Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century
A Reader
Published on 1. June 2000
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-253-33658-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a blue ribbon collection of major articles and position papers on the concept of globalisation. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides a broad introduction to the topic, which lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. Contributors include Kofi Annan, Francis Fukuyama, and Bill McKibben. The fact that we live in a globally interconnected world has become a cliche. Scholars, business leaders, and policy makers are increasingly concerned with globalisation, yet the study of these changes is still in its infancy. There is little consensus on how to approach the subject of globalisation or how our lives will be affected by it. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides an introduction to the topic. It broadens the scope and lays the ground work for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue.
Reviews / Votes
"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. Meant for students it pulls together pieces from such different sources as Atlantic Monthly and the Harvard Business Review. It ranges from Samuel Huntingdon's influential essay in Foreign Affairs, "The Clash of Civilizations" (1993) to an article on "The Promise of Genetics" from the Futurist in 1997. Organised by topic the book is pleasingly eclectic. For a radical perspective, you can read, for instance, the manifesto of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement of Peru. The book also has a brief guide to globalization resources on the web."--The Economist, October 14, 2000 "Globalisation and the Challenges of the New Century is an anthology of previously published articles... the editors should be congratulated for moving beyond the established canon of political economy to include writings by environmentalists and one piece by an Indian corporate manager rather than more words from the familiar voices of the western business scene. The great strength of the editors' selection, however, is that it tends towards fairly accessible texts... for those who need a more gentle point of entry into contentious debates, these can be very useful additions to teaching curricula."--The Times Higher Education Supplement, Textbook Guide, Issue No. 7, 24 November 2000More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-33658-3 (9780253336583)
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A Reader
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Content
Introduction 1. Global Order and Disorder: Speculations Samuel Huntington - The Clash of civilisations Benjamin Barber - Jihad vs. McWorld Robert Kaplan - The Coming Anarchy 2. Global Order and Disorder: Rejoinders Faoud Ajami The Summoning Eisuke Sakakibara - The End of Progressivism John Bowen - The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict 3. Redrawing the Map? The New Nature of National Borders Kenichi Ohmae - The Rise of the Region State Janet Ceglowski - Has Globalisation Created a Borderless World Ann-Marie Slaughter - The Real New World Order 4. Conflict and Security in a New World Order Kofi Annan - The Politics of Globalisation Michael Klare - Redefining Security The New Global Schisms - David Keen Organised Chaos Not the New world We Ordered Walter Laqueur - Postmodern Terrorism 5. Globalisation and the Evolution of Democracy Francis Fukuyama - The End of History Fareed Zakaria - The Rise of Illiberal Democracy Robert Kaplan - Was Democracy Just a Moment? 6. The New Global Economy Jeffrey Sachs - International Economics Unlocking the Mysteries of Globalisation - Dani Rodrik Sense and Nonsense in the Globalisation Debate - Roger Altman The Nuke of the 90s - Lester Thurow New Rules - The American Economy in the Next Century Aihwa Ong - The Gender and Labour Politics of Postmodernity Tupac Amaru - Revolutionary Movement Neo-Liberalism and Globalisation 7. Doing Business in the Information Age Thomas Malone and Robert Laubacher - The Dawn of the E-Lance Economy Stephen Kobrin - Electronic and the End of National Markets Gurchuran Das - Local Memoirs of a Global Manager 8. Forecasting the Future: Innovations, Technology, Winners, and Losers Paul Kennedy - Preparing for the 21st Century, Winners and Losers William E. Halal, Michael D. Kull and Ann Leffmann - Emerging Technologies What's Ahead for 2001-2030 9. 'Think Global, Act Local' The Environment - Thomas and Tamara Belt Growth and the Environment Allies or Foes? - Bill McKibben A Special Moment in History - Eugen Linden The Exploding Cities of the Developing World 10. An Emerging Global Culture? Peter Berger - Four Faces of Global Culture Madeleine Drohan and Alan Freeman - Winning the Language Wars English as a Global Language - Joshua Fishman The New Linguistic Order - David Rothkopf In Praise of Cultural Imperialism - The Economist Culture Wars 11. Resource Bibliography (by Robert Goehlert and Anthony Stamatoplos) Index