The Globalization Reader, 6th Edition by Frank J. Lechner -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Preface to the Sixth Edition General Introduction

Note on Selections

Part I: Debating Globalization

Introduction 1 The Hidden Promise

The Priority of Liberty The Open Society The Individual’s Prayer An Empire without End

2 How to Judge Globalism

Global Interdependences and Movements Are the Poor Getting Poorer? Global Justice and the Bargaining Problem Altering Global Arrangements Institutions and Inequality Fair Sharing of Global Opportunities

3 The Elusive Concept of Globalisation

Globalisation: The Analytical Tool Globalisation: The Political Agenda Globalisation as Humanitarian Concern The Moral Challenge

4 The Clash of Civilizations?

The Next Pattern of Conflict Why Civilizations Will Clash The Fault Lines between Civilizations The West versus the Rest

5 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015

Overview Unprecedented Efforts Have Resulted in Profound Achievements Despite Many Successes, the Poorest and Most Vulnerable People Are Being Left Behind The Successes of the MDG Agenda Prove that Global Action Works. It Is the Only Path to Ensure that the New Development Agenda Leaves No One Behind Part I Questions

Part II: Explaining Globalization

Introduction

World‐System Theory and Related Perspectives World Polity Theory World Culture Theory

6 The Modern World‐System as a Capitalist World‐Economy 7 Sociology of the Global System

The Conceptual Space for Transnational Practices (TNP) Economic Transnational Practices The Transnational Capitalist Class Labour and the Transnational Capitalist Class Culture‐Ideology Transnational Practices The Culture‐Ideology of Consumerism The Theory of the Global System: A Summary

8 A Brief History of Neoliberalism

Introduction The Moving Map of Neoliberalization

9 World Society and the Nation‐State

Explanatory Models Isomorphism and Isomorphic Change Processes of World Society’s Impact on Nation‐States Conclusion

10 Globalization as a Problem

The Crystallization of a Concept and a Problem Coming to Terms with the World as a Whole Globalization and the Search for Fundamentals Universalism and Particularism Globalized

11 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy

Part II Questions

Part III: Experiencing Globalization

Introduction 12 Waves in the History of Globalization

The First Wave of Globalization: Jamaica Some Patterns in the First Wave The Second Wave of Globalization: North Dakota Some Patterns in the Second Wave

13 McDonald’s in Hong Kong

Transnationalism and the Fast Food Industry Mental Categories: Snack versus Meal From Exotic to Ordinary: McDonald’s Becomes Local Sanitation and the Invention of Cleanliness What’s in a Smile? Friendliness and Public Service Consumer Discipline? Hovering and the Napkin Wars Children as Consumers Ronald McDonald and the Invention of Birthday Parties Conclusions: Whose Culture Is It?

14 The Transnational Villagers

The MDC’s Accomplishments

15 Virtual Migration

Spatial Integration Temporal Integration: Follow the Sun Globally Yours: Reconfiguring the Lifeworld

16 Fear and Money in Dubai

Fantasy Levitated Gigantism War Zone

17 Outpatients

Orbán’s Dentist

18 An Anthropology of Structural Violence 19 CRAZY LIKE US

Junk Science and First World Medicine The Mega‐Marketing of Depression Early Adopters Have Second Thoughts Part III Questions

Part IV: Globalization and the World Economy

Introduction 20 China Makes, the World Takes 21 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies

Trends in the US Athletic Shoe Market Nike Corporation: Competition, Upgrading, and Innovationin a Commodity Chain Conclusions

22 The Sticky SuperpowerThe Economist

Power through Neglect

23 Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now 24 The Bottom Billion

Traps, and the Countries Caught in Them The Role of Growth in Development

25 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Effects

A Brief Chronology Underlying Causes The Initial Economic Impact Policy Responses

26 The Twin Excesses – Financialization and Globalization – Caused the Crash 27 Globalism’s Discontents

Beneficial Globalization The Darker Side of Globalization Lessons of Crisis The Costs of Volatility The Governance of Globalization Governance through Ideology An Unfair Trade Agenda Global Social Justice Part IV Questions

Part V: Globalization and the Nation‐State

Introduction 28 The Declining Authority of States

The Neglected Factor – Technology The Second Neglect – Finance Politics, Power and Legitimacy

29 Global Organized Crime

The New Criminality Criminalization and the Rise of the State as a Courtesan

30 Has Globalization Gone Too Far?

Sources of Tension The Role of National Governments

31 The Individualization of Society and the Liberalization of State Policies on Same‐Sex Sexual Relations, 1984–1995

Changes in State Policies on Homosexual Relations Two Broader Contexts Overall Cultural Individualism Individualized Gender Equality Linkages to World Society

32 Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960–2009

Introduction Background Results Discussion and Conclusion Part V Questions

Part VI: Global Governance

Introduction 33 The International Monetary Fund

The Effects of IMF Programs on the Balance of Payments Economic Growth Income Distribution and Social Spending Conclusion

34 ISO and the Infrastructure for a Global Market

The ISO Network and Its Voluntary Consensus Process: The Actors and Why They Are Involved A Standard and Its Consequences Setting the Standard

35 Global Health Governance

Introduction

36 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grant‐Making Programme for Global Health

Introduction The Gates Foundation’s Grant‐Making Programme

37 IMPACT

The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact Taking Root: The Global Spread of Sustainability Into the Fold: Expanding the Scope of Corporate Sustainability Part VI Questions

