List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction; Paul Bowles & Henry Veltmeyer Financialization and Barbarism: A Perspective from Brazil; Leda Maria Paulini & Francisco de Oliveira Subordinate Economic Integration through the Labour-Export Model: A Mexican Perspective; James Cypher & Raúl Delgado Wise From the Sino-West to Globalization: A Perspective from China; Yu Keping Deflationary Neoliberalism: A Perspective from India; Utsa Patnaik Neoliberalism and Predatory Capitalism: An Indonesian Perspective; Vedi Renandi Hadiz The Struggle for Resource Control in a Petro-State: A Perspective from Nigeria; Cyril Obi Global Competitive Challenges and the Paradoxes of a Balancing State: A Perspective from South Africa; Mzukisi Qobo The Challenge of National Civic Integration: A Russian Perspective; Alla Glinchikova Japanization, Asianization of the West and Creolization: A Perspective from Japan; Harumi Befu Economic Liberalism and the 'Outward Alliance' of Big Companies, Finance and the State: A Perspective from the UK; Robert Wade Globalization Means US Leadership: A Perspective from the United States; William K. Tabb A Two-Edged Sword: An Indigenous Nation Perspective; Makere Stewart-Harawira The Lexicon of Globalization: Comparative Perspectives; Paul Bowles & Henry Veltmeyer Index