Book description
Completely revised and updated, the fifth edition of this well-regarded textbook charts key topics and recent research in globalization along with the latest complexities and controversies in the field.
Includes a new section on globalization and identity and new readings on global inequality, mental illness, structural violence, microfinance, blood diamonds, world citizenship, the global justice movement, and sumo wrestling
Contains essential, thought-provoking readings by prominent scholars, activists, and organizations on the many dimensions of globalization, from political and economic issues to cultural and experiential ones
Examines foundational topics, such as the experience of globalization, economic and political globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, women's rights, environmentalism, global civil society, and the alternative globalization movement
Retains the helpful student features from prior editions, including an accessible format, concise introductions to major topics, stimulating examples, and discussion questions for each selection and section
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- General Introduction
- Part I: Debating Globalization
- Part II: Explaining Globalization
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Part III: Experiencing Globalization
- Introduction
- 12 Waves in the History of Globalization
- 13 How Sushi Went Global
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14 McDonald's in Hong Kong
- Transnationalism and the Fast Food Industry
- Mental Categories: Snack versus Meal
- From Exotic to Ordinary: McDonald's Becomes Local
- Sanitation and the Invention of Cleanliness
- What's in a Smile? Friendliness and Public Service
- Consumer Discipline?
- Hovering and the Napkin Wars
- Children as Consumers
- Ronald McDonald and the Invention of Birthday Parties
- Conclusions: Whose Culture Is It?
- 15 The Transnational Villagers
- 16 The Great Game and the Informal Empire
- 17 Fear and Money in Dubai
- 18 An Anthropology of Structural Violence
- 19 Crazy Like Us
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Part IV: Globalization and the World Economy
- Introduction
- 20 China Makes, the World Takes
- 21 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies
- 22 The Global Economy
- 23 Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now
- 24 The Bottom Billion
- 25 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Effects
- 26 The Twin Excesses – Financialization and Globalization – Caused the Crash
- 27 Globalism's Discontents
- Part V: Globalization and the Nation-State
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Part VI: Global Governance
- Introduction
- 33 The International Monetary Fund
- 34 The Future of the Multilateral Trade System – What Role for the World Trade Organization?
- 35 A New World Order
- 36 ISO and the Infrastructure for a Global Market
- 37 Global Health Governance
- 38 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grant-Making Programme for Global Health
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Part VII: Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society
- Introduction
- 39 The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement
- 40 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting
- 41 Women's Human Rights and the Muslim Question
- 42 World Culture in the World Polity
- 43 Closing the Corruption Casino
- 44 Trading Diamonds Responsibly
- 45 Poverty Capital
- Part VIII: Globalization and Media
- Part IX: Globalization and Religion
- Part X: Globalization and Identity
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Part XI: Global Environmentalism
- Introduction
- 64 Greenpeace and Political Globalism
- 65 Environmental Advocacy Networks
- 66 Toward Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development
- 67 Ozone Depletion
- 68 Forest Stewardship Council
- 69 Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, at the opening session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
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Part XII: Alternative Globalization and the Global Justice Movement
- Introduction
- 70 Counterhegemonic Globalization
- 71 The Global Justice Movement
- 72 The Global South
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73 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization
- The Three Waves of Globalization
- The Community, the State, and the Corporation
- Globalization as Environmental Apartheid
- Northern Dumping in the South
- People's Movements for the Protection of Biodiversity and Collective Rights
- The Movement for Declaration of Community Rights to Biodiversity: The Case of Pattuvam Panchayat
- Navdanya: Seeds of Freedom
- Conclusion
- 74 Tomorrow Begins Today
- 75 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization
- 76 A Better World Is Possible!
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: The Globalization Reader, 5th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN: 9781118733554
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