Yassine Essid is an expert on the history of Islamic economic thought and on the history and place of Islam in North Africa and the Middle East. William D. Coleman has overseen the writing of the books in the Globalization and Autonomy Series. He carries out research on different theories about globalization and on global governance.Contributors: Mongi Bahloul, Samouel Béji, Houda Ben Hassen, Almudena Hasan Bosque, Lotfi Bouzaïane, Abdeljabbar Bsaies, Faika Charfi, Hachmi Dhaou, Yassine Essid, Sonia Fellous, Amado A. Millán Fuertes, Nizard Jouini, Rulof Kerkhoff, Myriem Lakhoua, Latifa Lakhdhar, Jihen Malek, Paula Durán Monfort, Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi, Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Fatma Sarraj, François Zabbal, and Sameh Zouari.

• Preface to Series / Preface to the English EditionIntroduction / Yassine Essid and William D. ColemanPart 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh ZouariPart 2: Globalization in the Great Texts3 'Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun's Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia FellousPart 3: Religions and Globalization5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa LakhdharPart 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millán Fuertes9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Durán MonfortPart 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / François Zabbal13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben HassenPart 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaïane16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Béji18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma SarrajEpilogue21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi DhaouiNotes; Works Cited; Index