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

by Meshack M. Sagini

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761859536
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	390
File size:	1 MB

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.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

Editorial Reviews

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.

Maxwell Owusu

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.

Thomas E. Patterson

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.

Toyin Falola