Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century: A Reader

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Patrick O'Meara, Howard D. Mehlinger, Matthew Krain
Indiana University Press, 2000 M06 22 - 500 pages

"If you want to catch up on some of the best articles written about globalisation since the topic became fashionable several years ago, this reader is the place to start." —The Economist

A blue ribbon collection of major articles and position papers on the concept of globalization. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides a broad introduction to the topic and lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. Contributors include Kofi Annan, Benjamin Barber, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel Huntington, Robert Kaplan, Paul Kennedy, Walter Lacqueur, Bill McKibben, Lester Thurow, and Jeffrey Sachs.

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Contents

Jihad vs McWorld Benjamin R Barber
23
Rejoinders
61
The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict John R Bowen
79
The Rise of the Region State Kenichi Ohmae
93
Has Globalization Created a Borderless World? Janet Ceglowski
101
Conflict and Security in a New World Order
123
Not the New World We Ordered David Keen
140
Globalization and the Evolution of Democracy
159
The Dawn of the ELance Economy
289
Electronic Cash and the End of National Markets Stephen J Kobrin
300
Local Memoirs of a Global Manager Gurcharan Das
309
Whats Ahead for 20012030
355
The Promise of Genetics
368
The Environment
375
A Special Moment in History Bill McKibben
383
The Exploding Cities of the Developing World Eugene Linden
406

The Rise of Illiberal Democracy Fareed Zakaria
181
Was Democracy Just a Moment? Robert D Kaplan
196
The New Global Economy
215
Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate Dani Rodrik
227
The Nuke of the 90s Roger C Altman
240
The Gender and Labor Politics of Postmodernity Aihwa Ong
253
NeoLiberalism and Globalization
282
An Emerging Global Culture?
417
English Rules Madelaine Drohan and Alan Freeman
428
The New Linguistic Order Joshua A Fishman
435
In Praise of Cultural Imperialism? David Rothkopf
443
Culture Wars The Economist
454
Resource Bibliography Robert Goehlert and Anthony Stamatoplos
461
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