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Offers an introduction to the major topics in globalization studies. This title makes use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalization. It includes a glossary of key terms. It is an integrated use of various materials - empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etc.
List of contents
List of Figures.
Preface.
1. Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures.
2. Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies.
3. Globalization and Related Processes I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization.
4. Globalization and Related Processes II: Americanization and Anti-Americanism.
5. Neo-Liberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives.
6. Global Political Structures and Processes.
7. Structuring the Global Economy.
8. Global Economic Flows: Production and Consumption.
9. Global Culture and Cultural Flows.
10. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures: Technology, Media, and the Internet.
11. Global Flows of People: Vagabonds and Tourists.
12. Global Environmental Flows.
13. Negative Global Flows and Processes: Dangerous Imports, Diseases, Crime, Terrorism, War.
14. Global Inequalities I: Patterns of Inequality.
15. Global Inequalities II: Global Majority-Minority Relations.
16. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Futures of, Globalization.
Appendix: Disciplinary Approaches to Globalization.
Glossary.
Index.
