Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is a peer-reviewed collection of essays submitted by participants of two joint conferences on the theme of globalization. The essays collected in this volume deal with a wide variety of subjects related to globalization, ranging from the social sciences to the humanities.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction: Globalization Redux: New Name, Same Game Chapter 4 Globalization, Development, and Wages Chapter 5 Foreign Direct Investment and Trends in Modern Economics: Fact vs. Fiction Chapter 6 The IT Revolution and Business: an International Comparison Chapter 7 The Social Justice Implications of Global Warming Chapter 8 The United States and the United Nations: Unilateralism in an Era of Globalization Chapter 9 One Year After the Kim-Kim Talks: North Korea and International Security Chapter 10 The French Challenge to Globalization Chapter 11 The Globalization of Education Chapter 12 Leisure and Tourism and the Development of New Urban Spaces in the Global Village Chapter 13 National Poems, Global Themes: "Duty" in the Epic Tradition Chapter 14 Beyond Frontiers: Will Nelson Lovatt in Late Nineteenth-Century China and Korea Chapter 15 The Importance of Ethnic Studies in the Curriculum: The Case of Japanese-Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century Chapter 16 Primacy of Practice in Shingon Buddhism at Mount Koya, Japan: Four Ritual and Three "Bodies' Chapter 17 Contributors
