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Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization. Now in its sixth edition, the Reader has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to review the most important global trends. Including readings by a variety of authors, the text offers a wide-ranging and authoritative introduction to the political, economic, cultural, and experiential aspects of globalization. The updated sixth edition presents the most accessible and comprehensive review of current debates and research. Contributions from scholars, activists, and organizations provide balanced viewpoints and expert coverage of the many aspects of globalization. The Globalization Reader offers readings on an exciting range of new topics as well as retaining key globalization 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. Written for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology, political science, anthropology and geography, the revised sixth edition covers courses such as globalization, comparative political economy, international relations and similar topics.

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Since its initial publication, The Globalization Reader has been lauded for its comprehensive coverage of the issues surrounding globalization. Now in its sixth edition, the Reader has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to review the most important global trends. Including readings by a variety of authors, the text offers a wide-ranging and authoritative introduction to the political, economic, cultural, and experiential aspects of globalization. The updated sixth edition presents the most accessible and comprehensive review of current debates and research. Contributions from scholars, activists, and organizations provide balanced viewpoints and expert coverage of the many aspects of globalization. The Globalization Reader offers readings on an exciting range of new topics as well as retaining key globalization 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. Written for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology, political science, anthropology and geography, the revised sixth edition covers courses such as globalization, comparative political economy, international relations and similar topics.

