant in Korean society, economic interests necessitate South Korea iTrade ReviewThis volume by Wonjae Hwang helps us understand South Korea’s postwar rise from nearly complete international isolation to a position of international influence by focusing on two of the factors that were important in this transition, globalization and South Korea’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy. It is required reading not just for scholars interested in the international rise of South Korea but for anyone who is interested in understanding how such processes as globalization and democratization can be embraced in a way that will assist leaders to advance their nation’s international status. -- Dennis Patterson, Texas Tech UniversitySouth Korea’s economic and political development is an amazing story, and Wonjae Hwang has produced an excellent study of how globalization has been an important factor in these two areas. South Korea’s Changing Foreign Policy provides a fascinating assessment that shows the complex interplay of globalization with South Korea’s domestic politics and foreign relations with a particularly interesting focus on the role of economics and security as it navigates relations with China and the United States. -- Terence Roehrig, United States Naval War CollegeHwang argues convincingly that Korean democratization and globalization explain South Korea’s increasingly important role in international affairs. Blending broad history with a series of well-focused quantitative analyses of trade, foreign aid, and UN voting, he shows how domestic politics and globalization explain South Korea’s complex foreign policy, providing substantial insight into Korea’s increasing global presence and its evolving role in Northeast Asian geopolitics. -- Jonathan Krieckhaus, University of MissouriTable of ContentsChapter 1. South Korea: Democratization, Globalization, and Foreign Policies Chapter 2. Polarization, Rising Nationalism, and Foreign Policy Preferences Chapter 3. Information Revolution and the Rally-round-the-flag effects Chapter 4. From a Developmental State to a Neoliberal State Chapter 5. Globalization: An Opportunity for Expanding Power Chapter 6. Paradoxical Consequence of Globalization on Domestic Politics Chapter 7. Economic Power and Voting in the United Nations Chapter 8. Trade Between South Korea and Japan, Vote Congruence Chapter 9. The Impact of Korea’s ODA and Trade on Foreign Policy Cooperation Chapter 10. The Future of South Korea’s Foreign Policies

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