Overview

This volume is a peer-reviewed collection of essays submitted by participants of two joint conferences on the theme of globalization. The essays collected in this volume deal with a wide variety of subjects related to globalization, ranging from the social sciences to the humanities. Globalization Redux contributes to a better understanding of globalization and its ramifications in a host of domains.

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Author:   Tom Conner ,  Ikuko Torimoto ,  Joseph D. Tullbane ,  Sanjay Paul
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780761829225

ISBN 10:   0761829229
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   01 June 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction: Globalization Redux: New Name, Same Game Chapter 4 Globalization, Development, and Wages Chapter 5 Foreign Direct Investment and Trends in Modern Economics: Fact vs. Fiction Chapter 6 The IT Revolution and Business: an International Comparison Chapter 7 The Social Justice Implications of Global Warming Chapter 8 The United States and the United Nations: Unilateralism in an Era of Globalization Chapter 9 One Year After the Kim-Kim Talks: North Korea and International Security Chapter 10 The French Challenge to Globalization Chapter 11 The Globalization of Education Chapter 12 Leisure and Tourism and the Development of New Urban Spaces in the Global Village Chapter 13 National Poems, Global Themes: ""Duty"" in the Epic Tradition Chapter 14 Beyond Frontiers: Will Nelson Lovatt in Late Nineteenth-Century China and Korea Chapter 15 The Importance of Ethnic Studies in the Curriculum: The Case of Japanese-Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century Chapter 16 Primacy of Practice in Shingon Buddhism at Mount Koya, Japan: Four Ritual and Three ""Bodies' Chapter 17 Contributors"

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Tom Conner is Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Donald B. King Scholar of French Studies at St. Norbert College, Wisconsin. Ikuko Torimoto received her Doctor of Education from Western Michigan University. She is Associate Professor of Japanese at St. Norbert College, Wisconsin.

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