Author Biography

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He is the author of The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008), Globalization: The Making of World Society (2009), and The American Exception (2017), among other publications. John Boli is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Emory University, USA. His publications cover world culture, global organizations, state authority, and education. He has co-authored a number of books including Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 (with George Thomas, 1999).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Sixth Edition xii General Introduction 1 Part I Debating Globalization 7 Introduction 8 1 The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed 11
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge 2 How to Judge Globalism 19
Amartya Sen 3 The Elusive Concept of Globalisation 25
Cees J. Hamelink 4 The Clash of Civilizations? 32
Samuel P. Huntington 5 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 40
United Nations Part I Questions 46 Part II Explaining Globalization 47 Introduction 48 6 The Modern WorldSystem as a Capitalist WorldEconomy 52
Immanuel Wallerstein 7 Sociology of the Global System 59
Leslie Sklair 8 A Brief History of Neoliberalism 67
David Harvey 9 World Society and the NationState 73
John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas, and Francisco O. Ramirez 10 Globalization as a Problem 82
Roland Robertson 11 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy 90
Arjun Appadurai Part II Questions 99 Part III Experiencing Globalization 101 Introduction 102 12 Waves in the History of Globalization 105
Frank J. Lechner 13 McDonald's in Hong Kong 112
James L. Watson 14 The Transnational Villagers 121
Peggy Levitt 15 Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization 129
Aneesh Aneesh 16 Fear and Money in Dubai 137
Mike Davis 17 Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism 142
Sasha Issenberg 18 An Anthropology of Structural Violence 147
Paul Farmer 19 Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche 154
Ethan Watters Part III Questions 159 Part IV Globalization and the World Economy 161 Introduction 162 20 China Makes, the World Takes 167
James Fallows 21 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry 173
Miguel Korzeniewicz 22 The Sticky Superpower 184
The Economist 23 Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now: An Overview 189
Branko Milanovic 24 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It 194
Paul Collier 25 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Effects 200
Malcolm Edey 26 The Twin Excesses – Financialization and Globalization – Caused the Crash 207
Ashok Bardhan 27 Globalism's Discontents 210
Joseph E. Stiglitz Part IV Questions 218 Part V Globalization and the Nation-State 219 Introduction 220 28 The Declining Authority of States 224
Susan Strange 29 Global Organized Crime 231
James H. Mittelman 30 Has Globalization Gone Too Far? 237
Dani Rodrik 31 The Individualization of Society and the Liberalization of State Policies on SameSex Sexual Relations, 1984–1995 244
David John Frank and Elizabeth H. McEneaney 32 Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960–2009 251
Elizabeth H. Boyle, Minzee Kim, and Wesley Longhofer Part V Questions 258 Part VI Global Governance 261 Introduction 262 33 The International Monetary Fund 266
James Vreeland 34 ISO and the Infrastructure for a Global Market 273
Craig N. Murphy and JoAnne Yates 35 Global Health Governance: A Conceptual Review 280
Richard Dodgson, Kelley Lee, and Nick Drager 36 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's GrantMaking Programmefor Global Health 286
David McCoy, Gayatri Kembhavi, Jinesh Patel, and Akish Luintel 37 IMPACT: Transforming Business, Changing the World – The United Nations Global Compact 291
DNV GL Group and United Nations Global Compact Part VI Questions 297 Part VII Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society 299 Introduction 300 38 NGOs and Climate Crisis: Fragmentation, Lines of Conflict and Strategic Approaches 304
Barbara Unmusig 39 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting 313
Elizabeth Heger Boyle 40 Women's Human Rights and the Muslim Question: Iran's One Million Signatures Campaign 320
Rebecca L. Barlow 41 World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International NonGovernmental Organization 328
John Boli and George M. Thomas 42 Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach 336
Peter Eigen 43 Trading Diamonds Responsibly: Institutional Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility 341
Franziska Bieri and John Boli 44 Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development 348
Ananya Roy Part VII Questions 354 Part VIII Globalization and Media 355 Introduction 356 45 Cultural Imperialism 360
John Tomlinson 46 Mapping Global Media Flow and ContraFlow 370
Daya Kishan Thussu 47 Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 377
Doobo Shim 48 Landing of the Wave: Hallyu in Peru and Brazil 383
Nusta Corranza Ko, Song No, JeongNam Kim, and Ronald Gobbi Simoes 49 Watching Big Brother at Work: A Production Study of Big Brother Australia 389
Jane Roscoe 50 Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories 397
Heather Tyrrell 51 Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care 405
Tyler Cowen Part VIII Questions 411 Part IX Globalization and Religion 413 Introduction 414 52 Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims 418
Charles Kurzman 53 Globalised Islam: The Search for a New Ummah 423
Olivier Roy 54 The Christian Revolution 429
Philip Jenkins 55 American Evangelicals: The Overlooked Globalizers and Their Unintended Gospel of Modernity 437
Joshua J. Yates 56 Religious Rejections of Globalization 443
Frank J. Lechner 57 The Decontexualization of Asian Religious Practices in the Context of Globalization 450
Brooke Schedneck Part IX Questions 455 Part X Globalization and Identity 457 Introduction 458 58 Moral Choices and Global Desires: Feminine Identity in a Transnational Realm 461
Ernestine McHugh 59 Global/Indian: Cultural Politics in the IT Workplace 469
Smitha Radhakrishnan 60 Strategic Inauthenticity 476
Timothy D. Taylor 61 Orange Nation: Soccer and National Identity in the Netherlands 481
Frank J. Lechner 62 Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture 486
Ulf Hannerz 63 Cosmopolitanism & Humanism 492
C. Martin Centner Part X Questions 495 Part XI Global Environmentalism 497 Introduction 498 64 Greenpeace and Political Globalism 502
Paul Wapner 65 Environmental Advocacy Networks 510
Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink 66 Toward Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development: Transnational Civil Society Organizing around Big Dams 519
Sanjeev Khagram 67 Ozone Depletion 526
Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown 68 Movements for Climate Justice in the US and Worldwide 531
Brian Tokar 69 Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, at the Opening Session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland 539
Rajendra K. Pachauri Part XI Questions 542 Part XII Contesting Globalization: Alternatives and Opposition 545 Introduction 546 70 Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Political Economy 550
Peter Evans 71 The Global Justice Movement 557
Geoffrey Pleyers 72 The Twelve Assumptions of an AlterGlobalisation Strategy 563
Gustave Massiah 73 The Global South: The WTO and Deglobalization 568
Walden Bello 74 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization 573
Vandana Shiva 75 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization 582
World Social Forum 76 When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism 585
Jonathan Haidt 77 The Globalization of Rage: Why Today's Extremism Looks Familiar 591
Pankaj Mishra Part XII Questions 595 Index 597

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General Introduction Part I Debating Globalization Part II Explaining Globalization Part III Experiencing Globalization Part IV Globalization and the World Economy Part V Globalization and the Nation-State Part VI Global Governance Part VII Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society Part VIII Globalization and Media Part IX Globalization and Religions Part X Globalization and Identity Part XI Global Environmentalism Part XII Alternative Globalization and the Global Justice Movement

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