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Book SynopsisFrom World City to the World in One City examines changing geographies of Liverpool through and across the lives of Malay seamen who arrived in the city during its final years as a major imperial port.Trade Review‘Here we have a distinctive approach to global and transnational urbanism, one that provides us with “sites and routes” that are markedly different from the normal science of urban studies. In this beautifully conceptualized and written book, Tim Bunnell draws us into life histories that are compelling world histories. In the process, cities are made and urban theory is remade.’ Ananya Roy, Professor of Urban Planning and Social Welfare and Director, The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin, USA 'This is an engagingly written and sensitively researched portrait of the Malays – from seafarers to students – who have lived in and through Liverpool, shaping this world city, which is now marketed as the 'world in one city'. Tracing the transnational lives of Liverpool Malays, it takes our understandings of diaspora cities and connected geographies in some exciting new directions.'Richard Phillips, Professor of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK ‘Bunnell’s book demonstrates the range of ways in which Liverpool was transformed through the presence in the city of those who had left the alam Melayu (Malay world). It is a study of “the lives of people in places” (p. 14) which takes seriously Massey’s (1994) work on a global sense of place. It makes a clear contribution to advancing the field of global urban studies and is a must read for those of us with an intellectual stake in the future of the field.’(Kevin Ward, University of Manchester) Urban Geography, 2016 ‘Bunnell has created a text that will be useful for those interested in transnational phenomena that predate globalization as we know it today. His beautifully rendered moving ethnography will also be of interest to scholars concerned with the contemporary politics of ethnicity and multiculturalism, especially as they are marshaled in a capitalistic vein to create value for a city that once profoundly underestimated colored seamen’s worth.’(Jacqueline Nassy Brown, The City University of New York (CUNY)) Cultural Geographies, 2017 ‘This book is a well-written transnational urban geography through Malay lives. The author’s sincere and tireless attitude in always turning his eyes to every detailed reality is especially praiseworthy.'Tomizawa Hisao, University of Shizuoka (Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2)Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vii List of Figures viii Abbreviations and Acronyms ix Glossary of Non-English Terms xi Acknowledgements xiv Prologue 1 1 Introduction: Locating Malay Liverpool 5 Worlds of Connection, Worlds in Cities 10 Sites and Routes of Fieldwork 14 Organization of the Book 20 2 From the Malay World to the Malay Atlantic 27 World City Liverpool in the Alam Melayu 28 Malays in the ‘New York of Europe’ … and in New York 39 The Malay Atlantic 45 3 Home Port Liverpool and its Malay Places 56 Somewhere Worth Staying? 57 Remembering Cosmopolitanism and its Limits 62 Home and Away 68 Places to Be Malay 72 4 Merseyside Malaise and the Unmaking of British Malaya 83 Transnationalization and Malaysianization 84 Student Connections: From Kirkby to the Inner City 90 Urban Malaise 94 5 Diasporic (Re)connections 107 In Search of Lost Ancestors 108 Diaspora Envy and Worldly Malay]ness 114 Old Malays versus the Islamized New Malay 121 6 Relocating Expectations of Modernity 135 Kuala Lumpur: Journeys to the New Centre of the Malay World 136 Tandas]ization: Excremental Transition in Malacca 144 Returning to Singapore: From Third World to First 150 7 Community in the Capital of Culture 165 The Place of Community 166 Glasgowing and Beyond: Towards Multicultural Regeneration 172 Marking Malays(ia) on the Map of the World in One City 178 8 The Last Hurrah: From Independence Celebrations and Interculturalism to Club Closure 188 Merdeka on the Mersey 189 Performing Malay]ness on Jermyn Street 194 Community Conflict and Urban Interculturalism 198 Death in the Place of Community 202 9 Conclusion: Catching up with Kuala Lumpur? 211 Comparative, Conceptual and Methodological Returns 216 Key Lifepaths 227 Archival and Documentary Sources 231 References 233 Index 250

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Book SynopsisChallenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shapeand are shaped bythe aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribution to the study of globalization by bringing together critical development and feminist theoretical approaches Opens up new avenues for the analysis of global production as a long-term development strategy Contributes novel theoretical insights drawn from the everyday experiences of disinvestment and precarious work on people's lives and their communities Represents the first analysis of increasing uneven development among countries in the Caribbean Calls for more rigorous studies of long accepted notions of the geographies of inequality and poverty in the global South Trade ReviewAt a time when empirical work is increasingly done as fast research or sidelined altogether, it is a pleasure to see what good monographs are capable of achieving Werner brilliantly demonstrates how the global factory works as a set of discourses and spatial imaginaries in addition to the mechanisms of capitalist accumulation Global Displacements offers provocative insights enabling the reader to look behind the veils of all-too-simplistic representations that promise economic development with the help of global factory and global value chain. - Christian Berndt, Economic Geography, Vol. 93 No. 2.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vi List of Abbreviations vii List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction: Power and Difference in Global Production 1 2 Two Stories of Caribbean Development: Garments‐as‐ Globalization and Garments‐as‐Regional Entrepreneurialism 28 3 From Manufactura to Mentefactura? Gender and Industrial Restructuring in the Dominican Republic 54 4 Embodied Negotiations: Geographies of Work after Trade Zones 85 5 Reworking Coloniality through the Haitian–Dominican Border 113 6 Haiti, the Global Factory and the Politics of Reconstruction 141 7 Unsettling Dominant Crisis Narratives of the Caribbean 163 8 Conclusion 181 Bibliography 187 Index 206

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Book SynopsisChallenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shapeand are shaped bythe aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribution to the study of globalization by bringing together critical development and feminist theoretical approaches Opens up new avenues for the analysis of global production as a long-term development strategy Contributes novel theoretical insights drawn from the everyday experiences of disinvestment and precarious work on people's lives and their communities Represents the first analysis of increasing uneven development among countries in the Caribbean Calls for more rigorous studies of long accepted notions of the geographies of inequality and poverty in the global South Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vi List of Abbreviations vii List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction: Power and Difference in Global Production 1 2 Two Stories of Caribbean Development: Garments‐as‐ Globalization and Garments‐as‐Regional Entrepreneurialism 28 3 From Manufactura to Mentefactura? Gender and Industrial Restructuring in the Dominican Republic 54 4 Embodied Negotiations: Geographies of Work after Trade Zones 85 5 Reworking Coloniality through the Haitian–Dominican Border 113 6 Haiti, the Global Factory and the Politics of Reconstruction 141 7 Unsettling Dominant Crisis Narratives of the Caribbean 163 8 Conclusion 181 Bibliography 187 Index 206

