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Contents
About the Website xi List of Figures xii Preface xiii
1 GLOBALIZATION I 1 Liquids, Flows, and structures
some of the Basics 2 From solids to Liquids (to Gases) 3 Flows 6 Heavy, Light, Weightless 8 Heavy structures that expedite Flows 11 Heavy structures As Barriers to Flows 15 subtler structural Barriers 18 on the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and structures 20 thinking about Global Flows and structures 21 Chapter summary 22
2 GLOBALIZATION II 27 some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies
Is there such a thing As Globalization? 28 Is It Globalization or transnationalization? 30 If there Is such a thing As Globalization, When Did It Begin? 31 Globalization or Globalizations? 38 What Drives Globalization? 41 Does Globalization Hop Rather than Flow? 42 If there Is such a thing As Globalization, Is It Inexorable? 43 Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? 45 What, If Anything, Can Be Done about Globalization? 50 Chapter summary 51
3 GLOBALIZATION AND RELATED PROCESSES 55 Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, easternization, and Americanization
Imperialism 56 Colonialism 59 Development 61 Westernization 63 easternization 64 Americanization 67 Comparisons with Globalization 75 the era of the “Posts” 77 Chapter summary 78
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