Richard W. Mansbach (BA Swarthmore College, DPhil Oxford University) is a former Marshall Scholar and three-time Fulbright Scholar. He has authored, co-authored, or edited seventeen books and numerous articles and book chapters largely concerning theory in global politics and foreign policy. His scholarship has extended our understanding of global politics beyond the traditional notion of territorial states interacting in an anarchic system to encompass a wide variety of actors complexly related across a variety of issues. Increasingly, his work has moved from the dominant role of “states” in international relations theory to encompass a changing cast of actors in a globalizing world and toward the concept of “identity” and the role of psychological, as opposed to geographic, distance in determining loyalties and behavior. His scholarship focuses on the critical role of history and norms in understanding change and continuity in global politics and in the movement from pre-international to international and, ultimately, post-international politics in a globalizing world. Among his books several are routinely used in major graduate programs, notably, The Web of World Politics, In Search of Theory: Toward a New Paradigm for Global Politics, The Elusive Quest:  Theory and International Politics, Polities: Authority, Identities, and Change, The Elusive Quest Continues: Theory and Global Politics, Remapping Global Politics, Globalization: The return of borders to a borderless world?. In addition, Professor Mansbach was the co-editor of the field’s flagship journal International Studies. He has also served as department chair at Rutgers University (New Brunswick) and at Iowa State University.

This text offers an extensive and comprehensive overview of the debates and subjects connected with globalization. The book effectively covers the origins, developments, successes and challenges of globalization in an easy to use and understand format which appeals to students.

• PrefaceI. AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION1. What Is Globalization And What Are Its Origins?2. Technology And Globalization3. Economic Globalization Demonizing Neoliberal EconomicsII. THE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION4. Political Globalization Global Civil Society5. Security Globalization6. Cultural Globalization Different Approaches to Globalization and Culture7. Globalization And Migration Migration Myths8. Environmental Globalization: A Hazardous World9. The Future of the Nation-State10. The Challenge of Nationalism11. Human Rights and Democracy in a Globalizing World Evolving Human Rights12. Is Globalization A Good Thing?13. Alternative Globalizations Humanistic Globalization?14. The Future of Globalization