The globalization reader

This third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points. With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to globalization.

Fully revised and updated with new material on economic globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems
Includes a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and captures some of the fault lines in current debates
Stimulates discussion by including provocative contemporary works and by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting theme

Author Notes

Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. In addition to numerous papers on religion and sociological theory, he published World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli, 2005) and wrote The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2007).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, and state authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989) and Constructing World Culture (edited with George M. Thomas, 1999).

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Editors Lechner and Boli (both sociologists at Emory Univ.) have compiled a comprehensive and diverse collection of readings on globalization, highlighting major differences among scholars. The selections offer insights on the debates over globalization and describe and explain the course of globalization and the shape of its outcomes. According to the editors, one purpose of the reader is to show that, worn though it may be, the concept still usefully captures significant worldwide changes. Several major questions are addressed and discussed by scholars with differing views: What does globalization involve? Is globalization driven by the expanding market? Does globalization determine local events? Is globalization harmful? Since separate sections of this reader offer broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, environmental, and individual dimensions, it provides a deeper understanding of the globalization process. A very good resource for students who want a wide-ranging introduction to this topic and for those interested in the global processes shaping the world today. Public and academic library collections, lower-division undergraduate and up. E. Balkan; Hamilton College (NY)

John Micklethwait and Adrian WooldridgeAmartya SenJohn GrayBenjamin BarberSamuel P. HuntingtonImmanuel WallersteinLeslie SklairRobert O. Keohane and Joseph S. NyeJohn W. Meyer and John Boli and George M. Thomas and Francisco O. RamirezRoland RobertsonArjun AppaduraiUlf HannerzTheodore C. BestorJames L. WatsonMartin AlbrowBruce FullerTimothy D. TaylorMiguel KorzeniewiczGary GereffiMartin WolfRobert Hunter WadeMary RobinsonDavid HendersonJoseph E. StiglitzKenichi OhmaeSusan StrangeJames H. MittelmanDani RodrikGeoffrey GarrettNitza BerkovitchElizabeth Heger BoyleJohn Boli and George M. ThomasPeter EigenJessica T. MathewsMichael BondMonroe E. PriceJohn Sinclair and Elizabeth Jacka and Stuart CunninghamJohn TomlinsonHeather TyrrellTyler CowenFrank J. LechnerCharles KurzmanBassam TibiOlivier RoyShahla HaeriPhilip JenkinsFrank J. Lechner and John BoliJose CasanovaPaul WapnerMargaret E. Keck and Kathryn SikkinkAbigail AbrashPeter EvansGustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri PrakashJames HardingVandana ShivaSubcomandante Marcos

Sources and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xviii
General Introduction	p. 1
Part I Debating Globalization	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
1 The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed	p. 11
2 How to Judge Globalism	p. 19
3 From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market	p. 25
4 Jihad vs. McWorld	p. 32
5 The Clash of Civilizations?	p. 39
Questions	p. 47
Part II Explaining Globalization	p. 49
Introduction	p. 51
6 The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy	p. 55
7 Sociology of the Global System	p. 62
8 Realism and Complex Interdependence	p. 70
9 World Society and the Nation-State	p. 78
10 Globalization as a Problem	p. 87
11 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy	p. 95
12 The Global Ecumene	p. 105
Questions	p. 116
Part III Experiencing Globalization	p. 117
Introduction	p. 119
13 How Sushi Went Global	p. 121
14 McDonald's in Hong Kong	p. 126
15 Travelling Beyond Local Cultures	p. 135
16 Strong States, Strong Teachers?	p. 143
17 Strategic Inauthenticity	p. 151
Questions	p. 156
Part IV Economic Globalization	p. 157
Introduction	p. 159
18 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry	p. 163
19 The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development	p. 173
20 Incensed About Inequality	p. 183
21 Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality?	p. 190
22 Beyond Good Intentions: Corporate Citizenship for a New Century	p. 197
23 The Case against 'Corporate Social Responsibility'	p. 202
24 Globalism's Discontents	p. 208
Questions	p. 216
Part V Political Globalization I: The Demise of the Nation-State?	p. 217
Introduction	p. 219
25 The End of the Nation State	p. 223
26 The Declining Authority of States	p. 228
27 Global Organized Crime	p. 235
28 Has Globalization Gone Too Far?	p. 241
29 Partisan Politics in the Global Economy	p. 247
Questions	p. 256
Part VI Political Globalization II: Reorganizing the World	p. 257
Introduction	p. 259
30 The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement	p. 263
31 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting	p. 268
32 World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization	p. 274
33 Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach	p. 282
34 Power Shift	p. 287
35 The Backlash against NGOs	p. 294
Questions	p. 300
Part VII Cultural Globalization I: The Role of Media	p. 301
Introduction	p. 303
36 Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power	p. 306
37 Peripheral Vision	p. 311
38 Cultural Imperialism	p. 317
39 Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories	p. 327
40 Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care	p. 335
Questions	p. 341
Part VIII Cultural Globalization II: The Role of Religions	p. 343
Introduction	p. 345
41 Global Fundamentalism	p. 348
42 Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims	p. 353
43 The Challenge of Fundamentalism	p. 358
44 Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah	p. 364
45 Obedience versus Autonomy: Women and Fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan	p. 370
46 The Christian Revolution	p. 379
47 Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement	p. 387
48 Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a "Universal" Church	p. 392
Questions	p. 398
Part IX Changing World Society: Environmentalism and the Globalization of Social Problems	p. 399
Introduction	p. 401
49 From One Earth to One World	p. 404
50 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development	p. 411
51 Greenpeace and Political Globalism	p. 415
52 Environmental Advocacy Networks	p. 423
53 The Amungme, Kamoro & Freeport: How Indigenous Papuans Have Resisted the World's Largest Gold and Copper Mine	p. 431
Questions	p. 437
Part X Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action	p. 439
Introduction	p. 441
54 Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Political Economy	p. 444
55 From Global to Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope	p. 451
56 Counter-Capitalism: Globalisation's Children Strike Back	p. 459
57 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization	p. 465
58 Tomorrow Begins Today	p. 474
59 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization	p. 479
60 A Better World Is Possible!	p. 482
Questions	p. 494
Index	p. 495

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