Global-Local Tradeoffs, Order-Disorder Consequences: 'State' No More An Island?

by Imtiaz A. Hussain (Editor)

Overview

In this book, ten substantive chapters examine how collisions between technological developments (globalizing forces) and thickening populist pressures (localizing dynamics) constantly keep reinventing the state in unforeseen and unpredictable ways. We learn of how international organizations have fared, and to what extent grass-roots grumbles have impacted big-picture developments in quite diverse parts of the world.

Just placing unfolding crises under the microscope cannot but generate policy-solving observations. Treated in corresponding order, these crises revolve around adjusting international institutions; absorbing current populist outbursts; shifting from peacekeeping to peacemaking; spying in the global south; absorbing displaced persons; Rwandan land reform; pandemic and RMG readjustments; Bangladesh’s democratic transition; Rohingyan-Syrian refugees; and Mexico’s 1990s liberalization. Though overarching, observations in the book accent state strength battling with state porosity; the downward spiraling of global order; and the simple lack of any controlling mechanism against globalizing/localizing dynamics in the trenches of everyday life being matched by continued uncertainty on the analytical plane.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811694219
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	04/01/2022
Series:	Global Political Transitions
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

A Professor of Global Studies & Governance, at Independent University, Bangladesh, Imtiaz A. Hussain previously worked in Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City (1995-2013) and Philadelphia University (1990-94). His books include: Glocal-Local Tradeoffs (2022); Rohingya Camp Narratives (2022); Transatlantic Transitions (2018), North American Regionalism and Global Spread (2015); Evaluating NAFTA (2013); Border Governance and the ‘Unruly’ South (2013); North America’s Soft Security Threat (2013), Afghanistan-Iraq and Post-conflict Governance (2010); Impact of NAFTA on North America (2010); North American Homeland Security (2008); Running on Empty Across Central America (2006), and Globalization, Indigenous Groups, and Mexico’s Plan Puebla Plan (2006). His articles can be found in Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence (2008), South Asian Survey (2008), Politics & Policy (2008), Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (2006), and Norteamérica (2006). A recipient of over 12 international fellowships and 8 teaching awards, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Globalization, Localization, & Leaky Umbrellas: Problemmatic Pot Pourri.- Chapter 2: Globalization, Governance, & New Institutionalism: Exploring A New ‘Developing World’ Framework.- Chapter 3: The Growth Of Populism & Populist Publics: Globalization Under The Gun?.- Chapter 4: From Peacekeeping To Peace Enforcement Operations: What Next?.- Chapter 5: Spying & Hidden Partnerships In The Global South: Bangladesh’s Case.- Chapter 6: Climate-Change-Induced Displacement & The United Nations.- Chapter 7: Rwandan Land-Tenure Reforms: Local Socio-Economic Impacts & External Inputs.- Chapter 8: Ready-Made Garments Supply Chain Management & Covid-19 Impacts.- Chapter 9: Sustainable Democracy, Economy, Youth: Leadership In Local-Global Contexts.- Chapter 10: Liberating Education & Awakening Critical Consciousness: Insights From Rohingya-Syrian Comparisons.- Chapter 11: Glocalization, Localization, & The 1990s: “Liberal” Hour Knocking On Mexico’s Door.- Chapter 12: Floating Frameworks & Precipitous Posturings: Post-Cold War Anarchy?

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This is an innovative look at transformations across the post-Cold War world. Imaginative and easy to read, it tackles a panoply of issues from populism and democratization to education to peace operations to climate change to migration and sweat-shop exports, applying and building upon theoretical insights from Rosenau and others in the post-Cold War era. It asks how globalization and localization dynamics can be institutionalized or not, and how the familiar patterns of International Relations can be thrown into disarray. Highly recommended."

—Dr. Mark Aspinwall, Visiting Professor, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, United States; Professor-Investigador, División de Estudios Internacionales, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), CDMX

"In an era when transnational challenges like climate change, refuge flows, and pandemics are clashing with the insular ideologies of economic nationalism, xenophobia, and populism, the tension between the forces of fragmentation and integration are likely to grow. This volume dives deep into the diverse and contradictory domestic and international forces that shape the dynamics of and solutions to the world’s most pressing problems."

—Geoffrey Macdonald, Ph.D., Bangladesh Country Director, International Republican Institute