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Globalization

The Return of Borders to a Borderless World?

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Published: 19th April 2012
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Written by two leading scholars of global politics, Globalization: the return of borders to a borderless world? is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains globalization and its origins, and examines its future in light of key recent political and global trends and events.

The text:

  • identifies the different political, economic, technological, and cultural meanings of globalization
  • examines its historical origins from the ancient past through the Cold War and into the twenty-first century
  • describes the multiple attributes and consequences of globalization including its effect on the sovereignty of the nation state
  • discusses recent trends such as the increased use of social media and events like the Arab Spring
  • assesses the normative implications of globalization
  • analyzes the challenges to globalization posed by contemporary events such as the global financial crisis.

This book will be essential reading for all students of globalization, and will be of great interest to students of global politics and global governance.

List of tablesp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Background to this bookp. 2
Can globalization be reversed?p. 10
What is globalization?p. 16
The meaning(s) of globalizationp. 17
Skepticsp. 18
Hyperglobalistsp. 21
Transformationalistsp. 25
The multiple and interdependent dimensions of globalizationp. 26
Transformational theory: territory, actors, and identityp. 28
Globalization in historical perspectivep. 40
Early respacializationsp. 42
The ancient Mediterraneanp. 43
Intercontinental linkages from Late Antiquity to the dawn of Europe's "Age of Discovery"p. 50
The Atlantic bridged, European sovereign states, empires, and global capitalismp. 54
From the Cold War to twenty-first-century globalizationp. 62
Conclusionp. 67
The essentials of globalizationp. 75
Spreading capitalismp. 75
Global governancep. 78
The triumph of democracy?p. 84
Global civil societyp. 85
Cultural homogenization?p. 89
English as the lingua francap. 91
Transgovernmental linkages and networksp. 93
Diffusion of global power?p. 94
Collective environmental degradationp. 96
From military to human securityp. 97
The changing nature of military securityp. 98
Globalization and information and communication technologiesp. 109
ICT, geography, and territoryp. 112
Skilled and participant publicsp. 113
ICT and political participationp. 114
Economic implications of ICTp. 117
Security implicationsp. 120
ICT, globalization, and localizationp. 123
The global versus the localp. 131
Deterritorialization and denationalizationp. 136
Glocalizationp. 138
The dialectical relationship between the global and the localp. 140
Globalizing versus localizing cultural currentsp. 143
A world of shifting boundaries and evolving authorityp. 145
The normative implications of globalizationp. 152
Central normative issuesp. 155
A "democratic deficit"?p. 155
A cut-throat world of neoliberal capitalismp. 157
Reactive and structural violencep. 161
The erosion of human rights?p. 162
A race to the bottom?p. 164
Cultural conformity or modernity?p. 166
Migrants, drugs, bugs, trafficking, and terrorismp. 167
States, war, and violencep. 170
Sovereignty and its discontentsp. 171
The counter-globalization movementp. 172
A mixed verdictp. 176
Regional dynamics: Europe and Asiap. 186
Globalization and Europep. 188
Western Europep. 188
Post-communist Central Europep. 192
Globalization and Asiap. 194
Southeast Asiap. 196
East Asiap. 198
Central Asiap. 204
South Asiap. 207
Regional dynamics: Russia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africap. 220
Globalization and the Russian Federationp. 221
Latin Americap. 226
The Middle Eastp. 231
Africap. 234
Two steps forward, one step back?p. 247
Anti-globalization currentsp. 249
Nationalism and ethnicityp. 249
The return of the statep. 252
State failurep. 254
Opposition to immigrationp. 256
Neomercantilismp. 261
Environmental nationalismp. 266
The balance sheetp. 277
The political dialecticp. 281
The cultural dialecticp. 282
The military dialecticp. 283
The economic dialecticp. 283
The environmental dialecticp. 285
Enfinp. 285
Indexp. 291
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ISBN: 9780415521963
ISBN-10: 0415521963
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 328
Published: 19th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 17.4  x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.73