Overview

Over the past decade, a virtual cottage industry has arisen to produce books and articles describing the nature, origins, and impact of globalization. Largely and surprisingly absent from this literature, however, has been extensive discussion of how globalization is affecting the United States itself. Indeed, it is rarely even acknowledged that while the United States may be providing a crucial impetus to globalization, the process of globalization — once set in motion — has become a force unto itself. Thus globalization has its own logic and demands that are having a profound impact within the United States, often in ways that are unanticipated. This set offers the first in-depth, systematic effort at assessing the United States not as a globalizing force but as a nation being transformed by globalization. Among the topics studied are globalization in the form of intensified international linkages; globalization as a universalizing and/or Westernizing force; globalization in the form of liberalized flows of trade, capital, and labor; and globalization as a force for the creation of transnational and superterritorial entities and allegiances. These volumes examine how each of these facets of globalization affects American government, law, business, economy, society, and culture.

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Author:   Michelle Bertho ,  Beverly Crawford ,  Edward A. Fogarty
Publisher:   ABC-CLIO
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
ISBN:  

9780275991814

ISBN 10:   0275991814
Pages:   980
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Introduction Globalizations Impact on American Culture and Society: An Overview Michelle Bertho I. Fragmentation and Transformation of American Society Chapter 1 Capitalisms Churn and Cultural Conflict: How Globalization Has Fractured American Society and Why It Will Be Difficult to Put the Pieces Back Together Ronnie Lipschutz Chapter 2 Transnational Migrant Networks, Citizenship Rights, and the Future of the Nation-State: The Case of Latin American Migration to the United States James Cohen Chapter 3 From Mother Africa to Blacks with Accents: Diaspora and African American Studies in the United States Tyler Stovall Chapter 4 Racial Politics and Racial Theory in the Twenty-First-Century United States Howard Winant II. Globalization and Fears Chapter 5 Globalization, Race, and the Politics of Fear in the United States Andrew Barlow Chapter 6 Un-American Gothic: The Fear of Globalization in Popular Culture Paul Cantor Chapter 7 Cultural Globalization and American Culture: The Availability of Foreign Cultural Goods in the United States Diana Crane and Susanne Janssen III. Globalization as a Source of Creativity and Innovation in Civil Society Chapter 8 Art on the Borderline Tirza True Latimer Chapter 9 True Things That Bind Us: Globalization, U.S. Language Pluralism, and Gay Mens English William Leap Chapter 10 The Globalization of U.S. Sports: From the Pros to the Playgrounds Tim Wendel Chapter 11 Retaining Faith in the Land of the Free Sara Heitler Bamberger About the Editor and Contributors Preface Abbreviations Introduction Globalizations Impact on American Government and Law: An Overview Beverly Crawford I. The Impact of Ungoverned Globalization Chapter 1 Globalization from the Ground Up: A Domestic Perspective Alfred C. Aman, Jr. Chapter 2 In the Shadow of Globalization: Changing Firm-Level and Shifting Employment Risks in the United States Katherine V.W. Stone Chapter 3 Regulating from Nowhere: Domestic Environmental Law and the Nation-State Subject Douglas A. Kysar and Ya-Wei Li Chapter 4 Globalization through Digitization Anupam Chander II. The Impact of Global Public Governance Chapter 5 Disassembling the Assembly: Congress and the Legislative Gap in Global Governance Edward A. Fogarty Chapter 6 Globalization, Delegation, and the U.S. Constitution Julian G. Ku and John C. Yoo Chapter 7 Globalization as Constitutional Counterrevolution Jay Varellas III. The Impact of Private Governance and Public-Private Partnerships Chapter 8 Making the World Safe for Standard Setting Philip J. Weiser Chapter 9 Global Terror, Private Infrastructure, and Domestic Governance Kenneth A. Bamberger IV. The Impact of Unilateral Governance Chapter 10 Globalization and Terrorism: The Effects on U.S. Society Beau Grosscup V. Globalization and American Sovereignty Chapter 11 Arguing over Sovereignty: Globalization and the Structure of Political Conflict in the United States Edward S. Cohen Chapter 12 Globalization and Western Political Culture Jack Citrin About the Editor and Contributors Preface Abbreviations Introduction Globalization Comes Home: The U.S. Economy and Business Beverly Crawford and Edward A. Fogarty Part I Employment and Competitiveness Chapter 1 The Myth of the Second Generation: How Are the Children of Immigrants Really Faring? Anas Loizillon Chapter 2 Foreign Banking in the United States: An Overview from Large Banks to Underground Banking Benton E. Gup Chapter 3 Globalization, Off-shoring, and Economic Convergence: A Survey Dwight M. Jaffee Chapter 4 Globalization of Services and White-Collar Work: Implications for Firms, Employment, and Wages in California Cynthia A. Kroll Chapter 5 Globalization of U.S. Capital and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy, State, and Society Berch Berberoglu Chapter 6 Globalization Complements Business Activity in the United States Daniel J. Meckstroth Chapter 7 Globalizations Impact on High-Tech Industries in the United States Jeffrey A. Hart Part II The Socioeconomic Bargain Chapter 8 From Ford to Gates: How Globalization Is Transforming Patterns of Stratification in the United States Gary Hytrek Chapter 9 Globalization and Worker Displacement: Is There Life after Converse? Michael D. Schulman, Leslie Hossfeld, Tricia McTague, Donnie Charleston, and Kevin Stainback Chapter 10 External Pressures, Internal Tensions: Global Business, Social Contracts, and the Reshaping of U.S. Work Barbara Parker About the Editors and Contributors

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... [T]he areas explored are the impacts on culture and society, law and government, and business and economics. Each volume features 10-12 essays analyzing changes brought about by globalization over the last few years. The essays are well written and informative, and discuss issues not usually addressed by works on globalization. Each volume provides abbreviations, a table of contents, and an index that allow the user to locate information very easily... The unique perspectives of these essays will be very useful for researchers interested in globalization. Recommended- Lower- level undergraduates through faculty/ researchers; general readers. - Choice

<p>. .. [T]he areas explored are the impacts on culture and society, law and government, and business and economics. Each volume features 10-12 essays analyzing changes brought about by globalization over the last few years. The essays are well written and informative, and discuss issues not usually addressed by works on globalization. Each volume provides abbreviations, a table of contents, and an index that allow the user to locate information very easily... The unique perspectives of these essays will be very useful for researchers interested in globalization. Recommended- Lower- level undergraduates through faculty/ researchers; general readers. - <p>Choice

Author Information

Beverly Crawford is Associate Director of the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has written extensively on topics such as ethnic conflict, American foreign policy, European politics, German foreign policy, technology transfer policy, and post-communist transitions. She is also the author of Economic Vulnerability in International Relations and German Power and Foreign Policy. She teaches International Political Economy and American Foreign Policy in International and Area Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Michelle Bertho is Program Coordinator at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She taught The Enlargement of the European Union in International and Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and previously at San Francisco State University. Her current research is on private funding and development. Before joining the academic world, Bertho was an international consultant and worked extensively in Europe, the United States, and Africa. Edward A. Fogarty is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His research and published work focuses on global governance and nonstate actors, international trade, and the European Union. He has taught courses at the University of California, Berkeley on the European Union, U.S. foreign policy, and international institutions.

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