Globalization : the Return of Borders to a Borderless World?.

Globalization : the Return of Borders to a Borderless World?.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Yale H.
Other Authors: Mansbach, Richard W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2012.
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Globalization > Textbooks.
Globalization > History > Textbooks.
Globalization
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Globalization; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Introduction; Background to this book; Can globalization be reversed?; 1. What is globalization?; The meaning(s) of globalization; Skeptics; Hyperglobalists; Transformationalists; The multiple and interdependent dimensions of globalization; Transformational theory: territory, actors, and identity; 2. Globalization in historical perspective; Early respacializations; The ancient Mediterranean; Intercontinental linkages from Late Antiquity to the dawn of Europe's "Age of Discovery."
  • The Atlantic bridged, European sovereign states, empires, and global capitalismFrom the Cold War to twenty-first-century globalization; Conclusion; 3. The essentials of globalization; Spreading capitalism; Global governance; The triumph of democracy?; Global civil society; Cultural homogenization?; English as the lingua franca; Transgovernmental linkages and networks; Diffusion of global power?; Collective environmental degradation; From military to human security; The changing nature of military security; 4. Globalization and information and communication technologies.
  • ICT, geography, and territorySkilled and participant publics; ICT and political participation; Economic implications of ICT; Security implications; ICT, globalization, and localization; 5. The global versus the local; Deterritorialization and denationalization; Glocalization; The dialectical relationship between the global and the local; Globalizing versus localizing cultural currents; A world of shifting boundaries and evolving authority; 6. The normative implications of globalization; Central normative issues; A "democratic deficit"?; A cut-throat world of neoliberal capitalism.
  • Reactive and structural violenceThe erosion of human rights?; A race to the bottom?; Cultural conformity or modernity?; Migrants, drugs, bugs, trafficking, and terrorism; States, war, and violence; Sovereignty and its discontents; The counter-globalization movement; A mixed verdict; 7. Regional dynamics: Europe and Asia; Globalization and Europe; Western Europe; Post-communist Central Europe; Globalization and Asia; Southeast Asia; East Asia; Central Asia; South Asia; 8. Regional dynamics: Russia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa; Globalization and the Russian Federation.
  • Latin AmericaThe Middle East; Africa; 9. Two steps forward, one step back?; Anti-globalization currents; Nationalism and ethnicity; The return of the state; State failure; Opposition to immigration; Neomercantilism; Environmental nationalism; 10. The balance sheet; The political dialectic; The cultural dialectic; The military dialectic; The economic dialectic; The environmental dialectic; Enfin; Index.

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