Globalization: a reference handbook

Preface

1: Background And History

So what is globalization?

Globalization: the buzzword

Definitions of globalization

Globalization as a common pool issue

Ecology of globalization: spaceship Earth

History of globalization

Ancient civilizations

Ancient empire

Rise and expansion of European powers

Industrialization and the modern era

20th century

Actors of globalization

Nation-states

Central banks

International nongovernmental organizations

International governmental organizations

Multinational corporations

International financial institutions

Free trade agreements

Conclusion

References

2: Problems, Controversies, And Solutions

Differing worldviews to interpret globalization

Free market enthusiasts: the neoliberals

Regulating globalization: institutionalists

Globalization as destructive imperialism: critics

Technology: benefits and problems

Cultural globalization

Neoliberals on cultural globalization

Institutionalists on cultural globalization

Critics on cultural globalization

Economic globalization

Globalization of production

Global financial system

Controversy over the World Trade Organization

Worldviews on the global economy

Neoliberals

Institutionalists

Critics

Global environmental problems

Climate change

Stratospheric ozone depletion

Long-range transboundary air pollution and acid rain

Declining fishing stocks

Ocean pollution

Loss of biodiversity

Worldviews on global environmental problems

Neoliberal view on global environmental problems

Institutionalist view on global environmental problems

Critics on global environmental problems

Globalization of war, conflict, security, and arms

War and conflict: global security and the global arms dynamic

Globalization and political realism

Global arms trade

Nuclear weapons and globalization

Deterrence, mutually assured destruction, and nuclear utilization theory

Globalization and the closing gap in firepower

Technology and terrorism

War and the environment

Conclusion

References

3: Special U S Issues

Role of the United States in the global economy

Neoliberal view

Liberal institutionalist view

Critic's view

United States and the global environment

Evolution of environmental policy in the United States

Rejection of the Kyoto protocol

Climate change policy in the United States

Global security and the United States military

Basic facts on the United States military and globalization

Foreign policy of the Bush administration

NSSUS: the United States as global unitary executive

Conclusion

References

4: Chronology

References

5: Biographical Sketches

Thomas P M Barnett

Walden Bello

Kenneth Boulding

Lester R Brown

Noam Chomsky

Herman Daly

Cynthia Enloe

Milton Friedman

Thomas Friedman

William Greider

David Held

Chalmers Johnson

Immanuel Kant

Paul Kennedy

Robert O Keohane

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Karl Marx

Joseph S Nye, Jr

James Petras

David Ricardo

William Robinson

Vandana Shiva

Julian Simon

Adam Smith

George Soros

William K Tabb

Immanuel Wallerstein

Kenneth Waltz

Martin Wolf

6: Data And Documents

Data tables

Global population

Technology

Global economy

Global oil imports and exports

Climate change and air pollution

Global security, arms, and conflict

Selected documents

Maastricht treaty: treaty on European union (1992)

North Atlantic treaty (NATO 1949)

Charter of the United Nations (1945)

Universal declaration of human rights (1948)

Free trade agreements

General agreement on trade and tariffs (1947)

North American free trade agreement (1994)

Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Global environmental documents

Agenda 21

Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1987)

United Nations framework convention on climate change (1992)

Kyoto protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change

7: Directory Of Organizations

United States governmental agencies

International governmental organizations

Research centers and nongovernmental organizations

Academic/University-based research centers

8: Resources

Print resources

Reference works

Selected books and scholarly articles

Nonprint resources

Internet resources

Online databases

Videos

Podcasts

Glossary

Index

About the authors.