• Theoretical Perspectives.- Globalization as an Historical and a Dialectical Process.- Microglobalization.- A Transnational Framework for Theory and Research in the Study of Globalization.- Global Systems, Globalization, and Anthropological Theory.- The Eigenstructures of World Society and the Regional Cultures of the World.- Global Complexities.- Economic and Political Processes.- Trajectories of Trade and Investment Globalization.- Globalization and Uneven Development.- Globalization and Disintegration: Substitutionist Technologies and the Disintegration of Global Econnomic Ties.- Social Integration, System Integration, and Global Governance.- Globalization, Terrorism, and Democracy: 9/11 and Its Aftermath.- Studying Globalization: Methodological Approaches.- Finding Frontiers in Historical Research on Globalization.- Theoretical and Empirical Elements in the Study of Globalization.- Three Steps Toward a Viable Theory of Globalization.- Situating Global Social Relations.- Toward a Framework for Global Communication: Durkheim, Phenomenology, Postmodernism, and the “Construction” of Place and Space.- Commentaries and Discussion.- “Globalization: In Search of a Paradigm”.- A “New” Global Age, but Are There New Perspectives on It?.- “Globalization” as Collective Representation: The New Dream of a Cosmopolitan Civil Sphere.- Rationalization and Globalization in Neo-Weberian Perspective.- From Cosmopolitanism to a Global Perspective: Paradigmatic Discontinuity (Beck, Ritzer, Postmodernism, and Albrow) Versus Continuity (Alexander and Collins) and Emergent Conceptualizations (Contributors to This Volume).

"- Ino Rossi has assembled a stimulating collection of insightful essays by many of the world's leading analysts of globalization. The essays more than live up to the book's title, and the critical commentaries included in the volume, by the editor and other widely renowned contemporary social theorists, add a welcome dialogical dimension to the work. This is first-rate scholarship that merits careful reading by a wide audience." John Boli, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Emory University. - "Many of the scholars in this volume were writing about political, social, and economic change from a global perspective long before the term 'globalization' became so widely used. It is very useful to have their recent thoughts as well as that of some younger experts about where the world is going, and how to study this, all combined in a single, fascinating book." Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies and Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. - "Rossi has assembled an array of leading experts to dissect globalization's realities and myths. Globalization emerges as a multi-dimensional process, structurally uneven, with deep measures of continuity and discontinuity from what went before. The global frontier has rarely been so penetratingly explored". Randall Collins, The Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. - "In a compelling volume, pioneers who shaped globalization studies now take a fresh look at the field. This series of reflections deepens analysis and will help map research for many years to come". James H. Mittelman, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. - Some say globalization can never be a discipline, but the essays of this volume demonstrate the falsity of such a notion. Here the reader will find that 19 distinguished explorers of the frontiers of globalization have traced the outlines of the theories, concepts, and methods that make for a viable and exciting discipline. James N. Rosenau, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. "Frontiers of Globalization Research will become a standard reference work for all those interested in this obviously timely topic. There have been many recent works and collections of essays on world systems analysis, but I think the present volume is one of the best that I have seen over the last decade. It covers a wide range of topics, beginning with a series of essays outlining a diversity of theoretical perspectives. The book then moves into methodological approaches and the substance of globalization research, and ends with very interesting commentaries by distinguished scholars. Virtually all of the key figures in globalization theory and research have provided essays for this volume, and so, the reader can be assured that this book represents the forefront and cutting edge of world system's analysis. I recommend it to any social scientist or lay scholar interested in the dominant dynamic of the world today." Jonathan H. Turner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology. University of California, Riverside."

• Theoretical Perspectives.- Globalization as an Historical and a Dialectical Process.- Microglobalization.- A Transnational Framework for Theory and Research in the Study of Globalization.- Global Systems, Globalization, and Anthropological Theory.- The Eigenstructures of World Society and the Regional Cultures of the World.- Global Complexities.- Economic and Political Processes.- Trajectories of Trade and Investment Globalization.- Globalization and Uneven Development.- Globalization and Disintegration: Substitutionist Technologies and the Disintegration of Global Econnomic Ties.- Social Integration, System Integration, and Global Governance.- Globalization, Terrorism, and Democracy: 9/11 and Its Aftermath.- Studying Globalization: Methodological Approaches.- Finding Frontiers in Historical Research on Globalization.- Theoretical and Empirical Elements in the Study of Globalization.- Three Steps Toward a Viable Theory of Globalization.- Situating Global Social Relations.- Toward a Framework for Global Communication: Durkheim, Phenomenology, Postmodernism, and the “Construction” of Place and Space.- Commentaries and Discussion.- “Globalization: In Search of a Paradigm”.- A “New” Global Age, but Are There New Perspectives on It?.- “Globalization” as Collective Representation: The New Dream of a Cosmopolitan Civil Sphere.- Rationalization and Globalization in Neo-Weberian Perspective.- From Cosmopolitanism to a Global Perspective: Paradigmatic Discontinuity (Beck, Ritzer, Postmodernism, and Albrow) Versus Continuity (Alexander and Collins) and Emergent Conceptualizations (Contributors to This Volume).

