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Contents
Оглавление1 Cover
8 Preface
9 1 GLOBALIZATION ILiquids, Flows, and StructuresSome of the BasicsFrom Solids to Liquids (to Gases)FlowsHeavy, Light, WeightlessHeavy Structures That Expedite FlowsHeavy Structures as Barriers to FlowsThe Winners and Losers of Global FlowsOn the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and StructuresThinking About Global Flows and StructuresChapter Summary
10 2 GLOBALIZATION IISome Basic Issues, Debates, and ControversiesIs There Such a Thing as Globalization?Is it Globalization, Transnationalization, or Regionalization?If There is Such a Thing as Globalization, When Did it Begin?Globalization or Globalizations?What Drives Globalization?Does Globalization Hop Rather than Flow?If There Is Such a Thing as Globalization, Is It Inexorable?Who Controls Globalization?Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand?What, if Anything, Can Be Done About Globalization?Chapter Summary
11 3 GLOBALIZATION AND RELATED PROCESSESImperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and AmericanizationImperialismColonialismDevelopmentWesternizationEasternizationAmericanizationComparisons with GlobalizationThe Era of the “Posts”Chapter Summary
12 4 NEOLIBERALISMRoots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian AlternativesThe Historical Context of NeoliberalismNeoliberalism: The Basic PrinciplesCritiquing NeoliberalismNeoliberalism: The Case of IsraelThe Death of Neoliberalism?Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to NeoliberalismChapter Summary
13 5 GLOBAL POLITICAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSESOn Political Processes and FlowsThe Nation-State“Imagined Community”Changes in Global Nation-State RelationsGlobal Political Developments and StructuresRegional Political OrganizationsGlobal GovernanceCivil SocietyChapter Summary
14 6 STRUCTURING THE GLOBAL ECONOMYBefore Bretton WoodsBretton Woods and the Bretton Woods SystemThe End of Bretton WoodsRegional Economic Integration and Free TradeOther Economic OrganizationsThe Role of Emerging EconomiesThe Multinational Corporation (MNC)The Myth of Economic Globalization?Chapter Summary
15 7 GLOBAL ECONOMIC FLOWSProduction and ConsumptionGlobal Trade FlowsGlobal Value ChainsIncreasing Competition for CommoditiesThe Economic Impact of the Flow of OilRace to the Bottom and UpgradingOutsourcingFinancial GlobalizationCorporations, People, and IdeasConsumptionChapter Summary
16 8 GLOBAL CULTURE AND CULTURAL FLOWSCultural DifferentialismCultural HybridizationCultural ConvergenceSport: A Case Study for Global CultureChapter Summary
17 9 HIGH-TECH GLOBAL FLOWS AND STRUCTURESTechnology, Mass Media, the Internet, and Social MediaTechnology, Time-Space Compression, and DistanciationMass MediaThe Internet and Social MediaChapter Summary
18 10 GLOBAL FLOWS OF PEOPLEMigration, Human Trafficking, and TourismMigrantsMigration FlowsHuman TraffickingTourismChapter Summary
19 11 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWSModernization and Environmental FlowsDifferences among Nation-StatesGlobal Climate ChangeOther Environmental ProblemsGlobal ResponsesFraming Global ResponsesFrom Lightness to Heaviness in Environmental FlowsCollapseChapter Summary
20 12 NEGATIVE GLOBAL FLOWS AND PROCESSESDiseases, Dangerous Imports, Crime, Terrorism, WarBorderless DiseasesDangerous ImportsCrimeTerrorismWarThe Impact of Negative Global Flows on IndividualsChapter Summary
21 13 GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWER AND INEQUALITYClass Inequalities and Global CitiesClass InequalityGlobal Cities and the Rural-Urban ContextChapter Summary
22 14 GLOBAL POWER AND INEQUALITIES IIRace, Ethnicity, Gender, and SexualityPower and InequalityRace and EthnicityGender and SexualityChapter Summary
23 15 DEALING WITH, RESISTING, AND THE FUTURES OF, GLOBALIZATIONDealing with GlobalizationResisting GlobalizationSocial Movements and Alter-GlobalizationsThe Futures of GlobalizationChapter Summary
24 AppendixAnthropologySociologyPolitical ScienceEconomicsGeographyPsychologyLiterary Criticism (Postcolonial)Other Fields
25 Glossary
26 Index
