Globalization: Debunking the Myths

✍ Scribed by Hebron, Lui;Jr, John F Stack

• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 174
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Globalizationdemystifies the rhetoric surrounding one of the most hotly debated topics among scholars, commentators, and policymakers.Presenting arguments for and against globalization, this brief text examines a wide range of views on the economic, political, cultural, and environmental dimensions of globalization and exposes their underlying frameworks, methodologies, and expectations. Throughout,Globalizationcompares rhetoric and reality and argues that there is no one way to understand this complex phenomenon.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Globalists And Antiglobalists......Page 18
Debating Globalization......Page 22
Whither Globalization?......Page 23
Globalization As A New World Shangri-La......Page 24
Globalization And A Brave New World Reprised......Page 25
Debating Globalization......Page 26
Plan Of The Book......Page 30
Five Questions To Consider......Page 31
Notes......Page 32
Introduction: Untangling Globalization......Page 35
Economic Globalization......Page 37
Political Globalization......Page 39
Cultural Globalization......Page 41
Debating Globalization......Page 42
Five Questions To Consider......Page 44
Notes......Page 45
Introduction: The Logic Of Global Economic Engagement......Page 49
Reality Check: Integration In Finance And Trade......Page 51
Debating Globalization......Page 53
Debunking The Myths: Exclusion From The Club......Page 54
Conclusion: Incomplete Integration......Page 58
Key Terms......Page 59
Further Readings......Page 60
Notes......Page 61
Introduction: The Neoliberal Promise And Hope......Page 64
Reality Check: Development, Growth, And Poverty Reduction......Page 65
Debating Globalization......Page 68
Debunking The Myths: Why The Neoliberal Model Fails Poor States......Page 70
Promoting Inequality And Poverty......Page 71
States, Development, And Globalization......Page 73
The Problem Of Failed And Failing States......Page 74
Conclusion: Making Globalization Work For All......Page 75
Five Questions To Consider......Page 76
Notes......Page 77
Introduction: Great Expectations Or False Hopes?......Page 82
Reality Check: Marginalization, Fragmentation, Disintegration......Page 83
Fragmentation......Page 84
Disintegration......Page 85
Debating Globalization......Page 86
Empowered Individuals And Groups......Page 89
Nongovernmental Organizations......Page 92
Conclusion: “Fragmengration”......Page 94
Further Readings......Page 96
Notes......Page 97
Introduction: Globalization And State Sovereignty......Page 99
Reality Check: Economic Sovereignty Redefined......Page 101
Debunking The Myths: The Age Of Microand Macrogovernments......Page 103
Debating Globalization......Page 104
The Rise Of Micro- And Macrogovernments......Page 106
Microgovernments: Devolution......Page 107
Macrogovernments: Regionalization......Page 109
Conclusion: The Future Of The Nation-State......Page 110
Further Readings......Page 111
Notes......Page 112
Introduction: The Backlash Against Cultural Globalization......Page 116
Globalization And Authenticity: What Price Harmony And Homogenization?......Page 118
The Politics Of Resistance And Discord......Page 119
Reality Check: The Americanization Of The Globe?......Page 122
Debating Globalization......Page 123
“World” English......Page 125
“Global” Entertainment......Page 127
Conclusion: The Evolution Of Global Culture, The “Glocal”......Page 128
Further Readings......Page 130
Notes......Page 131
Introduction: Race To The Bottom......Page 135
Reality Check: Over Exaggeration......Page 137
Debating Globalization......Page 141
Debunking The Myths: Global Partner......Page 143
Conclusion: Sustainable Development Via The Environment Meets Globalization......Page 147
Five Questions To Consider......Page 148
Notes......Page 149
The Pros And Cons Of Globalization......Page 154
Political Disempowerment......Page 155
Economic Uncertainties......Page 156
Debating Globalization......Page 158
Increasing The Pie (Three Dimensions Crucial To Reform)......Page 160
Five Questions To Consider......Page 162
Notes......Page 163
B......Page 165
E......Page 166
G......Page 167
I......Page 168
M......Page 169
N......Page 170
R......Page 171
S......Page 172
W......Page 173
Z......Page 174