Phenomenon, buzzword, trend, theory, process are just a few of the words used to describe the much debated and contested concept, globalization. The academic community uses this complex term as well as international players at the grassroots level, and in governmental, intergovernmental, nongovernmental, and corporate arenas. An explosion of literature on globalization since the 1990’s reflects these differing interpretations and analyses within the disciplines of the academy and outside the academy. The discussions range from attempts at defining globalization, to pinpointing its historical origins, to assessments of the extent of its development and its impact on social, political and economic institutions. Rejected by some and embraced by others, globalization is seen as both inevitable and as a malleable force. In general, it suggests an intense flow, motion, and diffuseness of people, ideas, culture, markets and capital across borders. Uneven, fragmented and multifaceted, proponents and critics often see globalization as producing opposite and contradictory results.
The Lemieux Library’s “Debating Globalization” web site supplements and complements both Seattle University’s Center for Justice and Society Reading Group’s yearlong focus on globalization as well as the sessions in the upcoming Globalization conference scheduled for April 16th and 17th at Seattle University.
“Globalization as a concept refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as whole.”- Roland Robertson from “Globalization as a Problem” in The Globalization Reader p.93
"...globalization is the integration of markets, finance, and technology in a way that shrinks the world from a size medium to a size small."--Thomas Friedman from Techno Logic, Foreign Policy, Mar/Apr 2002, p.64
“Globalization is the movement toward greater interaction, integration and interdependence among people and organization across borders. The strongest manifestation of globalization has been the increasing economic integration among countries in trade and investment and in the international flows of capital, people, technology and information.” .” –Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century, State Capacity in a Globalizing Society edited by Dennis A. Rndinalle and G. Shabbir Cheema.
“Globalization is the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational corporate trade and banking institutions that are not accountable to democratic processes or national governments.” International Forum on Globalization
"Global markets, global technology, global ideas and global solidarity can enrich the lives of people everywhere. The challenge is to ensure that the benefits are shared equitably and that this increasing interdependence works for people—not just for profits. This year’s Report argues that globalization is not new, but that the present era of globalization, driven by competitive global markets, is outpacing the governance of markets and the repercussions on people. Characterized by “shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders”, globalization has swung open the door to opportunities. Breakthroughs in communications technologies and biotechnology, if directed for the needs of people, can bring advances for all of humankind. But markets can go too far and squeeze the non-market activities so vital for human development. Fiscal squeezes are constraining the provision of social services. A time squeeze is reducing the supply and quality of caring labour. And an incentive squeeze is harming the environment. Globalization is also increasing human insecurity as the spread of global crime, disease and financial volatility outpaces actions to tackle them." -- UNDP, Human Development Report, 1999
“…. Origins of globalization lie in interconnections that have slowly enveloped humans since the earliest times, as they globalize themselves". –Robbie Robertson. The Three Waves of Globalization, a History of a Developing Human Consciousness.p.3
“superterritoriality”- Jan Aart Scholte. Globalization, a Critical Introduction. For an expanded discussion of Scholte’s definition, see the article on globalization in Infed (Informal Encyclopedia on Education)
“Values-led globalization” from Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, focuses on the international human rights framework for furthering global values. For more information read about the Ethical Global Initiative
Books & Videos
30 Frames a Second: the WTO in Seattle. Bullfrog Films. Call No. HF1379. T54 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Bhagwati, Jagdish. In Defense of Globalization. New York: Oxford University Press-Council of Foreign Relations, 2004. Call No. at Lemieux Library. In a well-written and lucid defense of globalization, this former Special Advisor to the United Nations on Globalization argues that economic globalization has been a positive force for advancing social agendas. He recommends the adoption of policies and the role of governance, which will accelerate these social changes.
Bradshaw, Steve. Life: the Story So Far [videorecording]. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2000. Call No. HF1359 .L54 2000 at Lemieux Library.
" Introduction to a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. Part 1 examines whether the globalized economy is now running out of control, or whether ordinary people can still hope to share in its wealth. Although most people today are better fed, clothed and educated than ever before, there are also millions more now living in absolute poverty "
Broad, Robin. Global Backlash: Citizen Initiaitves for a Just World Economy. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 Call No. HF 1359 G566 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Cavanagh, John. Alternatives to Globalization, a Better World is Possible. Berrett-Koehler, 2002. Call no. HF 1359 A547 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Clark, Julie. Globalization and the Poor-exploitation or Equalizer? CEU Press/International Debate Education Assn. Call No. HC 59.72 I5 2003 at Lemieux Library
CQ Press. World at Risk : a Global Issues Sourcebook. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., c2002. Call No. Ref JZ1242 .W67 2002 at Lemieux Library
Cavanagh, John. Alternatives to economic globalization : a better world is possible : a report of the International Forum on Globalization. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, c2002. Call No. HF1359 .A547 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Featherstone, Mike. Global Culture : Nationalism, Globalization, and Modernity : a Theory, Culture & Society Special Issue London ; Newbury Park : Sage Publications, 1990. Call No. HM101 .G56 1990 at Lemieux Library
Freidberg, Jill. This is What Democracy Looks Like [videorecording]. Cambridge, MA : Big Noise Films, c2000 Call No. HF1379 .T55 2000 at Lemieux Library.