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- 1. Hardt and Negri and the Immobilization of the State.- 2. Teubner and System Liberation.- 3. Habermas and Global Power Policy.- 4. Santos and Difficulty of Sustainable Resistance.- 5. Wolin and Democracy's Debasement.- 6. Foucault, Ecuador and on Being 'Freer Than They Feel'.- Conclusion.Trade Review"Schneiderman's book offers, undoubtedly, a wellspring for further theoretical work on this 'exotic' area, inquiring into the opportunities for effective 'politics of resistance' after economic globalization and the importance of the 'local' in the global discourse." - Ricardo Campos, International Journal of Constitutional LawTable of ContentsIntroduction.- 1. Hardt and Negri and the Immobilization of the State.- 2. Teubner and System Liberation.- 3. Habermas and Global Power Policy.- 4. Santos and Difficulty of Sustainable Resistance.- 5. Wolin and Democracy's Debasement.- 6. Foucault, Ecuador and on Being 'Freer Than They Feel'.- Conclusion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWith perspectives drawn from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia, Globalization and Food Sovereignty is the first comparative collection to focus on food sovereignty activism worldwide.Trade Review'This book is evenly high in quality... A main contribution is the book's effort to bring food to the fore in political science. Highly recommended.' -- J.M. Deutsch Choice Magazine vol52:01:2014 'Andree's Globalization and Food Sovereignty provides an insightful account of the tensions and complexities of the burgeoning concept of food sovereignty... Through a superb set of case studies, it shows how the two themes of food sovereignty and neoliberal globalization interact.' -- Patrick Clark, Chantal Clement and Amanda DiVito Wilson Canadian Food Studies vol 2:01:2015Table of Contents"p>Introduction - Crisis and Contention in the New Politics of Food - Peter Andree (Carleton University, Political Science), Jeffrey Ayres (Saint Michael's College, Political Science), Michael J. Bosia (Saint Michael's College, Political Science) and Marie-Josee Massicotte (University of Ottawa, Political Studies) Part I - Food Sovereignty in Theory and Policy Debates Chapter One - Food Sovereignty and Globalization: Lines of Inquiry - Peter Andree, Jeffrey Ayres, Michael J. Bosia and Marie-Josee Massicotte Chapter Two - The Territory of Self-Determination: Social Reproduction, Agro-Ecology and the Role of the State - Michael Menser (Brooklyn College, Philosophy) Chapter Three - Exploring the Limits of Fair Trade: The Local Food Movement in the Context of Late Capitalism - Noah Zerbe (Humboldt State University, Politics) Chapter Four - Local Food: Food Sovereignty or Myth of Alternative Consumer Sovereignty? - Martha McMahon (University of Victoria, Sociology) Part II - Food Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective Chapter Five - The New Citizen-Farmers: The Challenges and Possibilities of Australia's Emerging Alternative Agri-Food Networks - Peter Andree Chapter Six - A Seat at the Neoliberal Table: From Food Security to Food Sovereignty in Canada - Sarah Martin (University of Waterloo, Global Governance) and Peter Andree Chapter Seven - Food Sovereignty in Practice: A Study of Farmer-Led Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippines - Sarah Wright (University of Newcastle, Geography) Chapter Eight - Free Markets for All: Transition Economies and the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy - Irena Knezevic (York University, Communication and Culture) Part III - Food Sovereignty in Contentious Politics Chapter Nine - Feminist Political Ecology and La Via Campesina's Struggle for Food Sovereignty Through the Experience of the Escola Latino-Americana de Agroecologia (ELAA) - Marie-Josee Massicotte Chapter Ten - Food Sovereignty, Trade Rules and the Struggle to Know Origins of Food - Elizabeth Smythe (Concordia University College of Alberta, Canada, Faculty of Arts and Political Science) Chapter Eleven - Food Sovereignty as Localized Resistance to Globalization in France and the United States - Jeffrey Ayres and Michael J. Bosia Conclusion - The Food Sovereignty Lens - Philip McMichael (Cornell University, Sociology)

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Book SynopsisInspired by the work of economists Ha-Joon Chang and Dani Rodrik, editors Andrew Smith and Dimitry Anastakis bring together essays from both historians and economists in this collection to test claims that wealth comes from either protectionism or free trade.Trade Review'The editors and authors of Smart Globalization should be congratulated on a real contribution to the fields of both Canadian economics and history.' -- Mark Sholdice Canadian Historical Review vol 97:02:2016 'This is a fascinating study of the approach taken to the international economy by decision makers in Canada ...By bringing together essays from both historians and economists, editors Smith and Anastakis have given readers a set of studies that puts the Canadian case most instructively in the context of intelligent globalization... Highly recommended.' -- P.K. Kresl Choice vol 52:02:2014 'This collection will be of interest to anyone interested in better understanding the historical complexities and contingencies of economic life in a globalizing world... Many scholars will find this book to be well worth a read.' -- Don Nerbas Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015Table of ContentsForeword - Joe Martin (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management) Introduction - Andrew Smith (University of Liverpool, Management School) and Dimitry Anastakis (Trent University, History) Politics and Power in the British World: Ontario's Hydro-Electric Policy, Canada and the City of London, 1905-1910 - Andrew Dilley (University of Aberdeen, History) "in the public interest to encourage the growth of this new industry": The Myth of Provincial Protectionism in Ontario's Forest Industry, 1890-1930 - Mark Kuhlberg (Laurentian University, History) Managing a War Metal: The International Nickel Company's First World War - Daryl White (Grande Prairie Regional College, History) Natural Resource Exports and Development in Settler Economies during the First Great Globalization Era: Northwestern Ontario and South Australia, 1905-1915 - Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University, Economics), J.C. Herbert Emery (University of Calgary, Economics) and Martin P. Shanahan ( University of South Australia, Dean of Research) Infant Industry Protection and the Growth of Canada's Cotton Mills: A Test of the Chang Hypothesis - Michael Hinton (The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis) Imperialism, Continentalism and Multilateralism: The Making of a Modern Canadian Automotive Industry - Greig Mordue (Toyoto Canada, General Manager Corporate Planning and Communication) The Whisky Kings: The International Expansion of the Seagram Company 1933-1995 - Graham D. Taylor (Trent University, History) Am I Canadian? Globalization and the Canadian Brewing Industry since 1960 - Matthew J. Bellamy (Carleton University, History)

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Book SynopsisDrastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems toexemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation. A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women's entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the growth of work-style' businesses A vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on culture and creative industries which often ignores the significant roles taken by women as entrepreneurs and designers rather than mere consumers Introduces fashion scholars and economic geographers to a paradigmatic example of the new designer fashion industries emerging in a range of countrieTrade Review“Fashioning Globalisationprovides a comprehensive and fascinating view of an industry which provides new insights into the ways in which globalization proceeds and provides an alternative and authoritative account of the role of the fashion design industry in a globalising world.” (New Zealand Geographer, 24 April 2015) Table of ContentsList of Figures and Credits ix Preface xi Series Editors' Preface xiv Acknowledgements xv 1 What We Saw and Why We Started this Project 1 2 Global Aspirations: Theorising the New Zealand Designer Fashion Industry 19 3 Policy for a New Economy: 'After Neoliberalism' and the Designer Fashion Industry 43with Richard Le Heron and Nick Lewis 4 Cultivating Urbanity: Fashion in a Not-so-global City 69with Alison Goodrum 5 Gendering the 'Virtuous Circle': Production, Mediation and Consumption in the Cultural Economy 99 6 Creating Global Subjects: The Pedagogy of Fashionability 125 7 Lifestyle or Workstyle? Female Entrepreneurs in New Zealand Designer Fashion 153 8 Conclusion: An Unlikely Success Story? 179 Index 191

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Book SynopsisThis book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.Trade Review"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands“At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena.” Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction of key terms and debates; Age, ageing and later life; Gerontological approaches to globalization; Global geographies of health in later life; The family life of older people in a global context; Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life; A global Third Age? Identities in later life; The global politics and policies of ageing; Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.Trade Review"This pioneering work demonstrates the urgency to conceptualize the different dynamics and layers of globalisation as they contextualize emerging forms of ageing." Jan Baars, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands“At last a book that offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of ageing and globalisation while using empirical data to nuance our understandings of these phenomena.” Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction of key terms and debates; Age, ageing and later life; Gerontological approaches to globalization; Global geographies of health in later life; The family life of older people in a global context; Pensions, work and poverty. The financial landscapes of ageing and later life; A global Third Age? Identities in later life; The global politics and policies of ageing; Conclusion: The necessity of understanding globalization for studying later life.

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Book SynopsisIt began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel - in a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an age of rising empires, economic transformation, and social change.

