Globalization

Eleonore Kofman is Professor of Human Geography at Nottingham Trent University, UK and Gillian Youngs is Lecturer in Communication at the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, UK.

'An important and timely exploration of the necessary but often ignored links between international relations and political geography that points the way for the future development of other subjects' Roger Tooze, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'An excellent and comprehensive collection... Essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students.' Sandra Whitworth, York University, Canada

• Introduction: Globalization - the second wave (Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs) Part I: Rethinking Globalization in Theory and Practice 1. Shifting Ground(s): remapping in the context of globalization(s) (Spike V. Peterson) 2. Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: political geography and international relations after the cold war (Simon Dalby) 3. Dangers of Discourse: the case of globalization (Gillian Youngs) 4. Globalization and Geopolitical World Orders (Geoffrey Parker) 5. Beyond the Buzzword: towards a critical theory of globalization (Jan Aart Scholte) 6. Global Restructuring and International Migration: consequences for the globalization of politics (Helene Pellerin) Part II: Territorial Logics 7. Rethinking Sovereignty (Marc Williams) 8. The Globalization of Telecommunications and the issue of Regulatory Reform (Gerhard Fuchs and Andrew Koch) 9. The Globallization of Knowledge and the Politics of Intellectual Property: power, governance and technology (Chris Farrands) 10. What next for the State? (Philip Cerny) 11. Territoritoriality in the Nuclear Era (Richard Harknett) 12. The Modern Multiplicity of States (Peter Taylor) 13. Citizenship at a Crossroads: immigration and the nation-state (Ahmet Icduygu) Part III: Trading Places or Gendering the Global 14. An International Political Economy of Sex? (Jan Jindy Pettman) 15. Feminism, Gender Relations and Geopolitics: problematic closures and opening strategies (Eleonore Kofman) 16. Gender Inequalties and Feminist Politics in Global Perspective (Jill Krause) 17. The Places of Women in Trading Places: gendered global/regional regimes and internationalized feminist resistance (Anne Sisson Runyan) 18. Selling NAFTA: gendered metaphors and silenced gender implications (Marianne Marchand) Part IV: Other Domains of the Global: Issues of Inequality 19. Other Contexts of the Global: for a critical geopolitics of North-South relations (David Slater) 20. Globalization and Governance: the paradoxes of adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa (Giles Mohan) 21. Prospects for Sustainable Development: experiences of small island developing sectors (Roy Smith) 22 Globalization, Culture and the Land: the case of the Caribbean (Tracey Skelton)