Teach yourself globalization / Keith Suter.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume is an objective guide to this complex process. It focuses not only on the economic implications of globalization but also on the social, cultural and political consequences of this process. It considers how we came to be in the position we find ourselves in now and how our world today differs from that in the last century.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 01 The hinge of history: the new global order (p. 1)
• Introduction (p. 2)
• New centres of world power (p. 5)
• Assessing globalization (p. 9)
• The end of the Europeanization of the globe (p. 9)
• The end of the Cold War (p. 13)
• Conclusion (p. 16)
• 02 Rise of the old world order: era of nation-states (p. 17)
• Introduction (p. 18)
• The basic unit of international politics (p. 18)
• European system before 1648 (p. 19)
• Characteristics of the nation-state (p. 22)
• Ambiguities of the Westphalian system (p. 23)
• European impact on Africa (p. 28)
• Conclusion (p. 31)
• 03 Problems with the nation-state system (p. 33)
• Introduction (p. 34)
• Diplomacy (p. 34)
• Localization (p. 38)
• The importance of new technology (p. 40)
• Conclusion (p. 44)
• 04 Individual governments and global problems (p. 45)
• Introduction (p. 46)
• Plagues and infectious diseases (p. 46)
• Pollution (p. 49)
• Crime (p. 53)
• Mass movement of peoples (p. 60)
• Conclusion (p. 63)
• 05 The United Nations (p. 65)
• Introduction (p. 66)
• The League of Nations (p. 66)
• Composition of the UN (p. 67)
• Assessment of the UN (p. 72)
• Conclusion (p. 78)
• 06 The European Union and other organizations (p. 80)
• Introduction (p. 81)
• The European Union (EU) (p. 81)
• The Commonwealth (p. 85)
• Group of 8 (G8) (p. 87)
• Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (p. 89)
• The Bank of International Settlements (p. 91)
• The future of national governments (p. 96)
• Conclusion (p. 97)
• 07 Transnational corporations (p. 98)
• Introduction (p. 99)
• Evolution of the corporation (p. 99)
• The global economy (p. 101)
• Global impact (p. 105)
• Conclusion (p. 107)
• 08 Transnational corporations' challenge to governmental power (p. 108)
• Introduction (p. 109)
• Education of a president (p. 109)
• The rise and fall of governments in economic policy (p. 110)
• Merchant power (p. 111)
• Adam Smith and the role of the market (p. 112)
• John Maynard Keynes and the role of government (p. 114)
• The market returns (p. 119)
• Conclusion (p. 122)
• 09 Consuming passions (p. 123)
• Introduction (p. 124)
• Consumerism as a new idea (p. 124)
• Sophisticated marketing (p. 126)
• The situation in developing countries (p. 129)
• The rise of free trade (p. 130)
• Is the 'good life' killing us? (p. 134)
• Is the pace of life too fast? (p. 135)
• Conclusion (p. 144)
• 10 People power: nongovernmental organizations (p. 145)
• Introduction (p. 146)
• The size of NGOs (p. 146)
• NGOs and the decline of national party politics (p. 147)
• Characteristics of NGOs (p. 147)
• Four case studies (p. 153)
• Conclusion (p. 160)
• 11 How NGOs challenge governmental power (p. 161)
• Introduction (p. 162)
• NGO pressure on national governments (p. 162)
• Four case studies (p. 164)
• Conclusion (p. 174)
• 12 How NGOs challenge the power of transnational corporations (p. 175)
• Introduction (p. 176)
• Putting justice into business (p. 176)
• Boycotts (p. 177)
• Ethical purchasing (p. 180)
• Shareholder activism (p. 181)
• Conclusion (p. 185)
• 13 The reaction against globalization (p. 187)
• Introduction (p. 188)
• Religious fundamentalism (p. 188)
• White male rage (p. 195)
• The global justice movement (p. 198)
• Globalization in novels (p. 203)
• Conclusion (p. 205)
• 14 Globalization cannot be reversed (p. 207)
• Introduction (p. 208)
• Globalization is here to stay (p. 208)
• Government has been reinvented (p. 209)
• The value of nationalism in sport (p. 210)
• Trade knits the world together (p. 211)
• Conclusion (p. 214)
• 15 Making the most of the new era (p. 216)
• Introduction (p. 217)
• Uniting the people (p. 217)
• World federalism (p. 218)
• The continuing debate (p. 221)
• The idea continues (p. 225)
• Refusal to change (p. 225)
• Conclusion (p. 226)
• Glossary (p. 229)
• Abbreviations (p. 230)
• Taking it further (p. 232)
• Index (p. 234)