Using a world systems approach this book examines how globalization is experienced around the world and compares its intensity and impact in industrialized coun

This book summarizes how globalizing capitalism-the economic system now presumed to dominate the global economy-can be understood from a geographical perspectiv

Globalization of business need not necessarily pose an overwhelming threat to national economic policies, this volume discusses the options open to national gov

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has loomed, at least for some, as the world system's next crisis carrier, creating winners and losers and tramp

This book challenges the widely accepted notion that globalization encourages economic convergence--and, by extension, cultural homogenization--across national