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Book SynopsisConceiving of sovereign space as volume rather than area, the contributors to Voluminous States explore how such a conception reveals and underscores the three-dimensional nature of modern territorial governance.Trade Review“Responding to the changing ways in which states are colonizing previously inconceivable dimensions of life and livelihood in the ever-reinvented interests of territorial sovereignty, Voluminous States tackles real-life issues of state control. With its specific focus on three-dimensional space as itself a materiality as well as a force in political conceptions and social analysis, it will be welcomed by scholars interested in climate change, sustainability, sovereignty, territoriality, and beyond. This volume sparks the imagination.” -- Marilyn Strathern, author of * Relations: An Anthropological Account *“Taking materiality and dimensionality seriously in thinking about geopolitics, Voluminous States is likely to become a standard reference in developing debates in human geography, political theory, international relations, and anthropology. Global in reach, this is a great project that is executed extremely well.” -- Stuart Elden, author of * Shakespearean Territories *“[Voluminous States] provides a highly nuanced and textured examination of the tensions between the state’s intrusive attempts to flatten, homogenize, and control space.... Wide ranging studies lend this volume conceptual richness, social and cultural texture, and geographical diversity.... The book never fails to sustain the readers’ interest.” -- Martin T. Fromm * Environment, Space, Place *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Voluminous: An Introduction / Franck Billé 1 Sovereignty 1. Warren: Subterranean Structures at a Sea Border of Ukraine / Caroline Humphrey 39 2. Tunnel: Striating and Militarizing Subterranean Space in the Republic of Georgia / Elizabeth Cullen Dunn 52 3. Spoofing: The Geophysics of Not Being Governed / Wayne Chambliss 64 4. Lag: Four-Dimensional Bordering in the Himalayas / Tina Harris 78 5. Traffic: Authorizing Airspace, Applying Governance / Marcel LaFlamme 91 Materiality 6. Fissure: Cracking, Forcing, and Covering Up / Klaus Dodds 105 7. Downwind: Three Phases of a Aerosol Form / Jerry Zee 119 8. Necrotone: Death-Dealing Volumetrics at the US-Mexico Border / Hilary Cunningham 131 9. Surface: Seeing, Solidifying, and Scaling Urban Space in Hong Kong / Clancy Wilmott 146 10. Gravity: On the Primacy of Terrain / Gastón Gordillo Territorial Imagination 11. Geometries: From Analogy to Performativity / Sarah Green 175 12. Buoyancy: Blue Territorialization of Asian Power / Aihwa Ong 191 13. Seepage: That which Oozes / Jason Cons 204 14. Jigsaw: Micropartitioning in the Enclaves of Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassu / Franck Billé 217 15. Echolocation: Within the Sonic Fold of the Korean Demilitarized Zone / Lisa Sang-Mi Min 230 Beyond: An Afterword / Debbora Battaglia 243 Bibliography 253 Index 279

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Book SynopsisIn Judicial Territory, Shaina Potts reveals how the American empire has benefited from the post-World War II expansion of United States judicial authority over the economic decisions of postcolonial governments. Introducing the term “judicial territory” to refer to the increasingly transnational space over which US courts wield authority, Potts argues that law is an essential tool for US geopolitical and economic interests. Through close examination of cases involving private US companies, on the one hand, and foreign state-owned enterprises, nationalizations, and sovereign debt, on the other, she shows that technical changes relating to the treatment of foreign sovereigns in domestic US law allowed the United States to extend its purview over global financial and economic relations, including many economic decisions of foreign governments. Throughout, Potts argues, US law has not become divorced from territoriality but instead actively remapped it; it has not merely

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Book SynopsisA call to action to include marginalized, non-western communities in the continuously expanding digital revolutionIn the digital age, technology has shrunk the physical world into a global village, where we all seem to be connected as an online community as information travels to the farthest reaches of the planet with the click of a mouse. Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as open and accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by and for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, and politics, these tools often reinforce the inequalities of globalization, rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide. This book asks us to re-consider whose global village' we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rurTrade Review"Whose Global Village? invites us to question some of the sacred narratives that have grown up around digital and networked technologies in the westfirst among them, the idea that digital technologies follow some universal path of development. This book is a powerful corrective to various forms of cyberutopianism, even as it reimagines core conceptsfrom agency and voice to participation and appropriation." -- Henry Jenkins,co-author of By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism"In the age of video streaming and the internet, indigenous peoples can fight for their rights as we see with the Dakota Pipeline and across the world today. Whose Global Village? points the way forward to a digital world that recognizes the dignity and voices of indigenous peoples." -- Winona La Duke,Executive Director of Honor the Earth"In this bold book, Srinivasan tackles the myth of digital universality head on, insisting that technologies should be designed by and serve diverse communities rather than corporate elites. Based on years of fieldwork,Whose Global Village?reads like a manifesto and is bound to stir up debate. A must read for media scholars, technology designers, and community organizations alike." -- Lisa Parks,Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT"The 2016 election showed us what happens when technologies like Facebook, that are supposed to connect us, actually leave us in bubbles and oblivious to the world that doesnt agree with us. Whose Global Village? shows that another technology is possible, and in fact exists, through examples across the world that are all about furthering cultural voices and conversations." * The Yes Men *"Upstart successes like The Young Turks are becoming less common, partially as a result of the increasing corporatization and monopolization of social media. Whose Global Village? offers an alternate path, out of the self-selected echo chambers that marginalize non-western and indigenous voices, and into a future where new technology operates in greater harmony with grassroots concerns and culturally diverse populations across the world." -- Cenk Uygur,Founder of The Young Turks"Whose Global Village?stimulated my thinking, and has reinforced my belief that the three seemingly disparate topics I keep returning to in my life social and cultural innovation, new technologies and community-driven design are in fact closely related, and should be so to make sure the digital era benefits all people equally." * TheMuseumoftheFuture.com *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whose Global Village? invites us to question some of the sacred narratives that have grown up around digital and networked technologies in the westfirst among them, the idea that digital technologies follow some universal path of development. This book is a powerful corrective to various forms of cyberutopianism, even as it reimagines core conceptsfrom agency and voice to participation and appropriation." -- Henry Jenkins,co-author of By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism"In the age of video streaming and the internet, indigenous peoples can fight for their rights as we see with the Dakota Pipeline and across the world today. Whose Global Village? points the way forward to a digital world that recognizes the dignity and voices of indigenous peoples." -- Winona La Duke,Executive Director of Honor the Earth"In this bold book, Srinivasan tackles the myth of digital universality head on, insisting that technologies should be designed by and serve diverse communities rather than corporate elites. Based on years of fieldwork,Whose Global Village?reads like a manifesto and is bound to stir up debate. A must read for media scholars, technology designers, and community organizations alike." -- Lisa Parks,Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT"The 2016 election showed us what happens when technologies like Facebook, that are supposed to connect us, actually leave us in bubbles and oblivious to the world that doesnt agree with us. Whose Global Village? shows that another technology is possible, and in fact exists, through examples across the world that are all about furthering cultural voices and conversations." * The Yes Men *"Upstart successes like The Young Turks are becoming less common, partially as a result of the increasing corporatization and monopolization of social media. Whose Global Village? offers an alternate path, out of the self-selected echo chambers that marginalize non-western and indigenous voices, and into a future where new technology operates in greater harmony with grassroots concerns and culturally diverse populations across the world." -- Cenk Uygur,Founder of The Young Turks"Whose Global Village?stimulated my thinking, and has reinforced my belief that the three seemingly disparate topics I keep returning to in my life social and cultural innovation, new technologies and community-driven design are in fact closely related, and should be so to make sure the digital era benefits all people equally." * TheMuseumoftheFuture.com *

