Nowhere has the divide between advocates and critics of globalization been more striking than in debates over free trade and the environment. And yet the literature on the subject is high on rhetoric and low on results. This book is the first to systematically investigate the subject using both...

Introduction : The end of geography and the beginning of conflict / B.N.Ghosh -- The contradictory dynamics of globalization / Phillip Anthony O'Hara -- Globalization, cultural conflicts and Islamic resurgence / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- Globalization and the clash of civilisations / Halil M....