Globalization
By: Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.
Contributors: Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. How does globalization affect society?; title: 1. Globalization is beneficial to society / Abbas J. Ali; title: 2. Globalization is harmful to society / Cynthia Moe-Lobeda; title: 3. Globalization benefits the world's cultures / Philippe Legrain; title: 4. Globalization harms the world's cultures / Maude Barlow; title: 5. Globalization promotes democracy / Daniel T. Griswold; title: 6. Globalization does not always promote democracy / Catharin E. Dalpino; title: ch. 2. How does globalization affect the global community?; title: 1. Globalization promotes war / Steven Staples; title: 2. Globalization promotes peace / Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Sara J. Cooper; title: 3. Globalization is harmful to the environment / Jerry Mander; title: 4. Globalization benefits the environment / John A. Charles; title: ch. 3. How does globalization affect developing nations?; title: 1. Globalization helps developing nations / Brett D. Schaefer; title: 2. Globalization has harmed developing nations / Lila Rajiva; title: 3. Globalization increases poverty in developing nations / Antonia Juhasz; title: 4. Globalization reduces poverty in developing nations / Jim Peron; title: 5. Canceling debts to global financial institutions will help developing nations / Soren Ambrose; title: 6. Canceling debts to global financial institutions will hurt developing nations / International Monetary Fund and World Bank; title: 7. Forcing developing nations to privatize public services in order to receive international loans harms the poor / David Moberg; title: 8. International patent laws hurt developing nations / Amy Kapczynski; title: ch. 4. What global policies are best?; title: 1. The United States should promote globalization / Robert Reich; title: 2. The United States should not promote globalization / Jennifer A. Gritt; title: 3. Local economies should be protected from globalization / Helena Norberg-Hodge; title: 4. Protecting local economies from globalization is harmful / Johan Norberg; title: 5. Outsourcing benefits the U.S. economy / Robert T. Parry; title: 6. Outsourcing threatens American workers / Tom Piatak; title: 7. Nations must cooperate to ensure that globalization benefits all / Eduardo Aninat; title: 8. Globalization institutions must be made more accountable /Joseph S. Nye Jr.