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Bryan S. Turner is one of today’s most creative social scientists and it is a treat for the reader that he now has turned his attention also to globalization. The topics that are discussed in this work are all extremely well chosen and cover everything from economics, internet and politics to the climate, human rights and the spread ofinfectious diseases.The RoutledgeInternational Handbookof Globalization Studies isa must for everybody who wants to better understand the contemporary world as well as for every library that wants to serve and educate its visitors. Professor Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, USA This volume provides a valuable overview of contemporary discussions of globali- zation and what exactly the term means. Bryan S. Turner’s introduction surveys the relevant debates with breadth and sobriety, calling into question some of the reigning shibboleths about this much-discussed but little-understood buzzword of our times. The volume will be useful to the specialist and the student alike. Professor John Torpey, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies makes a significant con- tributiontothewidelydiscussedthemeofglobalization.BryanS.Turnerhasskilfully brought together a variety of scholars from a broad range of social sciencedisciplines, and the reader will be impressed by the rich and insightful arguments that emerge from this diverse range of perspectives. Professor Mohamed Cherkaoui, CNRS and University of Paris Sorbonne, France The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at demographic, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. The Handbook examines many negative aspects – new wars, slavery, illegal migration, pollution and inequality – but concludes with an examination of responses to these problems through human rights organizations, international labour law and the growth of cosmo- politanism. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches with essays covering sociology, demography, economics, politics, anthropology and history. The Handbook is written in a clear and direct style that will appeal to a wide audience. The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study. Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge (1998–2005) and at the National University of Singapore (2005-09). He is currently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College USA and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Western Sydney,Australia.HehaspublishedTheNewMedicalSociology(2004)andTheBody&Society (2008). The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies Edited by Bryan S. Turner Firstpublished2010 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare, MiltonPark, Abingdon,OxonOX144RN Simultaneously publishedin theUSA andCanada byRoutledge 270Madison Avenue,NewYork,NY10016 Routledge isanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. ©2010BryanS.Turner forselection andeditorialmaterial; individual chapters, theircontributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilisedinanyform orbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any informationstorage orretrieval system,withoutpermission inwritingfromthe publishers. BritishLibrary Cataloguing inPublication Data Acataloguerecord forthisbookisavailable from theBritishLibrary Library ofCongressCataloging inPublication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-87000-X Master e-book ISBN ISBN978-0-415-45808-5 (hbk) ISBN978-0-203-87000-6 (ebk) Contents List of figures viii List of tables ix List of contributors x Part I: Theories and definitions 1 1 Theories of globalization: issues and origins 3 Bryan S. Turner 2 Limiting theory: rethinking approaches to cultures of globalization 23 Smitha Radhakrishnan 3 Economic theories of globalization 42 Patrik Aspers and Sebastian Kohl 4 Internet and globalization 62 Lior Gelernter and Motti Regev 5 Anti-globalization movements: from critiques to alternatives 77 Tom Mertes 6 Historyandhegemony:theUnitedStatesandtwenty-firstcenturyglobalization 96 Jan Nederveen Pieterse 7 Vulnerability and globalization: the social impact of globalization 114 Peadar Kirby vii CONTENTS Part II: Substantive issues 135 8 Transformations of the world’s population: the demographic revolution 137 John MacInnes and Julio Pérez Díaz 9 All that is molten freezes again: migration history, globalization, and the politics of newness 162 Adam McKeown 10 Climate change, globalization, and carbonization 182 Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Felicia Allegra Peck 11 Infectious disease and globalization 205 Susan Kippax and Niamh Stephenson 12 Globalization, disasters, and disaster response 227 Habibul Khondker 13 The globalization of crime 245 Robert Winslow and Virginia Winslow 14 Religion out of place? The Globalization of fundamentalism 269 Peter Beyer 15 Globalization and Indigenous peoples: new old patterns 287 Carlos Gigoux and Colin Samson 16 Genocide in the global age 312 Martin Shaw 17 Global elites 328 Jan Pakulski 18 Globalization, ethnic conflict, and nationalism 346 Daniele Conversi 19 The global drive to commodify pensions 367 Robin Blackburn Part III: New institutions and cultures 393 20 Popular culture, fans, and globalization 395 Cornel Sandvoss 21 Film and globalization: from Hollywood to Bollywood 412 Stephen Teo viii CONTENTS 22 Global cities 429 Chris Hudson 23 Crossing divides: consumption and globalization in history 447 Frank Trentmann 24 Pluralism, globalization, and the “modernization” of gender and sexual relations in Asia 470 Michael G. Peletz 25 Globalization and food: the dialectics of globality and locality 492 David Inglis 26 Borders, passports, and the global mobility 514 Mark B. Salter 27 Globalization of space: from the global to the galactic 531 Peter Dickens and James S. Ormrod 28 Globalization and Americanization 554 Stephen Mennell Part IV: Critical solutions 569 29 Globalization and labour: putting the ILO in its place 571 Anthony Woodiwiss 30 The globalization of human rights 589 Thomas Cushman 31 Global civil society and the World Social Forum 604 Kadambari Anantram, Christopher Chase-Dunn, and Ellen Reese 32 Muslim cosmopolitanism: contemporary practice and social theory 622 Humeira Iqtidar 33 New cosmopolitanism in the social sciences 635 Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider 34 Globalization and its possible futures 653 Bryan S. Turner Index 669 ix
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