"Composed of film segments shot by media activists during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, Washington"
Fukuyama, Francis. The End of History and the Last Man. New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. Call No. D16.8 .F85 1992 at Lemieux Library. Posits that liberal democracy is the only system which will dominate world politics. Contrasts with Huntington's Clash of Civilizations.
United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 1999. Globalization with a Human Face. (online and paper copy) Call No. HD 72 H85 at Lemieux Library.
The Globalization Reader, edited by Frank J. Lechner and John Boli. Malden, Ma.: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2004. Call No. HF1359 .G59 2004 at Lemieux Library. Extensive web site from the authors on the Emory University web site. The Globalization Website
Held, David. Global Transformation Reader: An Introduction to the Globalization Debate. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press 2003. Call no. JZ 1318 G56 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Robertson, Roland. Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture. London: Sage, 1992. Call NO. HM 101 R54 1992 at Lemieux Library. Discusses globalization in terms of cultural and subjective approaches. Author has been writing on the theme of globalization since the mid-1960s.
Scholte, Jan Aarte. Globalization, A Critical Introduction. Houndsmill: Great Britain 2000 Call No. JZ 1318 S36 2000 at Lemieux Library
Simai, Mihaly. The Age of Global Transformations: the Human Dimension. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado. 2001 Call No. JZ 1308 S56 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Sjursen, Katrin. Globalization. New York : H.W. Wilson, 2000 Call no. JZ1318 .G579 2000 at Lemieux Library. Contains article reprints from popular magazines and academic journals. Also includes an annotated list of additional journal resources previous to 2000.
Suter, Keith. In Defense of Globalisation. Sydney: University of South Wales Press, 2000. Call no. JZ1318 S88 2000 at Lemieux Library. Part of the Frontlines Series from UNSW Press, this 60 page pamphlet argues for harnessing the benefits of globalization
Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice. The Politics of the World-Economy : the States, the Movements, and the Civilizations : Essays. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1984. Call No. HC59 .W27 1984 at Lemieux Library. Represents the world systems theory of globalization which traces historical development of capitalism It divides the world into dominant areas, more dependent areas and middle areas.
Journal
Parallax: The Journal of Ethics and Globalization With free archive issues back to 2002, this online journal has a wealth of information for visitors to the site. A project of the Aurelius Foundation, the journal "was established as an ideologically neutral space for discussing, analyzing, and exploring contemporary challenges in ethics and globalization." The ethical articles are long and extensive. There is also a debate section, as well as a features section which covers broad areas of globalization.
Web Sites
Academic Institutions
Global Citizen Project. University of Washington. Center for Communication and Civic Engagement. Links to many resources on fair trade, labor standards, globalization, corporate social responsibility and human rights
Globalization Web site. Emory University
Institute on Globalization. Santa Clara University. A series of public lectures, conferences, exhibits, and courses on globalization was offered to the Santa Clara community in 2002-2003. The links on the web site are extensive and include many articles.
Key Concepts on Globalization. Developed by COCTA Committee on Conceptual and Terminological Analysis as part of a larger metasite on Globalization . Some links are not working, last update 2001.
Globalization Research Network. UCLA, Univ. of Southern Florida, George Washington University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa collaborate on globalization issues as reflected in this web site.
University of California, Santa Cruz. Center for Global, International & Regional Studies. Research areas include Global economics, Civil society and social movements, globalization, states & regulations, regions & networks. Working papers available for some topics and links to other source information.
University of Warwick, UK. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Largest academic academic research site in Europe focusing on this topic.
A World Connected ."A WorldConnected.Org is a project of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, a non-profit educational organization that promotes innovative thinking about how we can achieve a world that is peaceful, prosperous and free." Globalization, Opportunity and Human Freedom. Excellent topic with breakdown by topic including Human Rights, Trade & Economics, Culture & Religion. Each sections has subsections.... Each section has links to backgrounders, articles & news, books and facts & data.
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Extensive web site. Be sure to view the Yale Global Online Magazine. Of special interest are the links to "What is Globalization?" and the "History of Globalization." ---multiple languages, flash technology, and more.
