Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vi
Introduction: Concepts of Globalization 1
1 Perspectives on Globalization: Divergence or Convergence? 19
2 The History of Globalization: Pre-modern, Modern or Postmodern? 43
3 Technology, Economy and the Globalization of Culture 67
4 The Globalization of Culture: Homogeneous or Hybrid? 89
5 Global Migration: Inequality and History 105
6 The Effects of Migration: Is Migration a Problem or a Solution? 120
7 The Global Economy: Capitalism and the Economic Bases of Globalization 135
8 Global Inequality: Is Globalization a Solution to World Poverty? 159
9 Politics, the State and Globalization: The End of the Nation-state and Social Democracy? 188
10 Global Politics and Cosmopolitan Democracy 214
11 Anti-globalization and Global Justice Movements 239
12 The Future World Order: The Decline of American Power? 259
13 War and Globalization 287
Conclusion 310
Acknowledgements 316
References 317
Index 327