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Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization
Critical Assessments at a Time of Growing Turmoil
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2009
Summary
Assumptions and institutions that we have taken for granted for fifty years are proving inadequate for the world now emerging. Moreover, mono-casual explanations of rapid global change do not work. Religious as well as economic dynamics, cultural as well as political forces, environmental as well as military constraints, are frequently working at cross-purposes in shaping a globe we cannot yet fathom. The essays in this volume reach beyond the mere description of phenomena to explore deeper currents of institutional breakdown and competing cultural drives that are radically reshaping our world. Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the authors offer a critical, historically-informed assessment of the diverse dynamics that are undermining or nullifying current paradigms of thought and action. Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in economics, international affairs, ethics, history, education, and religion, the authors share the conviction that long-standing assumptions about a state-centered, secular-tending, economically converging world are in large measure mistaken. A paradigm shift is required if we are to understand and constructively shape the twenty-first century world.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2669-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3762-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
132
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1. To Look at the World Entirely Afresh No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 2. Kaleidoscopic Change in World Affairs: Emerging Patterns of Sovereignty and Governance No access Pages 9 - 40
Chapter 3. Faith and Globalization No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter 4. Globalization and the State: A View from Economics No access Pages 55 - 70
Chapter 5. The New Silk Road: Central Asia at the Global Crossroads No access Pages 71 - 80
Chapter 6. Schooling and the Not-So-Sovereign State No access Pages 81 - 92
Chapter 7. Evangelical Christians: The New Internationalists? No access Pages 93 - 106
Chapter 8. Contending Ways of Life No access Pages 107 - 124
