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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Parameters of the Globalization Debate -- 2 Globalization Past and Present -- 3 Globalization and the State: Leviathan Under Threat? -- 4 States, Markets and a Global Economy -- 5 International Institutions, Governance and Globalization -- 6 Globalization and the Changing Face of War -- 7 Identity, Nationalism and Globalization -- 8 Still an Anarchical Society? -- Conclusion: Globalization, World Politics and the 21st Century -- References -- Index.

1. Introduction : what is at stake in revisiting globalization? -- 2. The fate of territorial engineering in an era of 'durable disorder' : mechanisms of territorial power and post-liberal forms of international governance -- 3. Exploring sameness and difference : fundamentalisms and the future of globalization -- 4. Globalization, finance and the 'crisis' : a critical assessment -- 5. The global regulatory consequences of an irrational crisis : examining 'animal spirits' and 'excessive exuberances' as features of the financial system -- 6. Sources of financial sociability : networks, ecological systems or diligent risk preparedness? -- 7. From artisan to partisan : what would it mean to be an artisan of finance? -- 8. Creating credit and rating it : central banks in post-crisis global finance.

Findings from the fifth annual A. T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index reveal a resilience to globalization that runs deeper than transient political crises. Countries are ranked according to economic integration, personal contact, technological creativity, & political engagement, giving an idea of which ones are globalizing & which are not. Attention is given to the US, Russia, the People's Republic of China, Canada, the EU, & Iran, as well as to the globalization's relationship with terrorism, public education spending, & corruption & freedom. J. Zendejas