Table Of ContentBryan S. Turner is one of today’s most creative social scientists and it is a treat for
the reader that he now has turned his attention also to globalization. The topics
that are discussed in this work are all extremely well chosen and cover everything
from economics, internet and politics to the climate, human rights and the spread
ofinfectious diseases.The RoutledgeInternational Handbookof Globalization Studies isa
must for everybody who wants to better understand the contemporary world as
well as for every library that wants to serve and educate its visitors.
Professor Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, USA
This volume provides a valuable overview of contemporary discussions of globali-
zation and what exactly the term means. Bryan S. Turner’s introduction surveys
the relevant debates with breadth and sobriety, calling into question some of the
reigning shibboleths about this much-discussed but little-understood buzzword of
our times. The volume will be useful to the specialist and the student alike.
Professor John Torpey, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies makes a significant con-
tributiontothewidelydiscussedthemeofglobalization.BryanS.Turnerhasskilfully
brought together a variety of scholars from a broad range of social sciencedisciplines,
and the reader will be impressed by the rich and insightful arguments that emerge
from this diverse range of perspectives.
Professor Mohamed Cherkaoui, CNRS and University of Paris Sorbonne, France
The Routledge International Handbook
of Globalization Studies
The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies offers students clear and informed
chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes
and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at
demographic, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. The
Handbook examines many negative aspects – new wars, slavery, illegal migration, pollution
and inequality – but concludes with an examination of responses to these problems
through human rights organizations, international labour law and the growth of cosmo-
politanism. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches with essays covering
sociology, demography, economics, politics, anthropology and history.
The Handbook is written in a clear and direct style that will appeal to a wide audience.
The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study.
Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge (1998–2005)
and at the National University of Singapore (2005-09). He is currently the Alona Evans
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College USA and the Director
of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Western
Sydney,Australia.HehaspublishedTheNewMedicalSociology(2004)andTheBody&Society
(2008).
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Contents
List of figures viii
List of tables ix
List of contributors x
Part I: Theories and definitions 1
1 Theories of globalization: issues and origins 3
Bryan S. Turner
2 Limiting theory: rethinking approaches to cultures of globalization 23
Smitha Radhakrishnan
3 Economic theories of globalization 42
Patrik Aspers and Sebastian Kohl
4 Internet and globalization 62
Lior Gelernter and Motti Regev
5 Anti-globalization movements: from critiques to alternatives 77
Tom Mertes
6 Historyandhegemony:theUnitedStatesandtwenty-firstcenturyglobalization 96
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
7 Vulnerability and globalization: the social impact of globalization 114
Peadar Kirby
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Part II: Substantive issues 135
8 Transformations of the world’s population: the demographic revolution 137
John MacInnes and Julio Pérez Díaz
9 All that is molten freezes again: migration history, globalization, and the
politics of newness 162
Adam McKeown
10 Climate change, globalization, and carbonization 182
Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Felicia Allegra Peck
11 Infectious disease and globalization 205
Susan Kippax and Niamh Stephenson
12 Globalization, disasters, and disaster response 227
Habibul Khondker
13 The globalization of crime 245
Robert Winslow and Virginia Winslow
14 Religion out of place? The Globalization of fundamentalism 269
Peter Beyer
15 Globalization and Indigenous peoples: new old patterns 287
Carlos Gigoux and Colin Samson
16 Genocide in the global age 312
Martin Shaw
17 Global elites 328
Jan Pakulski
18 Globalization, ethnic conflict, and nationalism 346
Daniele Conversi
19 The global drive to commodify pensions 367
Robin Blackburn
Part III: New institutions and cultures 393
20 Popular culture, fans, and globalization 395
Cornel Sandvoss
21 Film and globalization: from Hollywood to Bollywood 412
Stephen Teo
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22 Global cities 429
Chris Hudson
23 Crossing divides: consumption and globalization in history 447
Frank Trentmann
24 Pluralism, globalization, and the “modernization” of gender and sexual
relations
in Asia 470
Michael G. Peletz
25 Globalization and food: the dialectics of globality and locality 492
David Inglis
26 Borders, passports, and the global mobility 514
Mark B. Salter
27 Globalization of space: from the global to the galactic 531
Peter Dickens and James S. Ormrod
28 Globalization and Americanization 554
Stephen Mennell
Part IV: Critical solutions 569
29 Globalization and labour: putting the ILO in its place 571
Anthony Woodiwiss
30 The globalization of human rights 589
Thomas Cushman
31 Global civil society and the World Social Forum 604
Kadambari Anantram, Christopher Chase-Dunn, and Ellen Reese
32 Muslim cosmopolitanism: contemporary practice and social theory 622
Humeira Iqtidar
33 New cosmopolitanism in the social sciences 635
Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider
34 Globalization and its possible futures 653
Bryan S. Turner
Index 669
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