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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 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 SynopsisThis biography tells the life story of Nebraska native Clayton Yeutter (19302017), whose accomplishments in international trade, agriculture, and economics are still very prominent in today's world.Trade Review“Clayton Yeutter used to tell reporters his name rhymed with ‘fighter.’ Joseph Weber captures the negotiating chops and Nebraska-sized personality of the poor farm boy who became President Reagan’s trade-warrior-in-chief and President George H. W. Bush’s secretary of agriculture.”—Peter Coy, economics editor, Bloomberg Businessweek“Clayton Yeutter was a pragmatic political entrepreneur who, as Republican National Committee chairman, managed the delicate balance between the growing factions within a party in desperate need of leadership and rebuilding.”—Michael S. Steele, former Republican National Committee chairman and former lieutenant governor of Maryland“Clayton Yeutter played an indispensable role in American history when he helped negotiate the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement. What followed was the more expansive 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and a toppling of dominoes around the world as nation after nation reduced trade barriers. Joseph Weber’s biography of Yeutter is a thoughtful examination of a statesman at the forefront of this and other debates critical to U.S. politics and policy.”—James A. Baker III, former U.S. secretary of the treasury“Joseph Weber has captured the essence of an endangered species—the principled Republican moderate. Clayton Yeutter believed that progress requires engagement and compromise, and he used his keen intellect and Nebraska know-how to bring our world closer together. This perceptive biography reminds us of the days when ‘globalization’ wasn’t a dirty word and when ‘international trade’ was considered an economic building block.”—Richard S. Dunham, co-director of the Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and former president of the National Press Club“Joseph Weber’s detailed biography of Clayton Yeutter brilliantly captures the outstanding character, warm personality, and enormous talent of a man who has so richly contributed to our nation and its values. It is particularly timely in today’s contentious political climate and is a must-read for aspiring future leaders.”—Carla A. Hills, former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development and U.S. trade representative“Clayton Yeutter was a man of remarkable talent. Clayton’s biography by Joseph Weber tells the story of a young man who grew up on a farm in Nebraska and never forgot his roots. It was Clayton who leveled the playing field for American farmers and ranchers so they could sell their products worldwide. As the book so convincingly shows, Clayton was always willing to take risks and break some china to make the world a better place. Thanks to Joseph Weber for telling the story of an honorable man who used his life to accomplish great things.”—Michael O. Johanns, former U.S. secretary of agriculture, Nebraska governor, and U.S. senatorTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface List of abbreviations 1. Rugged Times 2. The Clayton Grin 3. More Self-Help 4. Character Flaws 5. Free Farmers 6. Juicy Corn-Fed Nebraska Sirloin 7. Our Fellow Man 8. Macho Man of Trade 9. Saving a Major Industry 10. We Barely Survived 11. No Professional Machiavellian 12. A Second Chance 13. The World Will Thank You Acknowledgments Appendix A: Clayton Yeutter’s Final Résumé Appendix B: Yeutter’s Major Accomplishments, as He Saw Them A Note about the Yeutter Institute People Interviewed Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe have gone from being among the world's most closed, autarkic economies to being some of the most export-oriented and globally integrated. While previous accounts have attributed this shift to post-1989 market reform policies, Besnik Pula sees the root causes differently. Reaching deeper into the region's history and comparatively examining its long-run industrial development, he locates critical junctures that forced the hands of Central and Eastern European elites and made them look at options beyond the domestic economy and the socialist bloc. In the 1970s, Central and Eastern European socialist leaders intensified engagements with the capitalist West in order to expand access to markets, technology, and capital. This shift began to challenge the Stalinist developmental model in favor of exports and transnational integration. A new reliance on exports launched the integration of Eastern European industry into value chains that cut across the East-West political divide. After 1989, these chains proved to be critical gateways to foreign direct investment and circuits of global capitalism. This book enriches our understanding of a regional shift that began well before the fall of the wall, while also explaining the distinct international roles that Central and Eastern European states have assumed in the globalized twenty-first century.Trade Review"Besnik Pula takes another brick off the massive wall of myths surrounding Central and Eastern Europe by kicking off the pedestal the widely shared view that this region's experience with central planning was autarchic and that industrialization was a pure liability for their turn to capitalism. Instead, Pula's superbly well-researched book shows how the socialist states' rich and complex trade, technological, and institutional interactions with the capitalist West's value and supply chains paved the way for their emergence after 1989 as some of the world's most transnationally integrated economies. This is empirically nuanced, theoretically astute, and context sensitive social science at its best." -- Cornel Ban, City * University of London *"This book offers an excellent, well-researched, and highly original analysis. Pula's sophisticated and persuasive argument provides a valuable corrective to studies that overlook or overemphasize the role of socialist legacies in shaping economic reform in Central and Eastern Europe." -- Rudra Sil * University of Pennsylvania *"Abundant with quantitative macroeconomic comparative-historical data, nuanced with numerous qualitative interviews, and addressing some tough issues with answers based on an intimate knowledge of the region and its history, and above all challenging long-held faulty assumptions of the nature and dynamics of socialist states, this book deserves the careful attention of those who are interested in the study of globalization and the evolution of transnational capital in Central and Eastern Europe."––Berch Berberoglu, Social Forces"Pula offers an original interpretation of economic development both under and after socialism that deserves to be widely read." -- Erik Jones * Survival *"[This book is] well-written and shows the author's deep knowledge of this subject....Regional scientists, especially those studying integration of the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe, should find the book of value." -- Tuyen Pham * The Review of Regional Studies *"[What] Pula endeavored to accomplish is enormous and an enormously difficult task. Ultimately, I suggest we appreciate it as an invitation to a more agency- and practice-centered economic history, one that starts to give Eastern Europe its due in shaping global economic outcomes." -- Zsuzsa Gille * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis is an introductory chapter to the book. It highlights the book's key arguments and its organization. 1Globalization Under and After Socialism: A Comparative and Historical Perspective chapter abstractThe literature on globalization has often ignored Europe's periphery and has particularly remained silent on how the structural changes in the world economy beginning in the 1970s affected the ex-socialist world. In the late twentieth century, among the few critical theories that broke from Cold War understandings of socialist political economies was world-systems theory. While making a number of counterintuitive and provocative claims, world-systems theory and its offshoots (including the "dual dependency" perspective) failed to account for the transformations from socialism to postsocialism and took little heed of the institutional realities and contradictions of Soviet socialism by relying on system-functionalist explanations of change. This chapter proposes a framework for an historical-institutionalist account of globalization that considers both structural changes in the capitalist world economy and political and economic reform in the socialist world that prefigured Central and Eastern Europe's path of transformation after 1989. 2The Limits of Autarchy in the Periphery: Trade, Planning, and East European Industrialization, 1946-1969 chapter abstractThis chapter provides an historical overview of Central and Eastern Europe's integration into the Soviet economic sphere and its effects on patterns of industrialization and trade. It is organized in four parts. First, the chapter discusses the international context of the early Cold War, economic reconstruction and trade policies, and the formation of Comecon. The chapter then turns to the post-Stalin period, when Soviet leaders begin to increasingly see Comecon's role as a tool of regional economic integration. It examines the benefits of intra-bloc trade by comparing the region with other state socialist and developing states to demonstrate how membership in Comecon aided in facilitating rapid industrialization. Finally, it discusses the challenges Soviet and Central and East European leaders saw in expanding trade with the West. 3Upgrading Socialism: Technology, Debt, and East European Reform, 1968-1985 chapter abstractThis chapter presents a structural account of East Europe's industrial transformation during the era of reform socialism. "Reform socialism" refers to institutional reforms socialist states began introducing beginning around 1968, when economic problems like technological backwardness, low productivity and poor product quality became apparent to Communist leaderships across the region. While reforms were carried out unevenly, they are significant in that they coincide with a number of important developments in the world economy. The chapter argues that the 1970s was a crucially transformative decade for socialist economies, and especially for states on the forefront of economic reform. What proved most critical in determining the future industrial fate of socialist countries was the decentralization of trade authority away from central ministries to enterprises and Foreign Trade Organizations. The decentralization of trade authority gave enterprises direct exposure to the competitive pressures—and thus the dominant actors—of the world market. 4Socialist Proto-Globalization and Patterns of Uneven Transnational Integration after 1989 chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the rise of foreign direct investment (FDI), both as a new policy orientation, and as a process of capital flows with institutionally transformative consequences in postsocialist economies. While the previous chapters focused largely on political elites and macro-institutional change during the late socialist era, this chapter shifts attention to the impact of organizational processes at the firm level during the immediate postsocialist period in driving the transition towards globally integrated postsocialist industries. The chapter systematically examines patterns of institutional change from joint ventures to foreign direct investment across the region, and demonstrates the capacities of economies with the most diffuse experience with socialist proto-globalization in making the most rapid gains from globalization after economic liberalization post-1989. 5Transnational Integration and Specialization in the 2000s: Diverging International Market Roles chapter abstractThis chapter completes the account of trajectories of globalization by examining patterns of structural transformation and how these cumulatively led individual Central and Eastern European economies towards new international roles in world market integration during the 2000s. Over time, legacy factors matter increasingly less while the politics of adjustment came to matter much more. The chapter uses comparative data to trace patterns of structural transformation leading states to adopt one of the three distinct roles in international market integration: assembly platform, intermediate producer, and combined. The chapter defines the international market integration of small, developing states in a globalized economy as the structural position the nation's industry assumes within global production networks. The concept incorporates both the aggregate role a nation's industry holds in global value chains and the associated (national) political economy or institutional framework within which the organization of industrial activity takes place. 6Critical Junctures and the Politics of Institutional Adjustment: Explaining Divergence chapter abstractThis chapter demonstrates how political factors determined the path of postsocialist development and international market specialization in the 2000s. International market roles of individual economies built upon the cumulative advantages in transnational production Central and Eastern European economies gained during their socialist experience, but it was the political challenge of turning cumulative advantage into a sustained comparative institutional advantage that brought important gains in the capital, technological and skill base of the economy that concerned the politics of reform in the 1990s and 2000s. It was here that the interplay between industrial restructuring and reform of other institutions of the political economy came to matter. The chapter examines these policy patterns to show the divergent specialization of Hungary and Slovakia into an assembly platform, Czech Republic and Slovenia into an intermediate producer, and Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania into combined roles. Conclusion chapter abstractThe book's concluding chapter reexamines patterns of postsocialist development in light of historical opportunities and constraints and patterns of domestic political forces. It recaps the book's key claim on the importance of organizational capacities these economies built during the reform period of the 1970s in opening the path for the region's integration into the capitalist world economy after 1989. The chapter summarizes comparative paths of transformation by highlighting temporal sequences and intervening causal mechanisms during critical junctures in determining institutional developments in the region.

