The Blackwell Companion to Globalization

<p>List of Illustrations viii</p>
<p>Notes on Contributors x</p>
<p>Introduction<br />George Ritzer 1</p>
<p>PART I: INTRODUCTION 15</p>
<p>Introduction to Part I<br />George Ritzer 16</p>
<p>1. Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond<br />Anthony McGrew 29</p>
<p>2. What Is Globalization?<br />Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White 54</p>
<p>3. The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization<br />Robert J. Antonio 67</p>
<p>4. Globalization: The Major Players<br />George M. Thomas 84</p>
<p>5. Globalization Today<br />John Boli and Velina Petrova 103</p>
<p>6. Theories of Globalization<br />William I. Robinson 125</p>
<p>7. Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues<br />Salvatore Babones 144</p>
<p>8. Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty–fi rst Century<br />Ulrich Beck 162</p>
<p>PART II: THE MAJOR DOMAINS 177</p>
<p>Introduction to Part II<br />George Ritzer 178</p>
<p>9. The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy<br />Subhrajit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi 201</p>
<p>10. Globalization and the Agrarian World<br />Philip McMichael 216</p>
<p>11. Globalization and the Environment<br />Steve Yearley 239</p>
<p>12. Cities and Globalization<br />Michael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma 254</p>
<p>13. The Sociology of Global Organizations<br />Stewart Clegg and Chris Carter 272</p>
<p>14. Economic Globalization: Corporations<br />Peter Dicken 291</p>
<p>15. Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond<br />George Ritzer and Craig Lair 307</p>
<p>16. Globalization and Consumer Culture<br />Douglas J. Goodman 330</p>
<p>17. Cultural Globalization<br />John Tomlinson 352</p>
<p>18. Globalization and Ideology<br />Manfred B. Steger 367</p>
<p>19. Media and Globalization<br />Douglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce 383</p>
<p>20. Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War<br />Howard Tumber and Frank Webster 396</p>
<p>21. Political Globalization<br />Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford 414</p>
<p>22. Globalization and Public Policy<br />Tim Blackman 429</p>
<p>23. Religion and Globalization<br />Peter Beyer 444</p>
<p>24. Globalization and Higher Education<br />Peter Manicas 461</p>
<p>25. Sport and Globalization<br />David L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger 478</p>
<p>26. The Fate of the Local<br />Melissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr 498</p>
<p>27. Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities<br />Farnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach 516</p>
<p>PART III: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 539</p>
<p>Introduction to Part III<br />George Ritzer 540</p>
<p>28. Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends<br />Glenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling 549</p>
<p>29. World Inequality in the Twenty–fi rst Century: Patterns and Tendencies<br />Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran 565</p>
<p>30. Globalization and Corruption<br />Carolyn Warner 593</p>
<p>31. Globalization and Sexuality<br />Kathryn Farr 610</p>
<p>32. War in the Era of Economic Globalization<br />Gerald Schneider 630</p>
<p>33. Globalization and International Terrorism<br />Gus Martin 644</p>
<p>34. Resisting Globalization<br />Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner 662</p>
<p>35. The Futures of Globalization<br />Bryan S. Turner 675</p>
<p>Index 693</p>