On the Cutting Edge of Globalization
Subtitle: An Inquiry into American Elites
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: September 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780742539754
Subjects: International relations; Sociology, Social Studies; Political leadership; International Relations - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; United States; Politics/International Relations; Sociology; Political Science / International Relations; Globalization; Elite (Social sciences); Political aspects
Description: "Woefully little systematic knowledge is available about leaders who shape and sustain globalization. On the Cutting Edge of Globalization is the first systematic study to investigate elite attitudes toward the emergent structures of world affairs. Surveys of more than 1,700 American leaders before and after 9/11 yield compelling and provocative findings that depict the attitudes and activities of an important group of people who, even as they collectively influence the course of events, are not linked and coordinated in their efforts.

Chock-full of original data, the book's unique contribution is enhanced by a narrative explanation that casts a Cutting Edger, an Other Leader, and a Researcher in a good-natured argument about the meaning of social science inquiry and the validity of survey data. From an author group as powerful as the targets of their inquiry comes this one-of-a-kind, thorough analysis."--BOOK JACKET.