• ISBN13: 9780470655634
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publisher Imprint: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: September 16, 2011
• Pages: 542
• Original Price: USD 47.95
• Language: English
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Globalization

Preface to the Fourth Edition, Sources and Acknowledgments xiii, General Introduction, Part I Debating Globalization, Introduction, 1. The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, 2. How to Judge Globalism, Amartya Sen, 3. Globalisation: Nine Theses on Our Epoch, William I. Robinson, 4. Jihad vs. McWorld, Benjamin R. Barber, 5. The Clash of Civilizations?, Samuel P. Huntington, Part I Questions, Part II Explaining Globalization, Introduction, 6. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy, Immanuel Wallerstein, 7. Sociology of the Global System, Leslie Sklair, 8. Liberalism, Scott Burchill, 9. Realism and Complex Interdependence, Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, 10. World Society and the Nation-State, John W. Meyer, John Boli, George M. Thomas, and Francisco O. Ramirez, 11. Globalization as a Problem, Roland Robertson, 12. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy, Arjun Appadurai, Part II Questions, Part III Experiencing Globalization, Introduction, 13. How Sushi Went Global, Theodore C. Bestor, 14. McDonald’s in Hong Kong, James L. Watson, 15. The Transnational Villagers, Peggy Levitt, 16. The Great Game and the Informal Empire, David Goldblatt, 17. Is Baseball a Global Sport? America’s “National Pastime” as Global Field and International Sport, William W. Kelly, 18. Strategic Inauthenticity, Timothy D. Taylor, Part III Questions, Part IV Globalization and the World Economy, Introduction, 19. China Makes, the World Takes, James Fallows, 20. Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry, Miguel Korzeniewicz, 21. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development, Gary Gereffi, 22. Incensed about Inequality, Martin Wolf.

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. In addition to publishing numerous papers on religion and sociological theory, Lechner is the author ofGlobalization: The Making of World Society (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2008), andWorld Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli, Wiley-Blackwell, 2005).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, and state authority. His books includeWorld Culture: Origins and Consequences (with Frank J. Lechner, Wiley-Blackwell, 2005),New Citizens for a New Society (1989), and Constructing World Culture (edited with George M. Thomas, 1999).