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Book SynopsisWar is one of the most lucrative job markets for an increasingly global workforce. Most of the work on American bases, everything from manning guard towers to cleaning the latrines to more technical engineering and accounting jobs, has been outsourced to private firms that then contract out individual jobs, often to the lowest bidder. An "American" base in Afghanistan or Iraq will be staffed with workers from places like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Turkey, Bosnia, and Nepal: so-called "third-country nationals." Tens of thousands of these workers are now fixtures on American bases. Yet, in the plethora of records kept by the U.S. government, they are unseen and uncounted—their stories untold. Noah Coburn traces this unseen workforce across seven countries, following the workers' often zigzagging journey to war. He confronts the varied conditions third-country nationals encounter, ranging from near slavery to more mundane forms of exploitation. Visiting a British Imperial training camp in Nepal, U.S. bases in Afghanistan, a café in Tbilisi, offices in Ankara, and human traffickers in Delhi, Coburn seeks out a better understanding of the people who make up this unseen workforce, sharing powerful stories of hope and struggle. Part memoir, part travelogue, and part retelling of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of workers, Under Contract unspools a complex global web of how modern wars are fought and supported, narrating war stories unlike any other. Coburn's experience forces readers to reckon with the moral questions of a hidden global war-force and the costs being shouldered by foreign nationals in our name. Trade Review"In his vivid and insightful first-person account, Noah Coburn expands the scope and impact of modern warfare by unveiling the lives of subcontractors often supplied by human trafficking networks and always trapped in a shameful maze of greed and exploitation. Under Contract puts a human face on crucial issues in the prolonged U.S. war in Afghanistan, exposing the grim underworld of migrant workers." -- Ann Hagedorn * author of The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security *"In this highly readable and disturbing account of the American war effort in Afghanistan, Noah Coburn traces the complex transnational web that has snared individuals from various countries in the conflict. A Gurkha story as well as war story, Under Contract chronicles not valor and glory, but poverty, human trafficking, and institutional racism. It will prove a useful resource for anyone interested in international relations, migration, and conflict." -- Deepak Thapa * co-author of A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal's Maoist Insurgency, 1996 to 2004 *"With a vivid eye for detail, analytic lucidity, and compassion, Noah Coburn opens up a space between anthropology and investigative journalism. His journey to understand the human ripple effects of the war in Afghanistan takes him to Nepal, India, Turkey, the Republic of Georgia, and the U.K. in search of people who, often driven by economic desperation, worked for U.S. military contractors. A disturbing picture emerges: a world governed by massive inequalities and the brute realities of chance where some profit handsomely from war while others, dead or maimed for life, are treated as cheap, disposable, and conveniently invisible casualties of American intervention. An important account of a new neoliberal mode of warfare, vital reading for anyone interested in military affairs, Afghanistan, migration, and globalization." -- Hugh Gusterson * author of Drone: Remote Control Warfare *"An irreplaceable and beautifully written book. Under Contract is one of the richest and most straightforward ethnographic accounts of war yet written. In focusing on the long and difficult paths of the contractors of the latest Afghan war, Coburn is the first to truly demonstrate the transnational and profit-driven nature of most modern war." -- Catherine Lutz * Brown University *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsPrologue: No Small War chapter abstractThis book begins with the political and economic changes brought to the area around Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan by the American invasion, comparing the author's experiences with those of a Nepali security guard who was imprisoned in Afghanistan for three years. It presents some of the less predictable consequences of the war, particularly for civilians working for the U.S. war effort. It looks at the wide range of actors who were part of the conflict in Afghanistan, from members of the NATO coalition to individual businessmen who were pulled in by the war economy, suggesting that far from a "small war," as most insurgencies are considered, the war in Afghanistan was truly a global affair. It concludes that understanding the consequences of the war in Afghanistan requires an anthropological approach and lays out the methods of the study that led to this book. 1Mercenaries, Contractors, and Other Hired Guns chapter abstractThis chapter recounts the experience of one Nepali security contractor in Afghanistan and the ways in which his experience, the money that he made, and the connections that he developed have reshaped his life. It looks at how this case is indicative of a wider trend by Western countries to outsource various aspects of war and international intervention. These practices, due largely to the secretive nature of private security firms, remain understudied and, as this chapter demonstrates, even attempting to do a census of such workers is nearly impossible. It also debunks the common myth that private security contractors are not put at the same risk that more typical military personnel are, suggesting that the wider nature of war has changed in ways that are not accounted for in most popular narratives. 2Nepalis at War chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the practice of recruitment of Nepalis into foreign militaries. The practice, which began under the East India Trade Company, eventually led hundreds of thousands of Nepalis to enlist in the British Imperial Army and, later, the Indian Army, the Singapore Police Force, and a range of other foreign bodies. This practice of relying on so-called Gurkha soldiers has shifted in recent years toward private security firms largely funded by the U.S. government. This neoliberal variation of earlier practices of labor migration has led to the commodification of the term Gurkha as these men and the symbols attached to them have been used to encourage orientalist appeals to the supposed martial nature of certain Nepali ethnic groups. 3One Blast, Many Lives chapter abstractThis chapter is the account of the 2013 suicide attack on a private security compound in Kabul through the experience of four Nepali guards who worked there. It looks at the difficulty of sorting out the details on an attack like this one, which was large enough to lead to several deaths, but since those killed were from non-Western countries, it garnered little media attention. Furthermore, the layers of contracting and subcontracting meant that the firm guarding and residing in the compound was not the same as the one that owned the compound, making liability and moral obligations difficult for those involved to sort out. The chapter explores how differently the attack affected the individuals we interviewed, with one being disabled for life with no future prospects, and another, with less severe injuries who used the compensation paid by his firm to start a new business. 4Costs and Compensation chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the various ways in which firms compensate those injured in attacks or other on-the-job injuries in conflict zones. In particular, it focuses on the U.S. Defense Base Act, which was set up to provide injured workers with compensation. While the wording of the law is expansive, many contractors from Nepal and other poor countries have struggled to take advantage of it, since they have limited legal knowledge and contracting companies often isolate them from the lawyers who could potentially help them file a claim. The chapter concludes by speculating about why attacks involving private security firms, particularly where there are non-Westerners killed, have been so easy to ignore and what this says about the current relationship between the media and the U.S. military. 5Manpower chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the process that Nepalis workers use to secure employment abroad. Usually they rely on a series of local brokers and, later, brokers in Kathmandu, who work with a labor firm to secure a contract and work permit abroad. The process has long been derided as corrupt, and most measures aimed at increasing transparency have, according to those going through the process, allowed officials and brokers to extract more bribes from potential migrants. It looks at the case of workers migrating to Afghanistan and how this practice, which was relatively limited following the initial U.S.-led invasion, rapidly expanded, attracting less reputable firms and leading to more bureaucracy. 6Two Hundred Years of Gurkhas chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the increase in employment of retired Gurkhas by international and American private security firms in the early years of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It looks particularly at the experience of two retired Gurkhas who worked at the U.S. embassy for a firm that was later charged with gross negligence. It traces how companies expanded the definition of what a "genuine" Gurkha was, first hiring from those who served in the British Army, then hiring those who had been in the Indian or Nepali armies, and eventually hiring those with no military training at all in order to save costs. It also looks at the experiences of these various groups upon returning to Nepal and the changes (or lack thereof) in their socioeconomic status. 7"Who Will Be a Gurkha?" chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the ongoing practice of recruiting young Nepalis into the British army. It describes the selection process that choses 236 recruits from more than 6,000 applicants, and the rigorous physical tests and interviews that it includes. It looks at how the modern variation and the increased supply of young, unemployed Nepalis has given rise to an industry of training centers that charge for a variety of services. These centers rely on colonial myths about the promise of opportunities abroad, while misleading young Nepalis about the statistical improbability of success, leading many deep into debt and into the hands of manipulative brokers. 8Through the Colonial Looking Glass chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the ongoing practice of British military recruitment in Nepal and explores who this means for Britain's postcolonial relations with Nepal. It looks in particular at the Gurkha Welfare Scheme, which acts like a development organization, but instead of targeting the neediest communities, it focuses on those that tend to produce recruits for the British military. It explores the political campaign to award British citizenship to those serving in the British Army and asks what this means for young Nepalis who are successful in the selection process and those who fail, and the ways in which British practices continue to concentrate economic and political power in the hands of the Nepali elite. 9The Labor of War chapter abstractThis chapter compares and contrasts the experience of working at different companies in conflict zones, arguing that more than nationality, companies shaped the experience of war for various contractors. It looks at case studies from two of the largest contracting firms receiving U.S. funds in Afghanistan, DynCorp and Supreme, both of which hired private security contractors, but also Nepalis in a range of lesser positions, like mechanics and cooks. It tracks the hiring process of these companies and conditions that the workers experienced while in Afghanistan. Nepali workers at these companies judged them often not by using the language of Western human rights, but using more normative language that focused on day-to-day emotions, such as the perceived fairness of supervisors. 10A Protective Government? chapter abstractWas working in Afghanistan legal for Nepalis? This chapter looks at the deeply complex answer to this seemingly simple question. It examines the bureaucratic processes of securing work permits and the corruption associated with the process in both Kathmandu and Kabul. It looks at the ways in which the system was made purposely opaque, a process that helped brokers who facilitated the application for government documents and the officials who could slow down or speed up the process greatly. It explores the various ways countries supplying labor to Western countries at war have failed to protect their citizens and how donor countries have encouraged these practices. 11Of Roses and Revolutions chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the involvement of the Georgian military and Georgian civilian contractors in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It describes the experiences of several Georgian contractors in Afghanistan. It argues that the distinction between the experience of Georgia and Nepal in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq was that the Georgian government used involvement in these conflicts primarily to strengthen their alliances with the United States and EU countries. After the disastrous war in South Ossetia, it became clear that Georgia's allies were more concerned about relations with Russia than ties with the fledgling democracy, but officials interviewed still felt that participation in the wars had strengthened more informal ties between the militaries and ultimately contributed to the increase in foreign assistance to the country. 12Economic Ottomans chapter abstractTurkey's experience of the war in Afghanistan was deeply shaped by the shared religion, cultural, and linguistic similarities. Based on interviewees with Turkish military personnel, this chapter looks at how Turkish strategy and objectives differed from those of its NATO allies. It argues that the long-term goal of the Erdoğan government to reassert influence in the region was part of Turkey's attempts to cultivate new allies and distance itself from the decreasing likelihood of EU membership. In Afghanistan, this meant that the Turkish military and diplomats had a longer time horizon for their involvement in the country. The chapter explores the resulting military cooperation and economic investment, while arguing that the close personnel ties of Turkish officers to their NATO counterparts continues to ensure strong relations. 13Turkish Engineers and Other Heroes of the Intervention chapter abstractTurkey's relatively high education standards and low cost of living meant that contracting companies in Afghanistan often looked to Turkey to provide engineers and other blue-collar workers. This chapter looks at the various contractors and Turkish businesspeople who took advantage of Turkey's position in the global economy, taking business deals that Europeans and Americans were likely to turn down. The chapter explores a case study of a Turkish designer and his life history from his early adventures abroad to his eventual extensive contracting for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan. 14Building an Empire? chapter abstractDespite the presence of numerous Turks working in Afghanistan, the Turkish government made little effort to regulate or even promote Turkish business there. The Turkish companies that succeeded in securing contracts from the U.S. military ranged from handling tens of millions of dollars a year to small family businesses. This chapter argues that it was often the largest of these that were able to undercut their competitors, establish contacts with Afghan companies, and dominate certain industries, such as the construction of U.S. bases. It also looks at some of the lesser-studied industries that support the war in Afghanistan and link together various companies and countries across the region, such as the network of freight forwarding companies that move cargo from Europe to Afghanistan. 15Detained chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the experiences of contractors who were detained by the Afghan authorities. It argues that in contrast to the importance of company of employment in other aspects of the contracting process, nationality most clearly shaped how contractors were treated by the Afghan government. The chapter studies the case of a Nepali laborer who was imprisoned for three years on false charges and was released only after being aided by a journalist. It contrasts this man's experience with the experience of an American and Turk who were also detained. 16Kidnapped chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the experience of one Turkish contractor who was kidnapped by the Haqqani network with a group of other contractors while working in Afghanistan and taken into Pakistan, where he was held for a month before his release. It explores his background and how he came to be working on an isolated base near the Afghan-Pakistani border. The chapter looks how his treatment compared with a Russian contractor, kidnapped at the same moment, and how his religious identity as a fellow Muslim led to better treatment. The chapter examines the confusing attempts by the Turkish and Afghan governments to secure his release and the importance of good luck and self-preservation instincts during such incidents. 17Hom Bahadur chapter abstractFor workers in Afghanistan, visas and other forms of documentation were often the difference between liberty and confinement. This chapter is an in-depth case study of a Nepali contractor who, upon arriving in Afghanistan, was kidnapped and essentially held hostage for several months by an Afghan broker, with the aid of both a Nepali broker and the Afghan police. It was only through the kindness of other laborers, connected through social media, that the worker was eventually able to secure his release. The chapter looks at how brokers are able to take particular advantage of those workers who are poorest with few political and social connections. 18The Boredom of Being Trafficked chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the importance of New Delhi as a transit point for young Nepalis and other South Asians looking for work abroad. It explores the conditions that these young people endure while waiting for brokers to arrange visas, contracts, and other documentation for them. In particular, it studies how brokers promote certain narratives about the potential economic wealth of work abroad in order to keep these young people in limbo and encourage them not to speak with other laborers. Ambiguity becomes an effective economic strategy for these brokers. The chapter asks how assumptions about the involuntary nature of trafficking shape our views and policy on the concept. 19Accountants at Wars chapter abstractThe experiences of white-collar Indians contracting in conflict zones differed greatly from the experiences of poor laborers. This chapter expands the notion of labor migration and explores the importance of Indian administrators, particularly in the human resources and accounting offices of various contracting firms. These individuals often had better educations and connections than their other South Asian counterparts, and this gave them an agency that other contractors did not have. Through a series of case studies, this chapter explores the different experiences and security threats that these individuals faced, particularly in the form of targeting by Pakistani groups. 20Classes and Genders at War chapter abstractLabor migration is largely built on the narrative of economic promise abroad, but what happens when this promise does not materialize? This chapter looks at a series of case studies of Indian and Nepali contractors in Afghanistan to argue that while employment held the promise of upward mobility, instead it tended to solidify gender norms and economic divides. The hypermasculinized world of contracting allowed women to participate, but only in specific ways that further diminished their agency. The chapter also looks at how social media and other new technologies have allowed brokers to target and exploit poor workers. While the capitalist free market language of labor migration promises upward mobility, ultimately it enriched only the ruling class that controlled the mechanisms of migration. 21Returning Abroad chapter abstractIn the 2000s, the United Kingdom began granting citizenship to Nepalis who had served in the British army. This led to a growing population of Nepalis who settled in garrison towns in England, such as Aldershot. This chapter explores these communities, the effect of the war in Afghanistan, and the increasing pull of private security contracting that led many to leave the military. At the same time, this growing population has led to questions about Britain's place in a globalizing world and the legacy of colonialism. The chapter explores the contrast between the promise of a more globalized version of Britain that citizenship for Gurkhas provides, with the discrimination and nativist rhetoric that many Nepalis in the United Kingdom face. 22When You Can't Go Home chapter abstractFollowing the targeting of Iraqi and Afghan contractors who had worked as interpreters for the U.S. military, the U.S. government designed the Special Immigrant Visa program aimed at providing former contractors in danger with visas to settle in the United States. This chapter looks at the challenges that this program has faced and the bureaucracy it has created. It also looks at the lives of several Afghan interpreters who settled in the United States. These former contractors often face challenges far different from what they expected, living in poor, segregated neighborhoods in large American cities that they are ill equipped to navigate. 23Where the War Went chapter abstractAs the United States has increasingly subcontracted aspects of its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, these practices have spread globally, with countries in the Persian Gulf, for example, increasingly relying on mercenaries to staff their militaries. This chapter looks at the potential repercussions of these aspects of the war in Afghanistan. As contracts end, the result is a demobilized army of former contractors willing to fight for anyone willing to give them a paycheck. The chapter case study is of a group of young Nepalis who ended up working as bodyguards in western Russia for a mafia boss. Particularly as new technology and the Internet marketplace make such transactions easier, this chapter asks what the future of warfare might be.

