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Book SynopsisThe societies of the present world are experiencing many turbulent changes. New forces of change and modernization are driving people, business and cultures across borders. The world has become a home to a new generation of homo sapiens who are curious about others but, at the same time, cherish to preserve their own cultures. What is the nature of this evolving world society? Is the world driving toward a new global civilization—an "end of history"— or an inevitable civilizational clash? The present volume has brought together leading scholars in the field to examine the concept of globalization, deliberate on the character of its multifaceted nature and expressions, and delineate its impact on the emerging world economy, politics, culture, and science. A number of substantive issues such as the emergence of new global economic inequality, culture and the role of the trans-nationals, nature of the emerging global environmental regimes, rise of the NICs, and the conflicting role of the nation-states in the face of the advancing forces of globalization are addressed. It is contended that globalization should be perceived neither as an unbounded economic progress nor as an expansion of western domination. Globalization is, rather, defined as a new development strategy--a process of change that can be planned, guided, and controlled. For national political and business leaders of the world, the volume provides a blueprint of the emerging areas of policy concerns and guidance. For the world of social science, it presents a road-map of the emerging intellectual issues and challenges. Contributors are Alessandro Bonanno, Stephen W.K. Chiu, Douglas Constance, Richard J. Estes, R. Scott Frey, Archibald O. Haller, George A. Miller, Proshanta K. Nandi, Winifred R. Poster, J. Timmons Roberts, Shahid M. Shahidullah, Bam Dev Sharda, and Alvin Y. So.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Globalization and Development: The Emerging Dynamics and Dilemmas, Proshanta K. Nandi and Shahid M. Shahidullah Trends in World Social Development, 1970-1995: Development Challenges for a New Century, Richard J. Estes Globalization, Gender, and the Workplace: Women and Men in an American Multinational Corporation in India, Winifred R. Poster The Export of Hazardous Industries to the Peripheral Zones of the World-System, R. Scott Frey Concepts and Indicators of Development: An Empirical Analysis, Bam Dev Sharda, George A. Miller and Archibald O. Haller Global Agri-Food Sector and the Case of the Tuna Industry: Global regulation and Perspectives for Development Alessandro Bonanno and Douglas Constance Geopolitics, Global Production, and the Three Paths of Development in East Asia, Alvin Y. So and Stephen W.K. Chiu Emerging Global Environmental Standards: Prospects and Perils, J. Timmons Roberts The Nationality and Globality of Social Science: The Issues of Globalizing Sociology in America, Shahid M. Shahidullah Contributors Index
