Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century: A Reader

This is an important collection of major articles and position papers on the concept of globalization. By bringing together a number of major thinkers and different perspectives, this book provides a broad introduction to the topic, which lays the groundwork for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue. Contributors include Kofi Annan, Francis Fukuyama and Bill McKibben. The fact that we live in a globally interconnected world has become a cliche. Scholars, business leaders, and policy makers are increasingly concerned with globalization, yet the study of these changes is still in its infancy. There is little consensus on how to approach the subject of globalization or how our lives will be affected by it. This book broadens the scope and lays the ground work for an interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue.