Globalization: The Crucial Phase

by Brian Spooner (Editor)

Overview

Throughout human history, the rate of world population growth overall has been outpaced by the rate of urban population growth. Right now, more the half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion will only increase in the next fifty years. Rapid urban growth accelerates the exchange of ideas, the expansion of social networks, and the diversity of human interactions that accompany globalization. The present century is therefore the crucial phase, when the world's increasing interconnectedness may give rise to innovation and collaboration or intensify conflict and environmental disaster. Bringing together scholars of anthropology and social science as well as law and medicine, Globalization: The Crucial Phase presents a holistic and comprehensive understanding of the way the world is changing. The contributors reveal the changing scale of social, economic, and financial diversity, examine the impact of globalization on the environment, health, and nutrition; and consider the initiatives to address the social problems and opportunities that arise from global migration. Collectively, these diverse interdisciplinary perspectives provide an introduction to vital research and policy initiatives in a period that will bring great challenges but also great potential. Contributors: Nancy Biller, Christina Catanese, Robert J. Collins, Megan Doherty, Zhengxia Dou, Richard J. Estes, James Ferguson, David Galligan, Mauro Guill En, Cameron Hu, John D. Keenan, Alan Kelly, Janet M. Monge, Marjorie Muecke, Neal Nathanson, Sarah Paoletti, Adriana Petryna, Alan Ruby, Theodore G. Schürr, Brian Spooner, Joseph S. Sun, Zhiguo Wu, Huiquan Zhou.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934536780
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	03/27/2015
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Brian Spooner is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and coeditor (with William L. Hanaway) of Literacy in the Persianate World: Writing and the Social Order, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Table of Contents

Figures vii

Tables x

Contributors xi

Preface xv

Introduction

1 Globalization via World Urbanization: The Crucial Phase Brian Spooner 1

Part 1 Assessment

2 Development Trends Among the World's Socially Least Developed Countries: Reasons for Guarded Optimism Richard J. Estes 23

3 Human Genetic Diversity in a Global Context Theodore G. Schurr 71

4 The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: a Drama in Three Acts Mauro Guillen Sandra L. Suárez 115

5 "Where Everything Is Political": Architecture Against Politics in Global Dubai Cameron Hu 143

Part 2 Habitat

6 If There Is Food, We Will Eat: An Evolutionary and Global Perspective on Human Diet and Nutrition Janet M. Monge 173

7 Aspects of Animal Production in Global Food Supply David Galligan James Ferguson Alan Kelly Zhengxia Dou Zhiguo Wu 195

8 Issues in Global Health Nancy Biller Neal Nathanson 211

9 Global Oral Health Robert J. Collins 227

10 Cities: Threats and Opportunities for Women's Health Marjorie Muecke 235

11 Pharmaceuticals and the Competitive Logic of Global Clinical Trials Adriana Petryna 255

Part 3 Application

12 Preparing Lawyers for Practice in an Era of Global Urbanization: A Proposal for Transnational Clinical Partnerships Sarah Paoletti 279

13 Towards a Comprehensive Response to Victims of Sex Trafficking Huiquan Zhou 319

14 Globalization and the University: A Relationship Worth Studying? Alan Ruby 343

15 Academically Based Global Service Learning Joseph S. Sun John D. Keenan Megan Doherty Christina Catanese 359