Global Transformations

Introduction. The Globalization Debate. Sources of Contention in the Globalization Debate. Rethinking Globalization: An Analytical Framework. Determining the Shape of Contemporary Globalization. The Book Ahead. 1. The Territorial State and Global Politics. 1. 1 From Empires to Modern Nation-states. 1. 2 The Emergence of Global Politics. 1. 3 Multilayered Governance and the Diffusion of Political Authority. 1. 4 Historical Forms of Political Globalization: The Transformation of Political Community. 1. 5 Differential National Enmeshment. 1. 6 Conclusion: Political Globalization and Structural Impacts. 2. The Expanding Reach of Organized Violence. 2. 1 Introduction. 2. 2 What is Military Globalization? 2. 3 The Globalization of the War System: Geopolitics and the Evolution of a World Military Order. 2. 4 A Global Arms Dynamic? 2. 5 Emerging Forms of Geogovernance: Organized Violence. 2. 6 Historical Forms of Military Globalization: A Comparison. 2. 7 Contemporary Patterns of National Enmeshment in the World Military Order. 2. 8 Contemporary Military Globalization and its Political Consequences. 3. Global Trade, Global Markets. 3. 1 Trade and Globalization. 3. 2 Trade: From Antiquity to the Rise of the Nation-State. 3. 3 From the Industrial Revolution to the Second World War: The Rise and Fall of World Trade. 3. 4 The Rise of a Global Trading Order. 3. 5 Historical Forms of Trade Globalization: The Transformation of Global Trade. 3. 6 National Enmeshment in the Global Trading System. 3. 7 The Impact of Global Trade Relations. 3. 8 Conclusion: State Autonomy and Sovereignty. 4. Shifting Patterns of Global Finance. 4. 1 Indicators of Financial Globalization and Financial Enmeshment. 4. 2 Early Patterns of Global Financial Activity. 4. 3 The Classical Gold Standard Period: 1870-1914. 4. 4 The Interwar Years: Global Monetary Disorder. 4. 5 The Bretton Woods Era: The Reinvention of Global Finance. 4. 6 The Shape of Contemporary Financial Globalization. 4. 7 Comparing Historical Forms of Financial Globalization. 4. 8 Global Finance and National Enmeshment. 4. 9 Economic Autonomy and Sovereignty in an Era of Global Finance. 4. 10 Conclusion. 5. Corporate Power and Global Production Networks. 5. 1 MNCs and Global Production. 5. 2 International Business Before the Industrial Revolution. 5. 3 International Production in the Industrial Age: Multinational Business Expansion 1850-1939. 5. 4 The Rise of the Multinational Corporation and the Transnationalization of Production. 5. 5 MNCs and Global Production Networks. 5. 6 Historical Forms of Business Globalization. 5. 7 Contemporary Patterns of National Enmeshment in Global Production Networks. 5. 8 The Globalization of Business: Domestic Impacts. 5. 9 Conclusion. 6. People on the Move. 6. 1 Globalization and Migration. 6. 2 Historical Forms of Global Migration. 6. 3 Contemporary Patterns of Migration. 6. 4 Historical Forms of Global Migration: A Comparison. 6. 5 Migration and National Enmeshment. 6. 6 Globalization, Migration and the Nation-state. 6. 7 Conclusion. 7. Globalization, Culture and the Fate of Nations. 7. 1 Analysing Cultural Globalization. 7. 2 Cultural Globalization in Historical Perspective. 7. 3 The Shape of Contemporary Cultural Globalization. 7. 4 Historical Forms of Cultural Globalization: In Sum. 7. 5 Contemporary Cultural Globalization and its Political Impact. 7. 6 Conclusion. 8. Catastrophe in the Making: Globalization and the Environment. 8. 1 Globalization and the Environment. 8. 2 Environmental Globalization in Historical Perspective. 8. 3 Changing Historical Forms of Environmental Globalization. 8. 4 Stratification of Environmental Degradation and National Enmeshment. 8. 5 The Contemporary Pattern of Global Environmental Change and its Political Impacts. 8. 6 Conclusion. Conclusion: the Shape of Contemporary Globalization. Methodological Appendix. References. Index.