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Argues that globalization is here to stay in spite of rumors of its demise. The contention that globalization is not new but simply the continuation of a long-term process is challenged to point out its many unprecedented characteristics & the never-seen-before possibilities it has opened for humanity. The enormous quantitative changes in economic, cultural, & military components wrought by globalization have created qualitative changes. Claims that globalization is designed to spread American values/interests are belied in light of the global spread of such things as Japanese sushi, Latin American telenovelas, & fundamentalist Islam. It is maintained that globalization has paved the way for new rivals to contest American hegemony & power politics continue to thrive. Consideration is given to debates about the link between globalization & inequality & whether globalization has made the world a safer place. The most dangerous deficit currently facing humanity is described as the "gap between the need for effective collective action at the global level & the ability of the international community to satisfy that need.". J. Lindroth

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.

Examines the implications of globalization for the international economy and for regulation of the international financial system; 8 articles, Topics include the Asian crisis, women's paid labor in Asia, and drug traffic.

Discusses economic and political dimensions, including decline in industrial employment and accompanying wage-labor crisis, and impact on state sovereignty and democracy; some focus on Canada and Canadian foreign policy; 5 articles; Marxist perspective.