Globalization

This book investigates the conceptual origins, evolution, and genealogical lineages of the term 'globalization' by featuring interviews with twelve prominent academic pioneers who were central in forging the 'career 'of the concept of 'globalization'. These interviews clarify how and why a previously obscure scholarly concept exploded in the public discourse of the 1990s. In particular, the interviews trace the processes by which economistic discourses of free market economics became the basis for the influential association of the meaning of 'globalization' with the dominant neoliberal framework of the 21st century. This book was originally published as a special issue of Globalizations.

1. A Genealogy of 'Globalization' - The Career of a Concept Interviews 2. George Modelski 3. Roland Robertson 4. Saskia Sassen 5. Joseph E. Stiglitz 6. Arjun Appadurai 7. David Held 8. Jan Aart Scholte 9. Jonathan Friedman 10. Nayan Chanda 11. Mark Juergensmeyer 12. James H. Mittelman 13. Barry K. Gills