Which "global village"? : societies, cultures, and political-economic systems in a Euro-Atlantic perspective / edited by Valeria Gennaro Lerda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gennaro Lerda, Valeria.

Università di Genova. Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies. International Conference 1998 : Genoa, Italy)

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Congresses.

Globalization.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Societies, cultures, and political-economic systems in a Euro-Atlantic perspective

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Economic, Political and Social Dimensions of Globalization

1. Introductory Outline: "Global Village or Global Pillage?" A New Architecture and New Architects / Jeremy Brecher 3

2. The Local and the Global in Financial Crises / Elmar Altvater 9

3. The Uneasiness of Globalization: Notes on the Role of Migrations in the World Society / Alessandro Dal Lago 23

4. Globalization Without Enemies or Enemies of Globalization? / Luca Burgazzoli 41

5. Mobility in the Globalized Economy / Vincenzo Li Donni 51

6. Industrial Relations and Globalization: Some Reflections Based on the Canadian Experience / Gilles Trudeau 63

Part II The United States and Europe in the New World Order

7. The Audacity of America: Historical Origins of the New World Order / Bruce Daniels 83

8. Oppositional Tendencies to the (More or Less) One-Party System in the United States / Malcolm Sylvers 91

9. Globalization: The Role of Parties and Movements in the Democratic Transition / Andrea Mignone 109

10. Continental Drift: European Integration and American Hegemony / Stephen Burman 131

11. The Impact of Globalization on the American South: Culture, Ecology, and Economy / David Goldfield 145

Part III Toward a Cosmopolitan Society? Ecology, Languages, Gender and Education

12. Mondo Esotico: Globalization Through Green-Colored Glasses / Jack Temple Kirby 157

13. Globalization and Problems of Intergraded Analysis in the Processes of Territorialization, Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization Caused by the Nets Frameworks: Some Meaningful Examples / Mauro Spotorno 169

14. Reconciling Economics and Ecology to Address Global Issues / J. Terry Rolfe 181

15. Language and Law in the Era of Globalization / Joseph G. Turi 193

16. The Pathologization of the Female Body in the Post-Fordist Era: Notes for Feminist Considerations about Globalization / Augusta Molinari 203

17. Globalization and Its Challenge to Higher Education: Some Reflections of a European Americanist Educator and Life-Long Learner / Dorothea Steiner 213

18. Globalization and the Prospects for Cosmopolitan Society / Barrie Axford 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0275973905

OCLC:

48056913