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Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century


Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century

A Reader

von: Patrick O'Meara, Howard & Carolee Mehlinger, Matthew Krain

9,49 €

Verlag: Indiana University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 22.06.2000
ISBN/EAN: 9780253028181
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 520

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<p>"If you want to catch up on some of the best articles written about globalisation since the topic became fashionable several years ago, this reader is the place to start." —The Economist </p>
<p>A blue ribbon collection of major articles and position papers on the concept of globalization. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides a broad introduction to the topic and lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. Contributors include Kofi Annan, Benjamin Barber, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel Huntington, Robert Kaplan, Paul Kennedy, Walter Lacqueur, Bill McKibben, Lester Thurow, and Jeffrey Sachs.</p>
<p>Introduction</p>
<p>1. Global Order and Disorder: Speculations<br>Samuel Huntington: The Clash of civilizations<br>Benjamin Barber: Jihad vs. McWorld<br>Robert Kaplan: The Coming Anarchy</p>
<p>2. Global Order and Disorder: Rejoinders<br>Faoud Ajami: The Summoning<br>Eisuke Sakakibara: The End of Progressivism<br>John Bowen: The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict</p>
<p>3. Redrawing the Map? The New Nature of National Borders<br>Kenichi Ohmae: The Rise of the Region State<br>Janet Ceglowski: Has Globalization Created a Borderless World:<br>Ann-Marie Slaughter: The Real New World Order</p>
<p>4. Conflict and Security in a New World Order<br>Kofi Annan: The Politics of Globalization<br>Michael Klare: Redefining Security: The New Global Schisms<br>David Keen: Organized Chaos: Not the New world We Ordered<br>Walter Laqueur: Postmodern Terrorism</p>
<p>5. Globalization and the Evolution of Democracy<br>Francis Fukuyama: The End of History<br>Fareed Zakaria: The Rise of Illiberal Democracy<br>Robert Kaplan: Was Democracy Just a Moment?</p>
<p>6. The New Global Economy<br>Jeffrey Sachs: International Economics: Unlocking the Mysteries of Globalization<br>Dani Rodrik: Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate<br>Roger Altman: The Nuke of the 90s<br>Lester Thurow: New Rules: The American Economy in the Next Century<br>Aihwa Ong: The Gender and Labor Politics of Postmodernity<br>Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement: Neo-Liberalism and Globalization</p>
<p>7. Doing Business in the Information Age<br>Thomas Malone and Robert Laubacher: The Dawn of the E-Lance Economy<br>Stephen Kobrin: Electronic and the End of National Markets<br>Gurchuran Das: Local Memoirs of a Global Manager</p>
<p>8. Forecasting the Future: Innovations, Technology, Winners, and Losers<br>Paul Kennedy: Preparing for the 21st Century: Winners and Losers<br>William E. Halal, Michael D. Kull and Ann Leffmann: Emerging Technologies: What's Ahead for 2001-2030</p>
<p>9. 'Think Global, Act Local': The Environment<br>Thomas and Tamara Belt: Growth and the Environment: Allies or Foes?<br>Bill McKibben: A Special Moment in History<br>Eugen Linden: The Exploding Cities of the Developing World</p>
<p>10. An Emerging Global Culture?<br>Peter Berger: Four Faces of Global Culture<br>Madeleine Drohan and Alan Freeman: Winning the Language Wars: English as a Global Language<br>Joshua Fishman: The New Linguistic Order<br>David Rothkopf: In Praise of Cultural Imperialism<br>The Economist: Culture Wars</p>
<p>11. Resource Bibliography (by Robert Goehlert and Anthony Stamatoplos)</p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>A blue ribbon collection of major articles and position papers on the concept of globalization.</p>

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