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Book SynopsisThe fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of the bipolar order that emerged after World War II, seemed to inaugurate an age of ever fewer borders. The liberalization and integration of markets, the creation of vast free-trade zones, the birth of a new political and monetary union in Europe—all seemed to point in that direction. Only thirty years later, the tendency appears to be quite the opposite. Talk of a wall with Mexico is only one sign among many that boundaries and borders are being revisited, expanding in number, and being reintroduced where they had virtually been abolished. Is this an out-of-step, deceptive last gasp of national sovereignty or the victory of the weight of history over the power of place? The fact that borders have made a comeback, warns Manlio Graziano, in his analysis of the dangerous fault lines that have opened in the contemporary world, does not mean that they will resolve any problems. His geopolitical history and analysis of the phenomenon draws our attention to the ground shifting under our feet in the present and allows us to speculate on what might happen in the future.Trade Review"A great deal of discussion is had about borders without there being much understanding of what they are and where they came from. Manlio Graziano makes clear the role of borders as symptoms of growing disorder rather than as causes." -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz * University of California, Santa Cruz *"This short book impressively synthesizes a vast range of knowledge about borders, both historical and geographical, into a coherent, accessible, and rigorous narrative. Providing a critical perspective on the so-called return of borders in the context of decades of globalizing tendencies, Graziano outlines the paradoxes of this 'return' while showing how and why globalization and the generation of borders are mutually implicated." -- Brett Neilson * Western Sydney University *"What is a Border? serves as a useful primer that leaves us with the realization that there is much to learn if we are to create more satisfactory political and social groupings for today's world." -- Alexander Sager * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis introduction deals with the question of whether and why the borders are topical despite the long wave of globalization and concludes that they are at the same time obsolete and topical—obsolete, because globalization has undermined them and topical because their weakening has led to a reshuffling of territories and identities. It also introduces the relative nature of borders, which are different in time and space, depending on different stages of development of countries. 1A Short History of Borders chapter abstractThis chapter provides a short history of borders, from prehistoric societies to the present. It challenges some conventional wisdom about the "natural" character of borders, as they were essentially and intrinsically linked to human nature. The chapter describes how territories were delimited at hunter-gatherer times, then when the first empires were born, then in the Middle Ages, and it shows how their modern role was born along with the principle of sovereignty. Part of the chapter is devoted to the birth of the idea of nation and its progressive implementation, to show how nation and borders grew up together. The chapter also deals with cosmopolitan, supranational, and postnational ideas and addresses the return of borders today, explicitly mentioning protectionism, Brexit, and the 2016 American elections. 2The Power of Place chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the different forms, roles, and ideas of borders in the contemporary world, starting with the uneven development of regions, resulting mass-migration movements, and reactions in the developed world. Then it introduces different forms of borders: the invisible borders within countries and societies; the religious borders, which are among the most stable borders, and therefore provide much relief to those who are constantly yearning for an identity; the electoral borders, that is, the increasing political use of borders for electoral purposes; and finally, the phantom borders, the eight states that are not recognized by the international community. 3Borders in Progress chapter abstractThis chapter examines the political role of borders in a series of specific cases. It starts with the different borders of Europe, why they are so numerous, and why they have changed so frequently. It then looks at the Middle East and Africa, where artificial borders and states are linked to political instability and war; the case of the incessantly moving borders of Russia, which is constantly in search of territorial protection; China, with a specific analysis of the buffer regions (i.e., nonethnically Chinese regions) as "natural borders," as well as the issue of its maritime borders and the disputed areas in the South China Sea; and the case of the United States, its particularly stable borders as opposed to the expansion of its frontier well beyond the limits of the Western Hemisphere and the unique openness of its borders to immigration over most of its history. 4Conclusion chapter abstractThe conclusion explains why a history of borders is so important in order to underline their relative character and identify the issue of the political comeback of borders and their likely future implication on international relations.

