Globalization: The Paradox of Organizational Behavior: Terrorism, Foreign Policy, and Governance

Globalization: The Paradox of Organizational Behavior is an excellent resource for undergraduate and graduate students, professors, policy makers, and the intelligentsia worldwide. Sagini explores the text's major themes using historical, materialistic, and imperialistic factors. The globalization movement is shaped by economic, political, technological, and cultural forces that transform human collectivities. Instability and related concomitant issues such as disease, energy security, and terrorism challenge the reconstructive role of internal and external factors in foreign policy decision-making. The implications of the global forces on the divided world of gated communities, urban and village ghettos, national borders, and cultural decay could be far-reaching if leaders fail to redesign and implement effective governance models.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter I. Introduction: Competing Paradigms of Globalization REFERENCES Chapter II. Why the United States Was Attacked: Meaningful Reflections WHAT IS TERRORISM? THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS FORMS OF RELIGIOUS ASCETICISM RATIONALISM IN ISLAMIS ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter III. International Diplomacy and the U.S. vs. Iraq War STYLES OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY THEORIES OF DIPLOMACY INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND ALLIANCE DIVISION: CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY THEORETICAL CHALLENGES EUROPEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THEORETICAL REALITY THE CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION REFERENCES Chapter IV. Iraq: Reconstruction and Regional Geopolitics LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR WAR AND OCCUPATION FUNCTIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF COALITION FORCES – OCCUPIERS U.S. PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR LEADERSHIP IN IRAQ: ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL DIVERSITY GOVERNANCE: PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING A DEMOCRATIC IRAQ CHALLENGES OF RECONSTRUCTION IMPLICATIONS AYATOLLAH SISTANI’S PERSPECTIVE THE SECOND RECONSTRUCTION – NEW CONSTITUTION IN IRAQ NEW GOVERNMENT THE CHALLENGES OF THE SECOND RECONSTRUCTION WHY PEOPLE COMMIT ATROCITY INTERPRETATION RECOMMENDATIONS REFERENCES Chapter V. Transnational Terrorism: Islamic and Western Views HOW SECTISM, DOCTRINE AND TRADITION INFLUENCE TERRORISM REFERENCES Chapter VI. U.S. Foreign Policy INTRODUCTION U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: PRESIDENTIAL INVOLVEMENT WHAT IS THE MEANING OF INTERVENTION? IS THE U.S. AN EMPIRE OR NOT? THEORETICAL INSIGHT IMPERIAL GOVERNANCE RESULTS OF IMPERIAL STRUCTURES CHALLENGES OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter VII. Chinese Foreign Policy INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL BACKGROUND BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY CHINESE HISTORY POST-REVOLUTIONARY CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY REFERENCES Chapter VIII. E.U. Foreign Policy E.U. FOREIGN POLICY: EVOLUTION EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTION THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION STRUCTURE OF EU POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT RELATED ORGANIZATIONS—WEU AND NATO CHALLENGES TO THE E.U. AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter IX. Comparative Foreign Policies of the Great Powers CHINESE FINANCIAL FOREIGN POLICY THE E.U./U.S. AND THEIR CHALLENGES: POTENTIAL FOR CRISIS FOR E.U. U.S. INTERESTS IN ASIA REFERENCES Chapter X. The Global Political Economy and the NGOs DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE THIRD WORLD CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter XI. Globalization and the Challenges of the New World Order WHY GLOBALIZATION WORKS: THE ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE WHAT DRIVES THE INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION? GLOBALIZATION – U.S./FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 11TH CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter XII. The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS RELATED THEORIES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY HISTORY OF HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HIV/AIDS POLITICO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL INTERPRETATION CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION REFERENCES Chapter XIII. Terrorism and Its Risks RISK IMPLICATIONS ON THE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11 RISKS IN ORGANIZATIONS DEMOCRATIC VIRTUES DEFEND POLITICS AGAINST TERRORISM REFERENCES Chapter XIV. Effects of Terrorism in America: Challenges to National Security INTRODUCTION THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TERRORISM IN AMERICA THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TERRORISM IN AMERICA THE SOCIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TERRORISM IN AMERICA WHEN DEFENDING AGAINST CATASTROPHIC THREATS INTERNS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE THE COST OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT NATIONAL SECURITY EVALUATING A NATIONAL STRATEGY CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter XV. The Global Energy Security ENERGY SECURITY THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) THE MISSION OF OPEC THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR WORLD ENERGY SECURITY THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN HYDROCARBONS CHINESE ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD AFRICA THE DARFUR CRISIS AND THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION: DEGLOBALIZATION FOR A NEW PARADIGM REFERENCES Chapter XVI. Deconstructive Critique: The New Paradigm DEFINITION OF GLOBALIZATION COLONIALISM: COMPARISON WITH GLOBALIZATION COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM WESTERN GEOSTRATEGIC INTERESTS NAFTA EUROPEAN UNION NEGATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE GLOBALIZATION U.S. – CULTURAL DECAY NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION POSITIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION THE NEW PARADIGM FOR GLOBALIZATION ACADEMIA IN CRISIS (U.S.) REFERENCES Index About the Author

About the Author :
Meshack M. Sagini is a professor of history and political science, whose expertise is in organizational behavior. He has written five books and many scholarly articles. Sagini is a member of sixteen professional organizations; has received the distinction of the Outstanding Scholars Award for excellence in teaching, research, and service; and has been recognized by both the Bush and Obama administrations for excellence in public service.

Review :
This extraordinary document is an elaborate, synergistic, and interdisciplinary synthesis whose historical, comparative, and cosmopolitan outlook makes it attractive to the reading public everywhere in the world. Sagini has employed a postmodern style to write an original classic whose assemblage of interrelated scholarly essays is creatively, harmoniously, and magnificently woven together at the conclusion. This valuable book makes important contributions to the understanding of foreign policies of nations in relation to global issues of relevance, from terrorism to diseases, supplying rich data and impressive analysis that reveal the nature of national identity, development, and imperial ideologies... An essential reading.