Debating globalization -- Explaining globalization -- Experiencing globalization -- Globalization and the world economy -- Globalization and the nation-state -- Global governance -- Globalization, INGOs, and civil society -- Globalization and media -- Globalization and identity -- Global...

Preface -- General introduction -- Debating globalization -- Introduction -- The hidden promise : liberty renewed / John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge -- How to judge globalism / Amartya Sen -- The elusive concept of globalization / Cees J. Hamelink -- Jihad vs. mcworld / Benjamin Barber --...

1. The hidden promise : liberty renewed / John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge -- 2. How to judge globalism / Amartya Sen -- 3. From the great transformation to the global free market / John Gray -- 4. Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin Barber -- 5. The clash of civilizations? / Samuel P....

Globalization entails conceiving the world as a single social unit whose boundary encompasses the entire globe. Beyond the boundary lies the Outside, which becomes the object of increasing attention as globalization intensifies. Since the late 19th century, and above all since the mid-20th...