Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Senior Advisor on International Education and Globalization to the Dean of Social Sciences. He is also the Research Leader of the Globalization and Culture Program in RMIT University's Global Cities Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the US State Department and as an advisor to the PBS TV series, "Heaven onEarth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism." He is the author or editor of twenty-one books on globalization, global history, and the history of political ideas, including: The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford UniversityPress, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: The Great Ideological Struggle of the 21st Century, 3rd ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009); Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2013).

The Global Studies Reader, Second Edition, is a highly convenient one-stop shop for many of the seminal articles in the field. The book's competitive advantages include its reasonable price, convenient size, and the fact that it's been compiled by such a world-renowned expert on the processes and ideologies of globalization.

• Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: What Is Global Studies? ; PART I: POLITICS & SOCIETIES ; 1. Five Meanings of Global Civil Society ; Mary Kaldor ; 2. Framing Global Governance, Five Gaps ; Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss ; 3. Political Ideologies in the Age of Globalization ; Manfred B. Steger ; 4. Globalization and the Emergence of World Social Forums ; Jackie Smith, Marina Karides, Marc Becker, Dorval Brunelle, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Donatella della Porta, Rosalba Icaza Garza, Jeffrey S. Juris, Lorenzo Mosca, Ellen Reese, Peter (Jay) Smith, and Rolando Vasquez ; 5. Global Media, Mobilization, and Revolution: The Arab Spring ; Hans Schattle ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART II: ECONOMIES & TECHNOLOGIES ; 6. How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts ; Pietra Rivoli ; 7. The Specter that Haunts the Global Economy: The Challenge of Global Feminism ; Valentine Moghadam ; 8. Designing Capitalism 3.0 ; Dani Rodrik ; 9. The Global Network Society ; Manuel Castells ; 10. The Googlization of Us: Universal Surveillance and Infrastructural Imperialism ; Siva Vaidhyanathan ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART III: CULTURES & HISTORIES ; 11. Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? ; William H. McNeill ; 12. Slaves, Germs, and Trojan Horses ; Nayan Chanda ; 13. Culture: The Glocal Game, Cosmopolitanism and Americanization ; Richard Giulanotti and Roland Robertson ; 14. The American Global Cultural Brand ; Lane Crothers ; 15. The Religion Market ; Olivier Roy ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART IV: SPACES & ENVIROMENTS ; 16. The Urban Climacteric ; Mike Davis ; 17. The Improbable Life of an Urban Patch: Deciphering the Hidden Logic of Global Urban Growth ; Jeb Brugmann ; 18. Mobile Global Citizens ; Luis Cabrera ; 19. An Overheated Planet ; Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley ; 20. The One-Degree War ; Paul Gilding ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; Index

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Senior Advisor on International Education and Globalization to the Dean of Social Sciences. He is also the Research Leader of the Globalization and Culture Program in RMIT University's Global Cities Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the US State Department and as an advisor to the PBS TV series, "Heaven onEarth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism." He is the author or editor of twenty-one books on globalization, global history, and the history of political ideas, including: The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford UniversityPress, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: The Great Ideological Struggle of the 21st Century, 3rd ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009); Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2013).

The Global Studies Reader, Second Edition, is a highly convenient one-stop shop for many of the seminal articles in the field. The book's competitive advantages include its reasonable price, convenient size, and the fact that it's been compiled by such a world-renowned expert on the processes and ideologies of globalization.

• Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: What Is Global Studies? ; PART I: POLITICS & SOCIETIES ; 1. Five Meanings of Global Civil Society ; Mary Kaldor ; 2. Framing Global Governance, Five Gaps ; Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss ; 3. Political Ideologies in the Age of Globalization ; Manfred B. Steger ; 4. Globalization and the Emergence of World Social Forums ; Jackie Smith, Marina Karides, Marc Becker, Dorval Brunelle, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Donatella della Porta, Rosalba Icaza Garza, Jeffrey S. Juris, Lorenzo Mosca, Ellen Reese, Peter (Jay) Smith, and Rolando Vasquez ; 5. Global Media, Mobilization, and Revolution: The Arab Spring ; Hans Schattle ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART II: ECONOMIES & TECHNOLOGIES ; 6. How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts ; Pietra Rivoli ; 7. The Specter that Haunts the Global Economy: The Challenge of Global Feminism ; Valentine Moghadam ; 8. Designing Capitalism 3.0 ; Dani Rodrik ; 9. The Global Network Society ; Manuel Castells ; 10. The Googlization of Us: Universal Surveillance and Infrastructural Imperialism ; Siva Vaidhyanathan ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART III: CULTURES & HISTORIES ; 11. Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? ; William H. McNeill ; 12. Slaves, Germs, and Trojan Horses ; Nayan Chanda ; 13. Culture: The Glocal Game, Cosmopolitanism and Americanization ; Richard Giulanotti and Roland Robertson ; 14. The American Global Cultural Brand ; Lane Crothers ; 15. The Religion Market ; Olivier Roy ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART IV: SPACES & ENVIROMENTS ; 16. The Urban Climacteric ; Mike Davis ; 17. The Improbable Life of an Urban Patch: Deciphering the Hidden Logic of Global Urban Growth ; Jeb Brugmann ; 18. Mobile Global Citizens ; Luis Cabrera ; 19. An Overheated Planet ; Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley ; 20. The One-Degree War ; Paul Gilding ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; Index

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Senior Advisor on International Education and Globalization to the Dean of Social Sciences. He is also the Research Leader of the Globalization and Culture Program in RMIT University's Global Cities Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the US State Department and as an advisor to the PBS TV series, "Heaven onEarth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism." He is the author or editor of twenty-one books on globalization, global history, and the history of political ideas, including: The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford UniversityPress, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: The Great Ideological Struggle of the 21st Century, 3rd ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009); Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2013).

The Global Studies Reader, Second Edition, is a highly convenient one-stop shop for many of the seminal articles in the field. The book's competitive advantages include its reasonable price, convenient size, and the fact that it's been compiled by such a world-renowned expert on the processes and ideologies of globalization.

• Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: What Is Global Studies? ; PART I: POLITICS & SOCIETIES ; 1. Five Meanings of Global Civil Society ; Mary Kaldor ; 2. Framing Global Governance, Five Gaps ; Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss ; 3. Political Ideologies in the Age of Globalization ; Manfred B. Steger ; 4. Globalization and the Emergence of World Social Forums ; Jackie Smith, Marina Karides, Marc Becker, Dorval Brunelle, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Donatella della Porta, Rosalba Icaza Garza, Jeffrey S. Juris, Lorenzo Mosca, Ellen Reese, Peter (Jay) Smith, and Rolando Vasquez ; 5. Global Media, Mobilization, and Revolution: The Arab Spring ; Hans Schattle ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART II: ECONOMIES & TECHNOLOGIES ; 6. How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts ; Pietra Rivoli ; 7. The Specter that Haunts the Global Economy: The Challenge of Global Feminism ; Valentine Moghadam ; 8. Designing Capitalism 3.0 ; Dani Rodrik ; 9. The Global Network Society ; Manuel Castells ; 10. The Googlization of Us: Universal Surveillance and Infrastructural Imperialism ; Siva Vaidhyanathan ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART III: CULTURES & HISTORIES ; 11. Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? ; William H. McNeill ; 12. Slaves, Germs, and Trojan Horses ; Nayan Chanda ; 13. Culture: The Glocal Game, Cosmopolitanism and Americanization ; Richard Giulanotti and Roland Robertson ; 14. The American Global Cultural Brand ; Lane Crothers ; 15. The Religion Market ; Olivier Roy ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; PART IV: SPACES & ENVIROMENTS ; 16. The Urban Climacteric ; Mike Davis ; 17. The Improbable Life of an Urban Patch: Deciphering the Hidden Logic of Global Urban Growth ; Jeb Brugmann ; 18. Mobile Global Citizens ; Luis Cabrera ; 19. An Overheated Planet ; Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley ; 20. The One-Degree War ; Paul Gilding ; Discussion Points & Guide to Further Readings and Recommended Websites ; Index