Globalization: The Greatest Hits, A Global Studies Reader »

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Director of the Globalism Research Centre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. Steger has consulted widely on globalization in the government and the media as well as authored over 15 books including the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2003), now in its second edition.

The premier scholar of globalization studies, Manfred B. Steger, has brought together here the “greatest hits” of the field since it emerged in the 1980s. In addition to carefully selecting and editing twenty of the most influential pieces on globalization out of a vast repertoire of writing, Steger provides an original and insightful introduction that spotlights the gist of these gems while showing how they build on one another thematically. Manageable in length and price, this “top 20” list is perfect for all readers wanting to know how globalization has evolved and the way in which it serves as a backdrop to the current global economic crisis.

Introduction: The Emergence of Global Studies Manfred B. Steger 1

1 The Globalization of Markets Theodore Levitt 16

2 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy Arjun Appadurai 33

3 The Globalization of Modernity Anthony Giddens 48

4 Mapping the Global Condition Roland Robertson 58

5 Globalization: A Necessary Myth? Paul Hirst Grahame Thompson 71

6 Preface to Empire Michael Hardt Antonio Negri 85

7 The Global City Model Saskia Sassen 90

8 The Globalization of Sexual Identities Dennis Altman 100

9 Globalization: An Ascendant Paradigm? James H. Mittelman 117

10 The Promise of Global Institutions Joseph Stiglitz 136

11 Five Meanings of Global Civil Society Mary Kaldor 153

12 Al Qaeda and the New Terrorists Olivier Roy 164

13 From Market Globalism to Imperial Globalism: Ideology and American Power after 9/11 Manfred B. Steger 177

14 The World as a Polder: What Does It All Mean to Us Today? Jared Diamond 198

15 The Spectre That Haunts the Global Economy?: The Challenge of Global Femation Valentine Moghadam 209

16 Arguing Globalizations: Propositions towards an Investigation of Global Formation Paul James 219

17 The Urban Climacteric Mike Davis 242

18 The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance Manuel Castells 259

19 Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums Jackie Smith Marina Karides et al. 277

20 Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? William H. McNeill 294

About the Editor and Authors 305

Index 309