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Front Cover -- Globalization at Risk: Challenges to Finance and Trade -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Booming Finance -- 3 Expanding Commerce -- 4 Mighty Multinationals -- 5 Southbound -- 6 A Dangerous Time in Global Finance -- 7 Trade in Trouble -- 8 Anxious Workers -- 9 New Frictions -- 10 Afterword -- Notes -- Index.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I The International System After the Cold War -- 1 CULTURE, POWER, AND DEMOCRACY -- 2 GLOBALIZATION AND FRAGMENTATION -- 3 INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION -- II The European Dimension -- 4 DEMOCRACY, THE EU, AND THE QUESTION OF SCALE -- 5 EASTERN EUROPE: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT -- III Promoting Democracy -- 6 THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY -- 7 THE CENTRALITY OF THE UNITED STATES -- IV The International Economy -- 8 TRADE, MONETARY POLICY, AND DEMOCRACY -- 9 THE PLUSES AND MINUSES OF GLOBALIZATION -- 10 EPILOGUE: DEMOCRACY'S UNCERTAIN TRIUMPH -- INDEX.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. "Less Than We Think" -- What Are We Talking about When We Talk about Globalization? -- Is English Conquering the World? -- The Ubiquitous American Film -- American Television and the Rise of Local Programming -- The McDonald's Brouhaha -- What about the Internet? -- Do American Companies Dominate the World Economy? -- Seeing Ourselves Everywhere -- 2. The Resistance of the Local -- Language -- Communicative Distance -- Food -- Gender -- Education -- Work -- Land Use -- Tribalism -- Corruption -- Smuggling and Counterfeiting -- Taxes -- The Resistance of the Local -- 3. "More Than We Know" -- ATMs -- The Money Market -- Flexible Manufacturing -- Franchising -- Airfreight -- Containerized Freight -- Bar Codes -- Computing -- Logistics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

"A scholarly and fascinating look at the concept of the commune around the world, Globalization of Communes: 1950-2010 is a must for anyone who wants to better understand cooperative living in a more impersonal world." -Library Bookwatch Oved observes that those who predicted the failure of communes and intentional communities failed to appreciate the extent to which people in today's society aspire to communal life

This book discusses eight dimensions of globalization from the perspective of four diverse sociological paradigms. Kavous Ardalan argues that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of these four key paradigms because each one is founded upon different assumptions about the nature of social science and each one generates useful theories, concepts, and analytical tools. This multi-perspective approach forces readers to abandon their preconceived assumptions and provides a balanced understanding of globalization

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Key Concepts / Stefanie Wickstrom and Philip D. Young -- I. Constructing Mestizaje -- 1. The Revolutionary Encounter / Rex Wirth -- 2. Mestizaje in Colonial Mexican Art / Sofía Irene Velarde Cruz -- 3. The Tradition of La Chaya in Vallenar, Chile: The Search for Imaginaries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Iván Pizarro Díaz -- II. Barriers to Empowerment Through Identity -- 4. Born Indigenous, Growing Up Mestizos: Schooling and Youth in Arequipa, Peru / Mariella I. Arredondo -- 5. Questioning the Nation: Affirmative Action and Racial Quotas in Brazilian Universities / Paulo Alberto dos Santos Vieira -- 6. Political Subjectification, Mestizaje, and Globalization: Constructing Citizenship in Aid and Development Programs in the Peruvian Andes / Jorge Legoas P. and Fabrizio Arenas Barchi -- 7. The Door to the Future: Cultural Change and the Cheyenne Sun Dance / Jennifer Whiteman -- III. Empowerment -- 8. From Mestizos to Mashikuna: Global Infl uences on Discursive, Spatial, and Performed Realizations of Indigeneity in Urban Quito / Kathleen S. Fine-Dare -- 9. Indigenous Peoples as a New Category of Transnational Social Actors: An Analysis Based on the Case of Argentina / Sabine Kradolfer -- 10. Divine Design: Crafting and Consuming the Sacredin Afro-Brazilian Candomblé / Angela Castañeda -- 11. Women's Roles and Responses to Globalization in Ngäbe Communities / Philip D. Young -- 12. Politicizing Ethnicity: Strategies in Panama and Ecuador / Víctor Bretón Solo de Zaldívar and Mònica Martínez Mauri -- 13. Beyond Mestizaje: Andean Interculturality in Ecuador / John Stolle-McAllister -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Overview -- 0.1 Introduction -- 0.2 The Multidimensional Character of Sustainability -- 0.3 The Unsustainable Industrial State -- 0.4 Globalization -- 0.5 Drivers of Economic Growth and Development -- 0.5.1 Strategies to Enhance Competitiveness -- 0.5.2 The Consequences of Different Industrial Strategy Options for Workers -- 0.6 Conceptualizations of Sustainable Development -- 0.6.1 The Interrelatedness of the Economy, of the Environment, Health, and Safety, and of Employment and the Need to Address Them Together -- 0.6.2 Sustaining and Disrupting Innovation Distinguished -- 0.6.3 A Capsule Definition of Sustainable Development -- 0.7 Governance Options for Achieving a Transformation to a More Sustainable State -- 0.8 The Role of Government -- 0.9 The Way Forward -- 0.10 References -- Part I: The Multidimensional Concept of Sustainability -- 1 Concern for a Global Future -- 1.1 Human Needs -- 1.2 Social Justice, Inequality, and the Social Contract between the Governed and the Government -- 1.3 Living beyond Our Ecological Means: The Technology Debate -- 1.4 A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development -- 1.5 The European Union's Strategy for Sustainable Development: The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020 -- 1.6 The Reformulation of Sustainable Development as a Problem of Global Climate Change -- 1.7 Broadening Our Awareness of Tipping Points -- 1.8 The 2008 Financial Crisis and Opportunities for Reconceptualization of the Growth Paradigm -- 1.9 The Necessity of Solving Problems on a Comprehensive Basis -- 1.10 Notes -- 1.11 Additional Readings -- 1.12 References -- 2 The Emergence of Sustainable Development -- 2.1 Notes -- 2.2 Additional Readings -- 2.3 References -- Part II: Economic Development, Globalization, and Sustainability -- 3 Economic Development and Prosperity: Current Theory and Debate.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The African Beginning -- 2 From Camel Commerce to E-Commerce -- 3 The World Inside -- 4 Preachers' World -- 5 World in Motion -- 6 The Imperial Weave -- 7 Slaves, Germs, and Trojan Horses -- 8 Globalization: From Buzzword to Curse -- 9 Who's Afraid of Globalization? -- 10 The Road Ahead -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: An Invention of My Own -- 1 The White Knight Avoided: Economic Reforms and Innovation for Growth in China -- 2 Rules of the Run: The Politics of China's Institutions of Innovation -- 3 Beijing -- 4 Shanghai -- 5 Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta -- Conclusion: The Meaning of the Run: China and the New Realities of Global Production -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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