Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century by Patrick O'Meara - Howard Mehlinger - Matthew Krain

Offers a collection of articles and position papers on the concept of globalisation. This book provides an introduction to the topic, which lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. Contributors include Kofi Annan, Francis Fukuyama, and Bill McKibben. Top page

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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. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Indiana University Press

City: Bloomington, IN

Pages: 576

More info: height 235 mm width 156 mm weight 703 gr thickness 39 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC21) 909.829 Library of Congress Subject: World politics - 1989-

Record updated at: 07 September, 2012 time: 02:11

Summary Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century 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 Top page

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