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...

The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law,...

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 --...