Other sites
Understanding the Face of Globalization. Center for International Education. Metasite of sources for 2001 Global Studies Institute
Guardian Unlimited. Special Report: Globalisation. Newspaper articles from the Guardian. Includes some background articles, as well as current issues.
Global Policy Forum. Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations. Selected articles and web sites on globalization. A good introduction to the issues. See the Globalization guide for a pro- and con- format.
International Forum on Globalization. "The goal of the IFG, therefore, is twofold: (1) Expose the multiple effects of economic globalization in order to stimulate debate, and (2) Seek to reverse the globalization process by encouraging ideas and activities which revitalize local economies and communities, and ensure long term ecological stability. " Brief descriptions of this organization's position are available on the website.
State of the World Forum The forum draws from a a diversity of people from all walks of life but its intent is to engage participants in dialogue in the "full spectrum of human concerns." As a special focus, it launched in 2000 a Commission on Globalization.
Journal
Journal of World-Systems Research Link includes special issues from this journal on Globalization and the Environment, Globalization, Global Inequality and a Festschrift for Immanuel Wallerstein. <http://jwsr.ucr.edu/index.php>
Articles
Guillen., M (2001). Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive, or Feeble? A Review of the Social Science Literature. In the Annual Review of Sociology, 27, p235-260 Call No.HM1 .A763 V.27 at Lemieux Library. Sociologist Mauro E. Gullen reviews the literature on globalization.
"There is nothing knew about globalisation; it's been around since long before Britain ruled the waves-and waived the rules. Historians and economists argue that the world of the late 1800s and early 1900s was more tightly integrated through trade than today....What is new is the accelerating speed of change, and the fact that people are now able to observe and judge changes as they take place."--Mike Moore, A World Without Walls Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance. p24-25. (Mike Moore was the Director General of the WTO, 1999-2002)
Books
Braudel, Fernand. Civilization and capitalism, 15th-18th century. 3 vols. New York : Harper & Row, 1982-1984, c1981. Call No. HC51 .B67413 1982 at Lemieux Library.
Brown, D. Clayton. Globalization and America since 1945. Scholarly resources, 2003. Call No. E744. B776 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Ferguson, Niall. The House of Rothschild. New York : Viking, c1998-1999. Call No. HG1552 .A1 F46 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Ferguson, Niall. Empire : the Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power. New York : Basic Books, 2003. Call No. DA 16 F47 2003 at Lemieux Library. Companion volume to BBC television series. A history of globalization as promoted by the British Empire.
Gunn, Geoffrey. First Globalization, the Eurasian Exchange, 1500-1800. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Call No. Cb 251 G87 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Hopkins, A. G. Globalization in World History. New York : Norton, 2002. Call No. D883 .G56 2002 at Lemieux Library. Editor A.G. Hopkins sees the analysis of history focused on national boundaries. This work attempts to bring historians into the conversation about globalization, a conversation with significant literature in political science, sociology and economics. The chapters in this book focus on forms of globalization, defined as archaic, proto, modern and postcolonial. Many of the essays are on non-Western topics to contrast with essays where state systems are strong.
Hobsbawm, E. J The Age of Extremes : a History of the World, 1914-1991 New York : Vintage Books, [1996]. New York : Vintage Books, [1996] Call No. D421 .H582 1996 at Lemieux Library
Kindleberger, Charles Poor. A Financial History of Western Europe. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. Call No HG186 .A2 K56 1993 at Lemieux Library . Good starting point for the financial history of globalization.
O'Rourke, Kevin H. Globalization and History : the Evolution of a Nineteenth-century Atlantic Economy.Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999. Call No. HF1711 .O76 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Polanyi, Karl. The Great Transformation. Boston : Beacon Press, [1985] c1944. Call No. HC53 .P6 1985 at Lemieux Library.
Robertson, Robbie. The Three Waves of Globalization, a History of Developing Global Consciousness. Zed Press, 2003. Call No. HM 1211 R63 2003 at Lemieux LIbrary
Seavoy, Ronald E. Origins and Growth of the Global Economy, from the Fifteenth Century Onward. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003. Call No .HF 352 S357 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Silver, Beverly. Forces of Labor: workers movements and globalization since 1870. London: Cambridge U. Press. Call No. HD 4851 S55 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Web Sites
Internet Global History Sourcebook Paul Halsall, Fordham University. Under Construction. One of a series of online history sourcebooks created and maintained by Halsall.
WTO History Project. "is a data and interview archive documenting the activities of those who organized and participated in the public demonstrations at the World trade Organization ministerial meetings held in Seattle in 1999." Joint project at the University of Washington.
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