Demystifying Globalization (Globalization and Governance)

Globalization has, within academic, political and business circles alike, become the buzz-word of the 1990s, conjuring an ever-growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. The authors cast a critical and, in large part, sceptical gaze over some of the often wildly exaggerated and wilfully extrapolated claims made in the name of globalization, whilst seeking to transcend the disciplinary shackles that have come to characterize, as they have come to limit, our understanding of the dynamic processes and mechanisms of globalization. They expose, challenge and demystify many of our intuitive assumptions about this complex and contested process, developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the phenomena variously referred to as economic, political, social and cultural globalization. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Notes on the Editors......Page 9 Notes on the Contributors......Page 10 1 Introduction: Demystifying Globalization......Page 12 Part I: What Is Globalization?......Page 30 2 Unpacking the Globalization Debate: Approaches, Evidence and Data......Page 32 3 Izations of the World: Americanization, Modernization and Globalization......Page 60 4 State Sovereignty, Globalization and the Rise of Soft Capitalism......Page 82 Part II: Globalization, Regionalization and National Diversity......Page 114 5 Globalization and Its ‘Other(s): Three ‘New Kinds of Orientalism’ and the Political Economy of Trans-Border Identity......Page 116 6 Globalization and Regionalization in Central and Europe: Positive and Negative Responses to the Global Challenge......Page 138 7 In But Not Of the World? Japan, Globalization and the ‘End of History’......Page 158 8 Globalization and European Integration......Page 179 C......Page 202 F......Page 203 I......Page 204 M......Page 205 P......Page 206 U......Page 207 Z......Page 208 Annotation Globalization has, within academic, political and business circles alike, become the buzz-word of the 1990s, conjuring an ever-growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. The authors cast a critical and, in large part, sceptical gaze over some of the often wildly exaggerated and wilfully extrapolated claims made in the name of globalization, whilst seeking to transcend the disciplinary shackles that have come to characterize, as they have come to limit, our understanding of the dynamic processes and mechanisms of globalization. They expose, challenge and demystify many of our intuitive assumptions about this complex and contested process, developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the phenomena variously referred to as economic, political, social and culturalglobalization Globalization, within academic, political and business circles alike, conjures an ever growing diversity of associations, connotations and attendant mythologies. In this volume a distinguished array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. They expose, challenge and demystify many of the exaggerated and overgeneralized claims made about globalization, whilst developing a distinctive'third wave'perspective on the world we inhabit and the processes currently reconfiguring it. Globalization has, within academic, political and business circles alike, become the buzz word of the 1990s, conjuring an ever growing diversity of attendant mythologies. In this volume an array of international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises They expose, challenge and demystify many of our intuitive assumptions about this complex and contested process, developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the phenomena variously referred to as economic, political, social and cultural globalization."--Jacket Globalisation is the buzz word of the 1990s, conjuring a growing diversity of associations and connotations. This volume assesses the contribution of the globalisation thesis to our understanding of social, political and economic change