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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Are Countries Improved by Globalization? -- The Complexities of Globalization Have Nuanced Effects -- Globalization Spreads Freedom and Democracy -- Trade Raises Incomes, Stimulates Economic Growth, and Encourages Good Government -- Increased Offshoring Has Damaged the US Economy -- Industrial Pollution Has Dangerously Lowered Air Quality Worldwide -- Are Multinational Corporations Unethical? -- Corporate Interests Have Displaced Public and Governmental Authority -- Multinational Corporations Create Dependency in Their Host Countries -- The Human and Environmental Costs of Multinational Corporations -- Multinational Corporations Standards of Living in Developing Countries -- Low Wages in Developing Countries Are Due to Low Productivity, Not Exploitation -- Sweatshops Provide Essential Economic Opportunities for Developing Countries -- Does Cultural Globalization Positively Impact Communities? -- Free Trade Enables a GreaterI ntermingling of Cultures -- Culture Is Dynamic and Borrows from Other Cultures to Its Benefit -- Cultural Exchange Does Not Mean a Nation's Loss of Identity -- The Global Spread of New Media Technologies Threatens Indigenous Cultures -- Exposure to Global Social Media Networks Can Change Traditional Local Cultures -- Does Economic Globalization Contribute to Poverty? -- Globalization's Rise Has Been Accompanied by Changes in Inequality and Poverty -- Free Trade Does Not Increase Wealth and Prosperity Equally -- Globalization Is a Factor in Increasing Inequality -- Globalization Has Reduced Poverty Around the World -- With Proper Steps, the Poor Can Benefit from Globalization -- Free Trade Fosters Economic Development in Poor Countries -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Discusses the controversial viewpoints regarding globalization.

Globalization. A Threat to Cultural Diversityin Southern Ethiopia?; Table of contents; Introduction; Methodology; Major approaches to cultural globalization; The setting; Influences of American popular culture; Global consumer culture; Clothing; Influences of tourism; Influences on indigenous knowledge; Formal education through schooling; Influences of Christian missionary organizations; Conclusion; Bibliography; List of figures; Annex 1; Annex 2; Annex 3; Annex 4; The Author.

Intro -- GLOBALIZATION BACKGROUND, AGREEMENTS AND CURRENT ISSUES -- GLOBALIZATION BACKGROUND, AGREEMENTS AND CURRENT ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EUROPE'S PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: STATUS, CONTENT AND IMPLICATIONS -- Summary -- Introduction -- Status and Primary Motivations of Europe'sPTAs -- Agreements with Future EU Members or Close Neighbors -- Acceding Countries -- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- Western Balkans -- Other European Agreements -- Agreements with Bordering or Near-Bordering Countries -- Mediterranean Countries -- Gulf States -- Ukraine -- Agreements with Developing Countries -- ACP Countries -- Generalized System of Preferences -- Agreements with Distant Countries and Regions -- Regional Agreements -- Andean Community and Central America -- ASEAN -- MERCOSUR -- Bilateral Agreements -- Canada -- Chile -- India -- Mexico -- Republic of Korea -- South Africa -- Comparing U.S. and EUPTAs -- Overall Approaches -- WTO-Plus Provisions -- WTO-Extra Provisions -- Trade Coverage -- Trade Competition -- Implications for the Multilateral Trading System and U.S. Trade Policy -- Multilateral Trading System -- No Impact -- Positive Impact -- Negative Impact -- U.S. Trade Policy -- FTA Controversy -- Impact of EU-Korea and EU-Canada FTAs -- Conclusion -- Appendix. EUPTAs -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 2 NATO COMMON FUNDS BURDENSHARING: BACKGROUND AND CURRENT ISSUES -- Summary -- Introduction -- NATO Civil Budget -- NATO Military Budget -- NATO Security Investment Program -- Common Funds Burdensharing Issues -- Chapter 3 MONITORING AND VERIFICATION IN ARMS CONTROL -- Summary -- Introduction -- Monitoring and Verification in Arms Control -- The Components of a Verification Regime -- The Objectives of a Verification Regime -- Assessing Verifiability

What is generally called globalization is a vast social field in which hegemonic or dominant social groups, states, interests and ideologies collide with counter-hegemonic or subordinate social groups, states, interests and ideologies on a world scale. Even the hegemonic camp is fraught with conflicts, but over and above them, there is a basic consensus among its most influential members (in political terms, the G-7). It is this consensus that confers on globalization its dominant characteristics. The counter-hegemonic or subordinate production of globalization is what is called insurgent cosmopolitanism. It consists of the transnationally organized resistance against the unequal exchanges produced or intensified by globalized localisms and localized globalisms.

The contemporary era of globalization demonstrates that the local and global aspects of business and government are increasingly intertwined. This volume defines and makes sense of the workings of the global economyÑand how it influences businesses and individuals. Each chapter identifies common questions and issues that have gained exposure in the popular mediaÑsuch as outsourcing, the high cost of international travel, and the impact of a fast-growing ChinaÑto illustrate underlying drivers and mechanisms at work. Covering international trade, national wealth disparities (the haves vs. the ha

This collection of essays makes a striking intervention in the increasingly heated debates surrounding the cultural dimensions of globalization. While including discussions about what globalization is and whether it is a meaningful term, the volume focuses in particular on the way that changing sites -- local, regional, diasporic -- are the scenes of emergent forms of sovereignty in which matters of style, sensibility, and ethos articulate new legalities and new kinds of violence. Seeking an alternative to the dead-end debate between those who see globalization as a phenomenon wholly without precedent and those who see it simply as modernization, imperialism, or global capitalism with a new face, the contributors seek to illuminate how space and time are transforming each other in special ways in the present era. They examine how this complex transformation involves changes in the situation of the nation, the state, and the city. While exploring distinct regions -- China, Africa, South America, Europe -- and representing different disciplines and genres -- anthropology, literature, political science, sociology, music, cinema, photography -- the contributors are concerned with both the political economy of location and the locations in which political economies are produced and transformed.

Globalization, within academic, political and business circles alike, conjures an ever growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. They expose, challenge and demystify many of the exaggerated and overgeneralized claims made about globalization, whilst developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the world we inhabit and the processes currently reconfiguring it.

Intro -- GLOBALIZATION TRADE AGREEMENTS, GLOBAL HEALTH AND UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT -- GLOBALIZATION TRADE AGREEMENTS, GLOBAL HEALTH AND UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 TRADE AGREEMENTS: IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR AGREEMENTS -- Multilateral Agreements -- Regional Trade Agreements -- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) -- U.S.-Southern African Customs Union Free Trade Agreement -- The Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative -- U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement -- Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic -- Completed Bilateral Trade Agreements -- U.S.-Australian Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) -- U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement -- Signed Bilateral Trade Agreements Requiring Congressional Approval -- U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement -- Pending Bilateral Trade Agreements -- U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement -- TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND THE GAINS FROM TRADE -- Production Gains -- Adjustment Costs -- Consumption Gains -- Economic Growth -- ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE AGREEMENTS -- Overview -- The Michigan Model and Estimates -- Investment and Capital Flows -- Data on Barriers to Trade in Services -- IMPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 U.S. TRADE DEFICIT AND THE IMPACT OF CHANGING OIL PRICES -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Chapter 3 FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: IMPACT ON U.S. TRADE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. TRADE POLICY -- SUMMARY -- WHAT ARE FREE TRADE AREAS?