Globalization with a Human Face

This collection of essays reflects a wide array of realities and experiences of people from different areas of the world, including England, Nicaragua, Colombia, Spain, and Guatemala. Globalization requires innovation and adaptation, things that are easier for some countries to achieve than others. This book states that the current form of globalization allows the West to dominate the world market at the expense of other countries. This collection challenges the framework of globalization and provides practical advice for making globalization beneficial to all countries. This volume seeks to transform globalization into something productive for humanity as a whole. The nature and history of globalization is discussed as well as its impact on the Third World. New approaches to globalization are presented, as well as the rationale of these recommendations. The book shows that globalization can be reworked in order to include all countries, from the First to Third World.

Table of Contents:
Introduction by Jung Min Choi, John W. Murphy, and Manuel J. Caro The Traditional Ontology of Development, History, and Globalization From Below by John W. Murphy What is Globalization? Ambiguities of the Contemporary World Scene by Vincente Berdayes Globalization & Power: The Hidden Injuries of Consumerism by Stephen Shapiro Globalization & Resistance to the Market in Education by Karen A. Callaghan Does Dependency Theory Still Have Relevance in Latin America? by William Guedes Cortezia Vanishing Meaning, the Ideology of Value-Addition, and the Diffusion of Broadband Information Technology by Eric Mark Kramer Universalized Globalization and the Logistics of Identity by Algis Mickunas The Limits and Alternatives to Democracy-- Democracy in the Era of Globalization by Alejandro Serrano Caldera Nationhood, Quantum Humanism, and Latin America by Carlos Largacha-Martinez and Manuel J. Caro Towards an Embodied Global Ethic by Luigi Esposito Striking Back at Empire: A Postmodern Resistance to Neoliberalism and Globalization by Jung Min Choi and Lawrence Byrne About the Editors About the Contributors

About the Author :
JUNG MIN CHOI is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the University Honors Program at San Diego State University. His areas of interest are social philosophy, globalization, postmodern theory, and democracy. JOHN W. MURPHY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami. His areas of interest are social philosophy and Latin American thought. MANUEL J. CARO is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University. He has published several articles in the areas of cultural studies, discrimination, and globalization.