INDICE: Preface. 1 Globalization. Conceptualization, Origins, and History. Conceptualizing Globalization. From 'Solids' to 'Liquids'. 'Flows'. 'Heavy' and 'Light'. 'Heavy' Structures that Expedite 'Flows'. 'Heavy' Structures as Barriers to 'Flows'. Subtler Structural Barriers. Origins and History of Globalization. Hardwired. Cycles. Epochs. Events. Broader, More Recent Changes. 2 Theorizing Globalization. Imperialism. Colonialism. Development. Americanization. Anti-Americanism as a Global Process. Neo-Liberalism. Neo-Liberalism: Basic Ideas. The Neo-Liberal State. Critiquing Neo-Liberalism: Karl Polanyi. Contemporary Criticisms of Neo-Liberalism. Neo-Marxian Theories. Transnational Capitalism. 3 Structuring the Global Economy. Before Bretton Woods. A Prior Epoch of Globalization. Economic Development during and after WW II. Bretton Woods and the Bretton Woods System. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). World Trade Organization (WTO). International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Bank. The End of Bretton Woods. Changes in, and Critiques of, Bretton-Woods-Era Organizations. Other Important Economic Organizations. The Multinational Corporation (MNC). The Myth of Economic Globalization? 4 Global Economic Flows. Trade. TradeSurpluses and Deficits. Global Trade: Economic Chains and Networks. Global Value Chains: China and the US. Increasing Competition for Commodities. The Economic Impact of the Flow of Oil. Oil Wealth. Race to the Bottom and Upgrading. Upgrading in the Less Developed World? Outsourcing. Financial Globalization. The Great Recession. Consumption. Consumer Objects and Services. Consumers. Consumption Processes. Consumption Sites. Global Resistance. Chapter Summary. 5 Global Political Structures and Processes. On Political Flows. The Nation-State. Threats to the Nation-State. In Defense of the Nation-State. 'Imagined Community'. Changes in Global Nation-State Relations. United Nations (UN). United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). United Nations Educational, Scientifi c, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Global Governance. Civil Society. International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs). 6 High-Tech Global Flows and Structures. Technology, Media, and the Internet. Technology. Medical Technologies. Space-Based Technologies. Leapfrogging. India's 'One Lakh Car' (or NANO). Problematic Technological Flows. Media. Media Imperialism. 'Media Were American'. New Global Media.Indymedia. Thinking about the Global Media. The Internet. Online Social Networking. Spam. Computer Viruses. The Internet in China. 7 Global Culture and Cultural Flows. Cultural Differentialism. Civilizations. Cultural Hybridization. Muslim Girl Scouts. Appadurai's 'Landscapes'. Cultural Convergence. Cultural Imperiali
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