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Book SynopsisMore than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking readers to sites in India, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, from villages to oilfields and back again. Engaging all parties involved—the migrants themselves, the recruiting agencies that place them, the government bureaucrats that regulate their emigration, and the corporations that hire them—Andrea Wright examines labor migration as a social process as it reshapes global capitalism. With this book, Wright demonstrates how migration is deeply informed both by workers' dreams for the future and the ghosts of history, including the enduring legacies of colonial capitalism. As workers navigate bureaucratic hurdles to migration and working conditions in the Gulf, they in turn influence and inform state policies and corporate practices. Placing migrants at the center of global capital rather than its periphery, Wright shows how migrants are not passive bodies at the mercy of abstract forces—and reveals through their experiences a new understanding of contemporary resource extraction, governance, and global labor.Trade Review"Drawing upon extraordinarily rich fieldwork and a deep knowledge of the region, Andrea Wright brilliantly weaves the transnational connections between India and the Gulf. Between Dreams and Ghosts is a landmark contribution that pushes our understanding of oil, labor, and migrant lives in new and unexpected directions." —Adam Hanieh, author of Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East"Andrea Wright's elegantly crafted ethnography of the lived experiences of Indian migrants to the Gulf oil industry is a telling narrative of the poetics and politics of labor migration. Rich with multiple perspectives and based on extensive fieldwork, Between Dreams and Ghosts stands out as a sensitive and stunning account." —Anand Yang, author of Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia"Andrea Wright's compelling work shows that the oil and money on which so many studies focus is inextricably entangled with the bodies and aspirations of labor migrants. Between Dreams and Ghosts takes readers deep into the transnational swirl of moving people and objects that link the Gulf to India." —Douglas Rogers, author of The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism"Wright presents a fascinating, creatively researched study of Indian migrant workers in the oil industry of the Gulf states... Getting access to the exploiters as well as those exploited—and their ghost stories—is a tribute to the author's daring strategies of research. ... Highly recommended."—C. M. Henry, CHOICE"Even in a book that is in many ways fuelled by oil, the perspective of Wright's story is a very fresh take on the life-worlds that exist inside this massive industry. InBetween Dreams and Ghosts, we get to think about the materiality of the oil industry, and how the materiality itself takes on a transnational and even metaphysical life. The substantive contribution ofBeyond Ghosts and Dreamsto the study of migration in the Gulf is powerfully supported by the ways in which Wright 'passes the mic' and allows migrants to speak throughout, even allowing them to make their mark on the text. One gets the sense that Wright has been exceptionally faithful to her interlocutors and tells a story that would be recognisable to them."—Lindsey Stephenson, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies"In dealing with migrants' lives and the biopolitics of the Indian state at a granular level, Between Dreams and Ghosts does an excellent job at uncovering the agency embedded in labor migration networks, often concealed by a mounting neoliberal corporate logic that naturalizes both labor inequalities and state intervention."—Nelida Fuccaro, Mashriq & Mahjar"Between Dreams and Ghosts is an essential text for both undergraduate and graduate students of South Asian studies, Gulf and Middle East Studies, political economy, labor, and migration; it also provides an important intervention for a range of non- academic audiences, including policy makers, journalists, labor organizers, and human rights groups."—Neha Vora, Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond Surplus and Scarcity Part I: Of Mangoes and Men One: Protecting Vulnerable Citizens Two: Cultivating Entrepreneurs Three: Building Influential Networks Part II: Connective Substances Four: Making Kin with Gold Five: The Rig and the Temple Part III: The Weight of Tradition Six: Blowing Sand Seven: The Demon of Unsafe Acts Conclusion: Enduring Debts

