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Book SynopsisThis book brings an empirical social science perspective to a public issue on which observers, economists, and business gurus have freely unleashed their abstract models and jumbo schemes. Written by internationally acclaimed authors, the chapters engage empirically tractable issues that are basic to any overall understanding of the social origins, structures, and consequences of the current wave of globalization. The book brings together in one volume diverse issues related to globalization that are generally dealt with in separate publications, such as migration, social inequality, flows of capital, Americanization and cultural identities, citizenship and collective action, and global governance. The diversity of topics and up to date discussion makes this book ideal as a text or supplementary reading for courses. As an argument for greater complexity, contingency and contradiction in contemporary debates on globalization, it is essential reading for any scholar or lay reader concer
Trade ReviewThe book is firm and accurate in its contention that contemporary globalization is but the lates turn in a much longer historical process. * Journal Of Intercultural Studies *
The Ends of Globalization wheels out an impressive range of major authors in the field. The book is successful in bringing together a wide and diverse range of issues in connection with the process of globalization. * British Sociological Association Newsletter *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Localizing Flows: Power, Paths, Institutions, and Networks Part 2 Long Term and Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 3 Dimensions of Globaliaztion and the Dynamics of (In)Equalities Chapter 4 The State and the New Geography of Power Chapter 5 States and Capital: Globalizations Past and Present Chapter 6 Class Compromise, Globalization and Technological Change Chapter 7 The Global Economy: Myth or Reality? Chapter 8 Globalization, State Sovereignty, and the "Endless" Accumulation of Capital Part 9 Income Inequality and Flows of Money and Goods Chapter 10 Income Inequality and Flows of Money and Goods: Introduction Chapter 11 Inequality and Globalization: Some Evidence from the United States Chapter 12 Globalization and the New Inequality: A Classical View Chapter 13 The Internationalization of Capital and Trends in Income Inequality in Western Societies Part 14 Flows of People Chapter 15 Flows of People: Globalization, Migration and Transnational Communities Chapter 16 Globalization, Vacancy Chains, or Migration Networks? Immigrant Employment and Income in Greater Los Angeles, 1970-1990 Chapter 17 A World of Difference: Between the Global and the Local Chapter 18 Globalization from Below: The Rise of Transnational Communities Part 19 Beyond the Mosaic: Globalization and Cultural Identity Chapter 20 Beyond th Mosaic: Questioning Cultural Identity in a Globalizing Age. Chapter 21 The Dialectics of Globalization and Localization Chapter 22 Eating Globally: Cultural Flows and the Spread of Spread of Ethnic Restaurants Chapter 23 Technologies of Togetherness: Flows, Mobility and the Nation State Part 24 Global Flows, Global Institutions Chapter 25 Flows and Institutions: Globalization in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 26 Does Equality Travel? A Note on the Institutional Preconditions of Global Equality Chapter 27 The Quest for Humane Governance in an Era of Globalization Part 28 Index Part 29 About the Contributors
