{"product_id":"globalization-9781119527282","title":"Globalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Website xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Globalization I 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLiquids, Flows, and Structures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome of the Basics 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Solids to Liquids (to Gases) 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlows 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeavy, Light, Weightless 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeavy Structures That Expedite Flows 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeavy Structures as Barriers to Flows 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Winners and Losers of Global Flows 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking About Global Flows and Structures 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Globalization II 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSome Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs There Such a Thing as Globalization? 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs it Globalization, Transnationalization, or Regionalization? 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf There is Such a Thing as Globalization, When Did it Begin? 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization or Globalizations? 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Drives Globalization? 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Globalization Hop Rather than Flow? 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf There Is Such a Thing as Globalization, Is It Inexorable? 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Controls Globalization? 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes \u003ci\u003eGlobaphilia \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eGlobaphobia \u003c\/i\u003eHave the Upper Hand? 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat, if Anything, Can Be Done About Globalization? 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Globalization and Related Processes 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eImperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and Americanization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperialism 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonialism 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWesternization 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEasternization 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericanization 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparisons with Globalization 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era of the “Posts” 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Neoliberalism 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRoots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Historical Context of Neoliberalism 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism: The Basic Principles 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritiquing Neoliberalism 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism: The Case of Israel 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death of Neoliberalism? 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Global Political Structures and Processes 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Political Processes and Flows 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nation-State 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Imagined Community” 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in Global Nation-State Relations 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Political Developments and Structures 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Political Organizations 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Governance 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivil Society 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Structuring the Global Economy 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Bretton Woods 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBretton Woods and the Bretton Woods System 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of Bretton Woods 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Economic Integration and Free Trade 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Economic Organizations 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Emerging Economies 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multinational Corporation (MNC) 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Myth of Economic Globalization? 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Global Economic Flows 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProduction and Consumption\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Trade Flows 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Value Chains 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncreasing Competition for Commodities 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economic Impact of the Flow of Oil 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace to the Bottom and Upgrading 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutsourcing 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinancial Globalization 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporations, People, and Ideas 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumption 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Global Culture and Cultural Flows 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Differentialism 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Hybridization 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Convergence 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport: A Case Study for Global Culture 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 High-Tech Global Flows and Structures 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTechnology, Mass Media, the Internet, and Social Media\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology, Time-Space Compression, and Distanciation 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMass Media 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Internet and Social Media 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Global Flows of People 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMigration, Human Trafficking, and Tourism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigrants 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration Flows 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Trafficking 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTourism 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Global Environmental Flows 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization and Environmental Flows 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferences among Nation-States 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Climate Change 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Environmental Problems 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Responses 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraming Global Responses 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Lightness to Heaviness in Environmental Flows 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollapse 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Negative Global Flows and Processes 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDiseases, Dangerous Imports, Crime, Terrorism, War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorderless Diseases 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDangerous Imports 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrime 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerrorism 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar 453          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Negative Global Flows on Individuals 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Global Economic Power and Inequality 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eClass Inequalities and Global Cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass Inequality 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Cities and the Rural-Urban Context 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 502\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Global Power and Inequalities II 509\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRace, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and Inequality 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace and Ethnicity 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Sexuality 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Dealing with, Resisting, and the Futures of, Globalization 553\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Globalization 554\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResisting Globalization 568\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Movements and Alter-Globalizations 574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Futures of Globalization 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary 588\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 595\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropology 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociology 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Science 597\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomics 598\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeography 600\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychology 601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Criticism (Postcolonial) 602\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Fields 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 607\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 619\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407073583447,"sku":"9781119527282","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119527282.jpg?v=1730498084","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/globalization-9781119527282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}