Globalization : theory and practice / [edited by] Eleonore Kofman and Gillian Youngs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kofman, Eleonore.

Youngs, Gillian, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

Globalization and the related issues of power and identity are central concerns in international studies, whether viewed from a political, economic, spatial or human perspective. The fully updated second edition of this major collection brings together a multi-disciplinary group of international scholars to interrogate globalization in theory and practice. Gender, identity, citizenship, migration, issues related to the state, and economic and technological change, are analyzed in depth. Several of the authors have revised their chapters from the earlier edition and others have provided completely new contributions in key areas such as the internet, social movements, environmental security and world cities. Two new introductory chapters written by the editors outline the theory and practice of international relations and political geography at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Several further chapters highlight different aspects of inequality which have become central to the globalization debate.

Contents:

International relations as we enter the twenty-first century / Gillian Youngs

Political geography and globalization as we enter the twenty-first century / Eleonore Kofman

Globalization, geography and environmental security / Simon Dalby

Rethinking the geopolitics of the global : the case of North-South relations / David Slater

Globalizing forces and natural disaster : what can be the future for the small Caribbean island of Montserrat? / Tracey Skelton

Social movements and global politics / Marc Williams

Development hegemonies and local outcomes : women and NGOs in low-income countries / Janet Townsend, Emma Mawdsley and Gina Porter

Shifting ground(s), remapping strategies and triad analytics / V. Spike Peterson

Gender inequalities and feminist politics in a global perspective / Jill Steans

The places of women in trading places revisited : gendered global/regional regimes and inter-nationalized feminist resistance / Anne Sisson Runyan

International sex and service / Jan Jindy Pettman

Crisis? What crisis? The politics of migration regulation in the era of globalization / Hélène Pellerin

Globalization, migration and citizenship : the case of Turkey / E. Fuat Keyman and Ahmet İçduygu

What next for the state? / Philip G. Cerny

The global capacity of a world city : a relational study of London / Jonathan Beaverstock, Richard Smith and Peter Taylor

Globalization and geopolitical world orders / Geoffrey Parker

Power, knowledge and governance : globalizing intellectual property management, reproducing inequalities / Chris Farrands

The multimedia industry : networks and regional development in a globalized economy / Gerhard Fuchs

Cyber-states and the 'sovereignty' of virtual communities / Roy Smith

The soft-shell of territoriality in the nuclear era / Richard J. Harknett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826454720

0826454739

OCLC:

51568068