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Book SynopsisWhen the Berlin Wall fell, Germany united in a wave of euphoria and solidarity. Also caught in the current were Vietnamese border crossers who had left their homeland after its reunification in 1975. Unwilling to live under socialism, one group resettled in West Berlin as refugees. In the name of socialist solidarity, a second group arrived in East Berlin as contract workers. The Border Within paints a vivid portrait of these disparate Vietnamese migrants' encounters with each other in the post-socialist city of Berlin. Journalists, scholars, and Vietnamese border crossers themselves consider these groups that left their homes under vastly different conditions to be one people, linked by an unquestionable ethnic nationhood. Phi Hong Su's rigorous ethnography unpacks this intuition. In absorbing prose, Su reveals how these Cold War compatriots enact palpable social boundaries in everyday life. This book uncovers how 20th-century state formation and international migration—together, border crossings—generate enduring migrant classifications. In doing so, border crossings fracture shared ethnic, national, and religious identities in enduring ways.Trade Review"Phi Hong Su's The Border Within is a game-changing book. Using rich ethnographic data with Vietnamese refugees and former contract workers in a reunified Berlin, Su paints a vivid portrait of how national and ethnic categories play out in everyday life. Avoiding simplistic conceptions of these categories, Su takes us into the lives of her subjects as they adopt and transform national and ethnic categories to draw lines of unity and division. This book is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand how migration, war, and changing political boundaries influence belonging."—Tomás R. Jiménez, co-author of States of Belonging"A vivid account of Vietnamese border crossings – social, national, and political – that reconceptualizes the diaspora and notions of ethnonationalism. Su's remarkable study of the diverse pathways of Vietnamese migration to the once-divided city of Berlin serves as a poignant reminder of the ways in which Cold War divisions continue to shape daily lives and raise complex questions of belonging."—Christina Schwenkel, author of Building Socialism"In this remarkable book, Phi Hong Su poignantly analyzes what it means to be Vietnamese in the context of migration between two countries that were profoundly affected by war, national division, and reunification. Having originated decades ago, the Vietnamese community in Germany today continues to confront the impact of violence, division, and reunification on community, ethnic, national, and individual identities. Su deftly unpacks how discrepant histories of borders and border crossings within a coethnic migrant group shape ethnic nationalisms through social relationships and religious practices. The book makes a groundbreaking contribution to transnational studies of Asia and the Asian diaspora."—Ann Marie Leshkowich, College of the Holy Cross"The field of postcolonial studies has long been concerned with issues of cultural hybridity, national belonging, and political sovereignty. Phi Hong Su's The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin tackles all these weighty matters with a remarkable deftness that bridges divergent interests in decolonization, global migration, [and] the Cold War.... The Border Within is a major text for anyone who wishes to grasp the social forces that delimit postcolonial and diasporic identities. This important study reveals how nations are made, unmade, and remade with an understanding that the path to independence and freedom is riddled with endless controversy."—Long T. Bui, Postcolonial Interventions"Phi Hong Su asks a question of enduring interest to migration scholars and students of nationalism: How do ordinary people, thousands of miles from their homeland, make sense of their membership in a distant nation? Su adds two absorbing, creative wrinkles to this question by using a research design that sets The Border Within apart from prior scholarship...Su is both courageous and empathetic in the way she deals with the internal politics of the Vietnamese, their notions of ethnic nationalism, and their lives in Germany...These questions point to how fascinating and generative it is to read The Border Within."—Irene Bloemraad, Social Forces"...unusually theoretically sophisticated and analytically coherent.... The resulting book is as ambitious as it is humble: it shows a tremendous understanding of multiple national contexts and never makes grand claims that do not emerge from the data itself.... These arguments complement multiple fields of scholarship, including on the inadequacy of legal labels in capturing the true range of migration pathways and experiences; on taking categories, such as ethnicity, as to be explainedrather than explanatory; on immigrants as emigrants who continue to be impacted by their homelands; on the potential encumbrance of diasporic networks; on the lingering effects of the Cold War; and on how illuminating migrants' views onto receiving societies' histories can be.... Su's writing is unfailingly elegant, clear, and accessible."—Ulrike Bialas, International Migration Review"This short yet discerning monograph gives a vivid account of the persistence of divisions—including their subtle impact on social identity and social differentiation among Vietnamese in the diaspora decades after the Vietnam War and the Cold War ended. Su achieves this by engaging in wide-ranging fieldwork, including interviews with dozens of southerners as well as northerners. It is one of the most important monographs on this subject published in the last decade, and it should be read widely."—Tuan Hoang, Journal of Vietnamese Studies"This innovative book provides a sophisticated picture of the relationship between borders and boundaries and between nationhood and nationalism, which is of interest not only to scholars in transnational migration studies and in Vietnamese studies but to all readers interested in state formation, immigration, and postconflict division and reconciliation, as well.... The Border Within is an inspiring and well-written book. I believe the book is essential for anyone who wants to understand how partition, reunification, and migration shape the nationhood and nationalism, the unity and the division, among diasporic Vietnamese people."—Nghi Truong, Journal of Asian StudiesTable of Contents1. Border Crossings 2. Making Northerners and Southerners 3. Making Refugees and Contract Workers 4. Ranking the Ethnic Nation 5. Choosing Friends and Picking Sides 6. Buddhist Meditations in Northern and Southern Accents 7. After Border Crossings

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