FRANCIS ADAMS is currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University. SATYA DEV GUPTA is Professor and Chair of Department of Economics at St. Thomas University, Canada. He is the author of The World Zinc Industry. He has recently edited three books on the subject of globalization: Globalization, Growth and Sustainability; Dynamics of Globalization and Development; and The Political Economy of Globalization. KIDANE MENGISTEAB is Head of African-American Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is the author of Ethiopia: Failure of Land Reform and Agricultural Crisis and Globalization and Autocentricity in Africa's Development in the 21st Century. He is the co-editor of Beyond Economic Liberalization in Africa.

• Acknowledgements List of Acronyms List of Tables and Figures About the Contributors Globalization and the Developing World: An Introduction; F.Adams, S.D. Gupta & K.Mengisteab PART I: THEMATIC ISSUES For a Progressive and Democratic New World Order; S.Amin Conceptualizing Resistance to Globalization; C.Chin & J.Mittleman The Essence and Appearance of Globalization: The Rise of Finance Capital; J.Weeks PART II: CASE STUDIES Popular Resistance to Neoliberalism in Latin America; R.Harris Economic Reform and Political Turmoil in Mexico; F.Adams Reforming Cuban Socialism: State-Society Dynamics; S.Eckstein Globalization and South Africa's Transition through a Consociational Arrangement; K.Mengisteab Avoiding Globalization: The State and Depoliticization in Nigeria; J.Ihonvbere Ideology, Politics, and Public Policy in Ghana: 1982-1996; W.Ofuatey-Kodjoe Liberalization and Retrenchment in the Middle East and North Africa; M.Dorraj Global Accumulation and Structural Adjustment in Iran; B.Yaghmaian Liberalization, Globalization, and Inequality in South Asia; M.Pasha State-Socialist Transition and Labor Relations in China; X.Lu Selected Bibliography Index

FRANCIS ADAMS is currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University. SATYA DEV GUPTA is Professor and Chair of Department of Economics at St. Thomas University, Canada. He is the author of The World Zinc Industry. He has recently edited three books on the subject of globalization: Globalization, Growth and Sustainability; Dynamics of Globalization and Development; and The Political Economy of Globalization. KIDANE MENGISTEAB is Head of African-American Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is the author of Ethiopia: Failure of Land Reform and Agricultural Crisis and Globalization and Autocentricity in Africa's Development in the 21st Century. He is the co-editor of Beyond Economic Liberalization in Africa.

• Acknowledgements List of Acronyms List of Tables and Figures About the Contributors Globalization and the Developing World: An Introduction; F.Adams, S.D. Gupta & K.Mengisteab PART I: THEMATIC ISSUES For a Progressive and Democratic New World Order; S.Amin Conceptualizing Resistance to Globalization; C.Chin & J.Mittleman The Essence and Appearance of Globalization: The Rise of Finance Capital; J.Weeks PART II: CASE STUDIES Popular Resistance to Neoliberalism in Latin America; R.Harris Economic Reform and Political Turmoil in Mexico; F.Adams Reforming Cuban Socialism: State-Society Dynamics; S.Eckstein Globalization and South Africa's Transition through a Consociational Arrangement; K.Mengisteab Avoiding Globalization: The State and Depoliticization in Nigeria; J.Ihonvbere Ideology, Politics, and Public Policy in Ghana: 1982-1996; W.Ofuatey-Kodjoe Liberalization and Retrenchment in the Middle East and North Africa; M.Dorraj Global Accumulation and Structural Adjustment in Iran; B.Yaghmaian Liberalization, Globalization, and Inequality in South Asia; M.Pasha State-Socialist Transition and Labor Relations in China; X.Lu Selected Bibliography Index

FRANCIS ADAMS is currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University. SATYA DEV GUPTA is Professor and Chair of Department of Economics at St. Thomas University, Canada. He is the author of The World Zinc Industry. He has recently edited three books on the subject of globalization: Globalization, Growth and Sustainability; Dynamics of Globalization and Development; and The Political Economy of Globalization. KIDANE MENGISTEAB is Head of African-American Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is the author of Ethiopia: Failure of Land Reform and Agricultural Crisis and Globalization and Autocentricity in Africa's Development in the 21st Century. He is the co-editor of Beyond Economic Liberalization in Africa.

• Acknowledgements List of Acronyms List of Tables and Figures About the Contributors Globalization and the Developing World: An Introduction; F.Adams, S.D. Gupta & K.Mengisteab PART I: THEMATIC ISSUES For a Progressive and Democratic New World Order; S.Amin Conceptualizing Resistance to Globalization; C.Chin & J.Mittleman The Essence and Appearance of Globalization: The Rise of Finance Capital; J.Weeks PART II: CASE STUDIES Popular Resistance to Neoliberalism in Latin America; R.Harris Economic Reform and Political Turmoil in Mexico; F.Adams Reforming Cuban Socialism: State-Society Dynamics; S.Eckstein Globalization and South Africa's Transition through a Consociational Arrangement; K.Mengisteab Avoiding Globalization: The State and Depoliticization in Nigeria; J.Ihonvbere Ideology, Politics, and Public Policy in Ghana: 1982-1996; W.Ofuatey-Kodjoe Liberalization and Retrenchment in the Middle East and North Africa; M.Dorraj Global Accumulation and Structural Adjustment in Iran; B.Yaghmaian Liberalization, Globalization, and Inequality in South Asia; M.Pasha State-Socialist Transition and Labor Relations in China; X.Lu Selected Bibliography Index