Globalization : The Transformation of Social Worlds
by Eitzen,D. StanleyEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-18
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary
This popular and thought-provoking reader collects 42 interesting and highly relevant articles that explore the process of globalization and how it shapes societies and groups. Particular focus is placed on the United States, its role in the globalization process, and whether the effects of globalization can be viewed as beneficial or harmful to society. The articles, which reflect a wide variety of concerns and perspectives, are drawn from both scholarly and popular sources.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Globalization: An Introduction | p. 1 |
| Dimensions of Globalization | p. 10 |
| Globalisation | p. 11 |
| The World Is Flat | p. 18 |
| Globalization and Its Specter | p. 23 |
| Heavy Traffic: International Migration in an Era of Globalization | p. 31 |
| Dimensions of Globalization | p. 37 |
| Debating Globalization | p. 43 |
| Why the World Isn't Flat | p. 45 |
| Globalization: Wonder Land or Waste Land? | p. 51 |
| Free Markets and Poverty | p. 59 |
| NAFTA at 10: Where Do We Go from Here? | p. 64 |
| Economic Globalization | p. 68 |
| The ABCs of the Global Economy | p. 70 |
| Maytag Moves to Mexico | p. 81 |
| The Sweat Behind the Shirt: The Labor History of a Gap Sweatshirt | p. 86 |
| Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing | p. 87 |
| Globalization and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the United States | p. 99 |
| Making Globalization Work: The Multinational Corporation | p. 106 |
| Political Globalization | p. 117 |
| Globalism's Discontents | p. 119 |
| Navigating the Ethics of Globalization | p. 130 |
| Why Mexico's Small Corn Farmers Go Hungry | p. 137 |
| Binational Citizens: Mexican Migrants Are Challenging Old Ideas about Assimilation | p. 139 |
| Cultural Globalization | p. 145 |
| Global Culture: Sameness or Difference? | p. 147 |
| The Place of Community in Globalization | p. 151 |
| Empires of the Senseless | p. 156 |
| The Restructuring of Social Arrangements: Gender, Families, and Relationships | p. 163 |
| Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy | p. 165 |
| The Care Crisis in the Philippines: Children and Transnational Families in the New Global Economy | p. 175 |
| Global Cities and Survival Circuits | p. 187 |
| Masculinities and Globalization | p. 209 |
| The Globalization of Terror | p. 224 |
| Globalizing Hate | p. 226 |
| The Car-Bomb: Terror's Globalisation | p. 231 |
| The Threat of Global State Terrorism: Retail vs Wholesale Terror | p. 234 |
| The Globalization of Social Problems | p. 240 |
| The Underground Web | p. 242 |
| Big Tobacco | p. 252 |
| Explosive Revelation$ | p. 266 |
| No Way Out | p. 275 |
| 21st Century Slaves | p. 281 |
| Climate Refugees: Global Warming Will Spur Migration | p. 289 |
| Global Warming: Population Transfers Ignored | p. 291 |
| Changing Global Structures: Resistance and Social Movements | p. 295 |
| Globalization and Social Movements | p. 298 |
| Globalization and Racialization | p. 317 |
| Hunger on the Border: Interview with Julia Quinones | p. 323 |
| Students Against Sweatshops | p. 328 |
| The Rise of Food Democracy | p. 334 |
| Cyberfeminism, Technology, and International "Development" | p. 338 |
| Websites | p. 351 |
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