"- Ino Rossi has assembled a stimulating collection of insightful essays by many of the world's leading analysts of globalization. The essays more than live up to the book's title, and the critical commentaries included in the volume, by the editor and other widely renowned contemporary social theorists, add a welcome dialogical dimension to the work. This is first-rate scholarship that merits careful reading by a wide audience." John Boli, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Emory University. - "Many of the scholars in this volume were writing about political, social, and economic change from a global perspective long before the term 'globalization' became so widely used. It is very useful to have their recent thoughts as well as that of some younger experts about where the world is going, and how to study this, all combined in a single, fascinating book." Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies and Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. - "Rossi has assembled an array of leading experts to dissect globalization's realities and myths. Globalization emerges as a multi-dimensional process, structurally uneven, with deep measures of continuity and discontinuity from what went before. The global frontier has rarely been so penetratingly explored". Randall Collins, The Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. - "In a compelling volume, pioneers who shaped globalization studies now take a fresh look at the field. This series of reflections deepens analysis and will help map research for many years to come". James H. Mittelman, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. - Some say globalization can never be a discipline, but the essays of this volume demonstrate the falsity of such a notion. Here the reader will find that 19 distinguished explorers of the frontiers of globalization have traced the outlines of the theories, concepts, and methods that make for a viable and exciting discipline. James N. Rosenau, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. "Frontiers of Globalization Research will become a standard reference work for all those interested in this obviously timely topic. There have been many recent works and collections of essays on world systems analysis, but I think the present volume is one of the best that I have seen over the last decade. It covers a wide range of topics, beginning with a series of essays outlining a diversity of theoretical perspectives. The book then moves into methodological approaches and the substance of globalization research, and ends with very interesting commentaries by distinguished scholars. Virtually all of the key figures in globalization theory and research have provided essays for this volume, and so, the reader can be assured that this book represents the forefront and cutting edge of world system's analysis. I recommend it to any social scientist or lay scholar interested in the dominant dynamic of the world today." Jonathan H. Turner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology. University of California, Riverside."

• Theoretical Perspectives.- Globalization as an Historical and a Dialectical Process.- Microglobalization.- A Transnational Framework for Theory and Research in the Study of Globalization.- Global Systems, Globalization, and Anthropological Theory.- The Eigenstructures of World Society and the Regional Cultures of the World.- Global Complexities.- Economic and Political Processes.- Trajectories of Trade and Investment Globalization.- Globalization and Uneven Development.- Globalization and Disintegration: Substitutionist Technologies and the Disintegration of Global Econnomic Ties.- Social Integration, System Integration, and Global Governance.- Globalization, Terrorism, and Democracy: 9/11 and Its Aftermath.- Studying Globalization: Methodological Approaches.- Finding Frontiers in Historical Research on Globalization.- Theoretical and Empirical Elements in the Study of Globalization.- Three Steps Toward a Viable Theory of Globalization.- Situating Global Social Relations.- Toward a Framework for Global Communication: Durkheim, Phenomenology, Postmodernism, and the “Construction” of Place and Space.- Commentaries and Discussion.- “Globalization: In Search of a Paradigm”.- A “New” Global Age, but Are There New Perspectives on It?.- “Globalization” as Collective Representation: The New Dream of a Cosmopolitan Civil Sphere.- Rationalization and Globalization in Neo-Weberian Perspective.- From Cosmopolitanism to a Global Perspective: Paradigmatic Discontinuity (Beck, Ritzer, Postmodernism, and Albrow) Versus Continuity (Alexander and Collins) and Emergent Conceptualizations (Contributors to This Volume).

"- Ino Rossi has assembled a stimulating collection of insightful essays by many of the world's leading analysts of globalization. The essays more than live up to the book's title, and the critical commentaries included in the volume, by the editor and other widely renowned contemporary social theorists, add a welcome dialogical dimension to the work. This is first-rate scholarship that merits careful reading by a wide audience." John Boli, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Emory University. - "Many of the scholars in this volume were writing about political, social, and economic change from a global perspective long before the term 'globalization' became so widely used. It is very useful to have their recent thoughts as well as that of some younger experts about where the world is going, and how to study this, all combined in a single, fascinating book." Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies and Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. - "Rossi has assembled an array of leading experts to dissect globalization's realities and myths. Globalization emerges as a multi-dimensional process, structurally uneven, with deep measures of continuity and discontinuity from what went before. The global frontier has rarely been so penetratingly explored". Randall Collins, The Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. - "In a compelling volume, pioneers who shaped globalization studies now take a fresh look at the field. This series of reflections deepens analysis and will help map research for many years to come". James H. Mittelman, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. - Some say globalization can never be a discipline, but the essays of this volume demonstrate the falsity of such a notion. Here the reader will find that 19 distinguished explorers of the frontiers of globalization have traced the outlines of the theories, concepts, and methods that make for a viable and exciting discipline. James N. Rosenau, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. "Frontiers of Globalization Research will become a standard reference work for all those interested in this obviously timely topic. There have been many recent works and collections of essays on world systems analysis, but I think the present volume is one of the best that I have seen over the last decade. It covers a wide range of topics, beginning with a series of essays outlining a diversity of theoretical perspectives. The book then moves into methodological approaches and the substance of globalization research, and ends with very interesting commentaries by distinguished scholars. Virtually all of the key figures in globalization theory and research have provided essays for this volume, and so, the reader can be assured that this book represents the forefront and cutting edge of world system's analysis. I recommend it to any social scientist or lay scholar interested in the dominant dynamic of the world today." Jonathan H. Turner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology. University of California, Riverside."