Globalization Reader

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He is the author of The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008), Globalization: The Making of World Society (2009), and The American Exception (2017), among other publications. John Boli is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Emory University, USA. His publications cover world culture, global organizations, state authority, and education. He has co-authored a number of books including Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 (with George Thomas, 1999).

• Preface to the Sixth Edition xiiGeneral Introduction 1Part I Debating Globalization 7Introduction 81 The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed 11John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge2 How to Judge Globalism 19Amartya Sen3 The Elusive Concept of Globalisation 25Cees J. Hamelink4 The Clash of Civilizations? 32Samuel P. Huntington5 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 40United NationsPart I Questions 46Part II Explaining Globalization 47Introduction 486 The Modern World‐System as a Capitalist World‐Economy 52Immanuel Wallerstein7 Sociology of the Global System 59Leslie Sklair8 A Brief History of Neoliberalism 67David Harvey9 World Society and the Nation‐State 73John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas, and Francisco O. Ramirez10 Globalization as a Problem 82Roland Robertson11 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy 90Arjun AppaduraiPart II Questions 99Part III Experiencing Globalization 101Introduction 10212 Waves in the History of Globalization 105Frank J. Lechner13 McDonald’s in Hong Kong 112James L. Watson14 The Transnational Villagers 121Peggy Levitt15 Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization 129Aneesh Aneesh16 Fear and Money in Dubai 137Mike Davis17 Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism 142Sasha Issenberg18 An Anthropology of Structural Violence 147Paul Farmer19 Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche 154Ethan WattersPart III Questions 159Part IV Globalization and the World Economy 161Introduction 16220 China Makes, the World Takes 167James Fallows21 Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry 173Miguel Korzeniewicz22 The Sticky Superpower 184The Economist23 Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now: An Overview 189Branko Milanovic24 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It 194Paul Collier25 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Effects 200Malcolm Edey26 The Twin Excesses – Financialization and Globalization – Caused the Crash 207Ashok Bardhan27 Globalism’s Discontents 210Joseph E. StiglitzPart IV Questions 218Part V Globalization and the Nation-State 219Introduction 22028 The Declining Authority of States 224Susan Strange29 Global Organized Crime 231James H. Mittelman30 Has Globalization Gone Too Far? 237Dani Rodrik31 The Individualization of Society and the Liberalization of State Policies on Same‐Sex Sexual Relations, 1984–1995 244David John Frank and Elizabeth H. McEneaney32 Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960–2009 251Elizabeth H. Boyle, Minzee Kim, and Wesley LonghoferPart V Questions 258Part VI Global Governance 261Introduction 26233 The International Monetary Fund 266James Vreeland34 ISO and the Infrastructure for a Global Market 273Craig N. Murphy and JoAnne Yates35 Global Health Governance: A Conceptual Review 280Richard Dodgson, Kelley Lee, and Nick Drager36 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grant‐Making Programmefor Global Health 286David McCoy, Gayatri Kembhavi, Jinesh Patel, and Akish Luintel37 IMPACT: Transforming Business, Changing the World – The United Nations Global Compact 291DNV GL Group and United Nations Global CompactPart VI Questions 297Part VII Globalization, INGOs, and Civil Society 299Introduction 30038 NGOs and Climate Crisis: Fragmentation, Lines of Conflict and Strategic Approaches 304Barbara Unmusig39 The Evolution of Debates over Female Genital Cutting 313Elizabeth Heger Boyle40 Women’s Human Rights and the Muslim Question: Iran’s One Million Signatures Campaign 320Rebecca L. Barlow41 World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non‐Governmental Organization 328John Boli and George M. Thomas42 Closing the Corruption Casino: The Imperatives of a Multilateral Approach 336Peter Eigen43 Trading Diamonds Responsibly: Institutional Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility 341Franziska Bieri and John Boli44 Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development 348Ananya RoyPart VII Questions 354Part VIII Globalization and Media 355Introduction 35645 Cultural Imperialism 360John Tomlinson46 Mapping Global Media Flow and Contra‐Flow 370Daya Kishan Thussu47 Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 377Doobo Shim48 Landing of the Wave: Hallyu in Peru and Brazil 383Nusta Corranza Ko, Song No, Jeong‐Nam Kim, and Ronald Gobbi Simoes49 Watching Big Brother at Work: A Production Study of Big Brother Australia 389Jane Roscoe50 Bollywood versus Hollywood: Battle of the Dream Factories 397Heather Tyrrell51 Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care 405Tyler CowenPart VIII Questions 411Part IX Globalization and Religion 413Introduction 41452 Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims 418Charles Kurzman53 Globalised Islam: The Search for a New Ummah 423Olivier Roy54 The Christian Revolution 429Philip Jenkins55 American Evangelicals: The Overlooked Globalizers and Their Unintended Gospel of Modernity 437Joshua J. Yates56 Religious Rejections of Globalization 443Frank J. Lechner57 The Decontexualization of Asian Religious Practices in the Context of Globalization 450Brooke SchedneckPart IX Questions 455Part X Globalization and Identity 457Introduction 45858 Moral Choices and Global Desires: Feminine Identity in a Transnational Realm 461Ernestine McHugh59 Global/Indian: Cultural Politics in the IT Workplace 469Smitha Radhakrishnan60 Strategic Inauthenticity 476Timothy D. Taylor61 Orange Nation: Soccer and National Identity in the Netherlands 481Frank J. Lechner62 Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture 486Ulf Hannerz63 Cosmopolitanism & Humanism 492C. Martin CentnerPart X Questions 495Part XI Global Environmentalism 497Introduction 49864 Greenpeace and Political Globalism 502Paul Wapner65 Environmental Advocacy Networks 510Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink66 Toward Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development: Transnational Civil Society Organizing around Big Dams 519Sanjeev Khagram67 Ozone Depletion 526Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown68 Movements for Climate Justice in the US and Worldwide 531Brian Tokar69 Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, at the Opening Session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland 539Rajendra K. PachauriPart XI Questions 542Part XII Contesting Globalization: Alternatives and Opposition 545Introduction 54670 Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Political Economy 550Peter Evans71 The Global Justice Movement 557Geoffrey Pleyers72 The Twelve Assumptions of an Alter‐Globalisation Strategy 563Gustave Massiah73 The Global South: The WTO and Deglobalization 568Walden Bello74 Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization 573Vandana Shiva75 Porto Alegre Call for Mobilization 582World Social Forum76 When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism 585Jonathan Haidt77 The Globalization of Rage: Why Today’s Extremism Looks Familiar 591Pankaj MishraPart XII Questions 595Index 597