Part VII: Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society

Introduction 38 NGOs and Climate Crisis

Mixed Bunch Trends in Climate Work Fragmentation and Diverging Interests Common Denominator: Two Degrees First Line of Conflict: Burden Sharing between North and South Second Line of Conflict: Market Mechanisms vs. System Change Local vs. International Conclusion

39 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting

The Health Compromise Women’s Rights as Human Rights

40 Women’s Human Rights and the Muslim Question

Human Rights Discourse in Practice: The One Million Signatures Campaign

41 World Culture in the World Polity

An Historical Overview of the INGO Population World Development, INGOs, and Capitalistand Interstate Systems INGOs as Enactors and Carriers of World Culture Conclusion

42 Closing the Corruption Casino 43 Trading Diamonds Responsibly

Global CSR Norms: Opportunities for the Conflict Diamonds Campaign Translating Norms into Practice: The Kimberley Process

44 Poverty Capital

Fall from Grace? Homegrown Institutions POVERTY TRUTHS The Conditions of Protection Part VII Questions

Part VIII: Globalization and Media

Introduction 45 Cultural Imperialism

“Watching Dallas”: The Imperialist Text and Audience Research Multinational Capitalism and Cultural Homogenisation

46 Mapping Global Media Flow and Contra‐Flow

Localisation of Global Americana ‘Subaltern’ Contra‐Flows: Anti‐Hegemonic or Pro‐Americana? Transnational Telenovelas Hybridity as Hegemony

47 Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia

What is the Korean Wave? Korean Media Liberalization and Development

48 Landing of the Wave

Brazil Peru Research Design and Results

49 Watching Big Brother at Work

The Rise of Popular Factual Entertainment Making it Aussie: Indigenising an International Format Producing Big Brother Developing a Fan Base Big Brother Online

50 Bollywood versus Hollywood

Introduction Bollywood and Third Cinema ‘Hollywood Raises Hell in Bollywood’ Conclusion

51 Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care

Why Clustering in Hollywood? The Drive towards Clustering American Cultural Imperialism? Part VIII Questions

Part IX: Globalization and Religion

Introduction 52 Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims

The Islamists’ Roots in Secular Education Modern Goals, Modern Methods The Radical Minority

53 Globalised Islam 54 The Christian Revolution

The Rise of Christendom

55 American Evangelicals

Introduction American Evangelicalism: Vanguard of a Transnational Religious Movement The Language of the Market The Language of Multiculturalism Conclusion: An Unintended Gospel of Modernity

56 Religious Rejections of Globalization

Religion and Antiglobalization Activism: The Case of the Debt Movement Religion and Antiglobalization Discourse Religion and Alternative Visions of Globalization

57 The Decontexualization of Asian Religious Practices in the Context of Globalization

Flows of Asian Global Religious Practices The Modern Fascination with the Self Decontextualizing Asian Global Religious Practices Psychology and Meditation Part IX Questions

Part X: Globalization and Identity

Introduction 58 Moral Choices and Global Desires

Meeting Sumitra Mapping a Family Women in the Village Articulating Womanhood Synthesizing an Identity Freedom and Possibility: Banishing the Ban Manche Globalization, Conflict and Self‐Definition

59 Global/Indian

Navigating Cultural Terrain at Work: Corporate Perspectives

60 Strategic Inauthenticity

Youssou N’Dour: “A Modern Griot” Whose Authenticity?

61 Orange Nation

The Aura of 1974

62 Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture

The Cosmopolitan Perspective: Orientation and Competence Cosmopolitanism and the Varieties of Mobility The Cosmopolitan at Home Conclusion: The Dependence of Cosmopolitans on Locals,and their Shared Interests

63 Cosmopolitanism & Humanism

Part X Questions

Part XI: Global Environmentalism

Introduction 64 Greenpeace and Political Globalism

Transnational Organizational Structure Greenpeace’s Politics Political Strategies

65 Environmental Advocacy Networks

The Campaign against Deforestation in Sarawak Conclusions

66 Toward Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development

The Rise of Domestic Opposition The Building of Transnational Linkages Taking on the World Bank The Genesis of the World Commission on Dams

67 Ozone Depletion 68 Movements for Climate Justice in the US and Worldwide

Origins of Climate Justice The Case for Climate Justice Challenging Fossil Fuels and the False Solutions To the Summits and Beyond Into the Future

69 Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, at the Opening Session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

Part XI Questions

Part XII: Contesting Globalization: Alternatives and Opposition

Introduction 70 Counterhegemonic Globalization

The New Organizational Foundations of Counterhegemonic Globalization Labor as a Global Social Movement

71 The Global Justice Movement

A Brief History of the Global Justice Movement A Movement Against the Neoliberal Ideology Three Major Tendencies

72 The Twelve Assumptions of an Alter‐Globalisation Strategy 73 The Global South 74 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization

The Three Waves of Globalization The Community, the State, and the Corporation Globalization as Environmental Apartheid Northern Dumping in the South People’s Movements for the Protection of Biodiversity and Collective Rights The Movement for Declaration of Community Rights to Biodiversity: The Case of Pattuvam Panchayat Navdanya: Seeds of Freedom Conclusion

75 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization 76 When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism

Chapter One: The Rise of the Globalists Chapter Two: Globalists and Nationalists Grow Further Apart on Immigration Chapter Three: Muslim Immigration Triggers the Authoritarian Alarm Chapter Four: What Now?

77 The Globalization of Rage

Part XII Questions

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