, China, or the former Soviet Union will cause a collapse of the welfare state and of society's well-being. "Globalization … reverse the commonly held view that globalization has caused today's insecure labor market. On the contrary, Cohen argues, our … own propensity for transforming the nature of work has created a niche for globalization and given it an ominous dimension …

industry's exodus from California's Silicon Valley to New Mexico, Virginia, Ireland, and Taiwan. Globalization, economic …

Many writers either glorify globalization or vilify it, particularly for its destructive environmental effects. In this … book environmental sociologist Arthur Mol provides a more balanced understanding of the relationship between globalization … processes of modernization and globalization often result in environmental degradation, they also can encourage policies and …

Media have been central to government efforts to reinforce sovereignty and define national identity, but globalization …, globalization entails competition among states as well as private entities to dominate the world's consciousness. Changes in formal …

China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the … the sometimes puzzling relationships among purity, price, and risk; the effect of globalization on the heroin and cocaine …

concerns over the new global competitors China and India. Other high-tech industries face crises of their own, and the … change, shifting product markets, and globalization. Chips and Change also offers insights into how chip firms have developed …

society: millions of peasants in China, India, and elsewhere are leaving the countryside and going to the city. New powers are … perpetual growth. But the consequences of addiction to growth are dire in an era of globalization. If a billion Chinese consume … a billion cars, the future of the planet is threatened. But, Cohen points out, there is another kind of globalization …