Beschreibung:
This collection reveals how issues such as religion, private capital flows, poverty, the state and democracy, transnational class structures, disruptions in culture and new patterns in the use of language are part of the globalization process.
List of tables Notes on contributors Preface List of abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Globalization: captors and captives, James H. Mittelman 2. Globalization: another false universalism? Clive S. Kessler 3. Globalization and private capital movements, Rajah Rasiah 4. globalization and economic disparities in East and Southeast Asia:new dilemmas, Ishak Shari 5. Globalization and democratization: the response of the indigenous peoples of Sarawak, Sabihah Osman 6. Globalization and transnational class relations: some problems of conceptualization, Abdul Rahman Embong 7. Reconsidering cultural globalization: the English language in Malaysia, Sumit K. Mandal 8. capturing Globalization: prospects and projects, Norani Othman and Clive S. Kessler Bibliography Index