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Globalization Bibliography

By Topic:

Business & Economics | Crime & Justice | Environment | General | GeoPolitics | Human Rights/Social Justice | Politics | Religion | Technology

By Region:

U.S. | Africa | China| Latin America


Business & Economics

The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner’s Guide: With 101 Easy-to-Learn-Tools for Surviving and Thriving in the New Global Marketplace / Epping (2009)

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet/ Sachs (2008)

Crunch: Why do I feel so squeezed (& other unsolved economic mysteries) / Bernstein (2008)

The Euro: The Politics of the New Global Currency / Marsh (2009)

Global Environment of Business / Terpstra, Sarathy, & Russow (2006)

Glob-ali-za-tion: The Irrational Fear that Someone in China will Take your Job / Greenwald & Kahn (2009)

On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System (Paulson 2010)

International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace / Hill (2007)

The Subprime Solution: How Today’s Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It / Shiller (2008)

Uncommon Sense : Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism / Posner (2009)

Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space / Smith (2008)

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Crime & Justice

After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice /Smith (2009)

Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism / Burleigh (2009)

Children in the Global Sex Trade / O’Connell Davidson (2005)

Globalization and Terrorism : The Migration of Dreams and Nightmares / Nassar (2010)

The Globalization of Surveillance : The Origin of the Securitarian Order / Mattelart (2010)

Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence / McCuaig (2009)

Human Trafficking, Human Misery: The Global Trade in Human Beings / Aronowitz (2009)

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates / Leeson (2009)

McMafia: A Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld / Glenny (2009)

Modern Slavery : The Secret World of 27 Million People / Bales, Trodd, & Williamson (2009)

Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade---And how We can Fight It / Batstone (2007)

Pirates, Terrorists and Warlords: The History, Influence and Future of Armed Groups around the World / Norwitz (2009)

Prosecuting Heads of State / Lutz ∓ Reiger (2009)

Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice: An International Dilemma / Gabbidon (2010)

Sixteen Million One: Understanding Civil War / Regan (2009)

The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today / Bales (2009)

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Environment

This Borrowed Earth: Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World / Hernan (2010)

Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice : The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization / Faber (2008)

Doing Environmental Ethics / Traer (2009)

The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress andProsperity / Stern (2009)

Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change / Calvin (2008)

The Hot Topic: What We can Do about Global Warming / Walker & King (2008)

The Plot to Save the Planet: How Visionary Entrepreneurs and Corporate Titans are Creating Real Solutions to Global Warming / Dumaine (2008)

The Plundered Planet : Why We Must, and How We Can, Manage Nature for Global Prosperity / Collier (2010)

Terracide / Reeves (2009)

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General

Diasporas / Dufoix (2008)

Empathy in the Global World : An Intercultural Perspective / Calloway-Thomas (2010)

Every Day Everywhere: Global Perspectives on Popular Culture / Hirschberg (2002)

Understanding the Global Experience : Becoming a Responsible World Citizen / Arcaro, et al (2010)

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GeoPolitics

The Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World / Dominique Moise (2009)

Geopolitics : The Geography of International Relations / Cohen (2009)

The Good Tourist: An Ethical Traveller’s Guide / Popescu (2008)

The Power of Place : Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape / de Blij (2009)

Travel as a Political Act / Steves (2009)

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Human Rights/Social Justice

Contemporary Human Rights Ideas / Ramcharan (2008)

Drawing the Global Color Line: White Men’s Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality / Lake & Reynolds (2008)

Enough : Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty / Thurow & Kilman (2009)

Exploring International Human Rights: Essential Readings / edited by Callaway & Harrelson-Stephens (2007)

Social Justice in the Global Age / edited by Cramme & Diamond

Surrendering to Utopia: An Anthropology of Human Rights / Goodale (2009)

The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights / Khan (2009)

Victims of Progress / Bodley (2008)

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Politics

Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe / Haggard & Kaufman (2008)

Global Capitalism : Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth century Frieden (2007)

Globalization and Sovereignty / Agnew (2009)

Poverty, Participation, and Democracy: A Global Perspective / edited by Krishna (2008)

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West / Benazir (2009)

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West / Caldwell (2009)

The Rise and Fall of Communism / Brown (2009)

The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies throughout the World / Jay (2008)

Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World they are Making / Rothkopf (2008)

The Unfinished Global Revolution : The Pursuit of a New International Politics / Malloch-Brown (2011)

The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization or Why the Flat World is Broken / Steingart (2008)

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Religion

The Christian World:A Global History / Marty (2009)

Ghana's New Christianity: Pentecostalism in a Globalizing African Economy / Gifford (2004)

Globalization and the Muslim World : Culture, Religion, and Modernity / edited by Schaebler & Stenberg (2004)

Muslims in the West : From Sojourners to Citizens / Yazbeck Haddad (2002)

The Open Road : The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama / Iyer (2008)

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Technology

24/7: How Cell Phones and the Internet Change the Way We Live, Work and Play / Hanson (2007)

Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies / Chadwick (2006)

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United States of America

America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy /Brzezinski & Scowcroft (2008)

Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology / ed. Fine-Dare & Rubenstein (2009)

Chaos and Violence: What Globalization, Failed States and Terrorism Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy / Hoffman (2006)

Mad about Trade : Why Main Street America should Embrace Globalization / Griswold (2009)

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Africa

Africa in World Politics: Reforming Political Order / Harbeson & Rothchild (2009)

Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future / Ayittey (2005)

African Development : Making Sense of the Issues and Actors / Moss (2007)

Frontiers of Globalization : Kinship and Family Structures in Africa / Eds. Gonzalaz,et al (2011)

Perspectives on Africa : A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation / Eds. Grinker, et al. (2010)

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China

China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa / Michel & Beuret (2009)

China’s Brave New World: and Other Tales for Global Times / Wasserstrom (2007)

In the Jaws of the Dragon: America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony / Fingleton (2008)

Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China / Pan (2008)

Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics behind China's Production Game / Midler (2009)

When China Rules the World : The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order / Jacques (2009)

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Latin America

Beyond Slavery: The Multilayered Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean / Davis (2007)

Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by Harris & Nef (2008)

Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context / Knight & Martínez-Vergne (2005)

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