Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World

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Much discussed but poorly understood, globalization is at once praised as the answer to all the world's problems and blamed for everything from pollution to poverty. Here Berger and Huntington bring together an array of experts who paint a subtle and richly shaded portrait, showing both the power and the unexpected consequences of this great force. The stereotypes of globalization--characterized as American imperialism on the one hand, and as an economic panacea on the other--fall apart under close scrutiny. Surveying globalization from individual countries of the five major continents, Many Globalizations shows that an emerging global culture does indeed exist. While globalization is American in origin and content, the authors point out that it is far from a centrally directed force like classic imperialism. They examine the currents that carry this culture, from a worldwide class of young professionals to non-governmental organizations, and define globalization's many variations as well as sub-globalizations that bind regions together. Analytical, incisive and stimulating, Many Globalizations offers rare insight into perhaps the central issue of modern times, one that is changing the West as much as the developing world. "Provocative.... Taken together, the trenchant, well-written essays included in this collection provide indisputable evidence that an identifiable global culture is indeed emerging."--World Policy Journal "Analytical and penetrating, belongs...on the desks of anyone with an abiding interest in the forces shaping the world."--Publishers Weekly

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Very good book.......2002-11-17

Good overview of the theories and impact of globalization. I also recommend Haley's "Multinational corporations in political environments: Ethics, values and strategies" to understand the limits of the economic powers shaping our society.

Unbiased and sometimes informative book.......2002-09-08

First the good:

This book is an unbiased account of Globalization and it's effect in several different countries. Each section is written by a different Graduate student from that area of the world. Each account gives a first hand look at how the people of that coutnry view globalization through the eyes of one of it's members.

Second, the Bad:

As stated earlier these are grad students writing these passages so it's hit and mis with these articles. For instance the One on China I found to be very informative and well written while the one on India was poorly written and read more like a promotion for the writers religion.

This book is definately worth the time because it doesn't say Globalization is good or evil, it just gives unbiased information. Just take some of the passages as what they are, graduate study level work

The joke is on your conception of globalization.......2002-05-02

Imagine a field report from ten countries of the many ways that globalization is occurring, one of which explains globalization in Hungary in the form of the following common joke, as would the average person in the street:

"...I feel sorry for the enthusiasts of globalization too, especially since I have been told the following joke in Budapest, which ridicules the time/space compression, a favorite concept of globalization theorists. It goes like this: How much time would Hungarians need not to stop littering? The answer is, seven centuries and one second. In the first five centuries we get rid of the Turks, the Habsburgs, and the Russians, who - as is well known - mercilessly forced us to litter. Then about one century is absolutely necessary to define the notion of "Hungarian rubbish" and another one to copy and then to approve the current German law prohibiting littering. And what about that additional second? Ah, that we need to learn how to cheat the new law" (from Janos Kovacs, "Rival Temptations and Passive Resistance," chapter 6:173).

Not all the articles in this compilation contain such amusing and illuminating insights as the above excerpt. Nonetheless, this is a treasure trove of papers that avoids the superficiality of the pop studies on globalization one hand ("Belly of the Beast," "McWorld"); and on the other hand mostly avoids the overly academic studies that lose the reader in a number of word abstractions ("time/space compression"). As one author, Janos Kovacs, wryly points out, economists may count the growing number of baseball bats in Hungary and incorrectly conclude that mass consumer sports are pushing out traditional sports and even religion in the Third World. The supply and demand calculus of the economist would miss the cultural fact that baseball bats in Hungary are replacing knives and guns for street fighting and protection.

The book is the product of a three-year study that was initially framed in a "challenge-response" thesis of globalization, which ended up failing to reflect the reality of the phenomenon, much like rejecting a null hypothesis in science. As editor Peter Berger puts it: "the goal of every scholarly enterprise is to blow someone's theory out of the water. In this instance that someone was me."

The field accounts from political scientist Arturo Talavera on Chile, and Janos Kovacs on Hungary are worth the price of the book alone. Ann Bernstein's piece on globalization in South Africa reads a bit like a national chamber of commerce "promo" that glosses over the very tragic underside of globalization that is occurring in that country.

The book punctures the stereotypes of globalization on either side of the political or ideological spectrum. That Latin American women gain most under the influence of evangelical Protestant Christianity runs counter to the notion in America that woman suffer most under the influence of conservative religion. That Coca Cola often serves disaster victims in developing countries faster and better than U.N. aid programs is also likely to be a mind buster. But no matter what world-view (modern or traditional) that one might be seeking to affirm by reading this book, it is more likely than not that it will be disconfirmed (as even the editors preconceptions were not confirmed). As sociologists David Hunter and Joshua Yates aptly state in their concluding paper, the complexity and reality of globalization is likely to "burst the mental bubble," or cognitive map, of members of opposing organizations active in globalizing countries, such as Campus Crusade and Opus Dei on one side, or Planned Parenthood and Greenpeace on the other.
One minor criticism was the failure of the book to include Peter Berger's seminal article "The Four Faces of Global Culture" that formed the skeletal framework of the study. I would have also liked to see more emphasis on how globalization, especially immigration, is changing the West as much as the developing world. Highly recommended.

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Globalizaciones Multiples / Many Globalizations: La Diversidad Cultural en el Mundo Contemporaneo / Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World (Estado Y Sociedad/ State and Society)
Peter L. Berger , and Samuel P. Huntington
Manufacturer: Ediciones Paidos Iberica
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ASIN: 8449313228

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Culture, globalization, and U.S. foreign policy. (Books).(Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World; Culture Matters: How Values ... An article from: World Policy Journal
Andrew J. Bacevich
Manufacturer: World Policy Institute
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ASIN: B0008FRRNA
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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Title: Culture, globalization, and U.S. foreign policy. (Books).(Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World; Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress)(Book Review)
Author: Andrew J. Bacevich
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Page: 77(6)

Article Type: Book Review

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Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World

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Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World
Peter L.; Huntington, Samuel P. (eds.) Berger
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKL80C

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From the 1910 overthrow of "Czar" Joseph Cannon to the reforms enacted when Republicans took over the House in 1995, institutional change within the U.S. Congress has been both a product and a shaper of congressional politics. For several decades, scholars have explained this process in terms of a particular collective interest shared by members, be it partisanship, reelection worries, or policy motivations. Eric Schickler makes the case that it is actually interplay among multiple interests that determines institutional change. In the process, he explains how congressional institutions have proved remarkably adaptable and yet consistently frustrating for members and outside observers alike.

Analyzing leadership, committee, and procedural restructuring in four periods (1890-1910, 1919-1932, 1937-1952, and 1970-1989), Schickler argues that coalitions promoting a wide range of member interests drive change in both the House and Senate. He shows that multiple interests determine institutional innovation within a period; that different interests are important in different periods; and, more broadly, that changes in the salient collective interests across time do not follow a simple logical or developmental sequence. Institutional development appears disjointed, as new arrangements are layered on preexisting structures intended to serve competing interests. An epilogue assesses the rise and fall of Newt Gingrich in light of these findings.

Schickler's model of "disjointed pluralism" integrates rational choice theory with historical institutionalist approaches. It both complicates and advances efforts at theoretical synthesis by proposing a fuller, more nuanced understanding of institutional innovation--and thus of American political development and history.

Influencing Within Organizations Getting In, Rising Up, Moving On: A Guide to the Important Process of Influencing

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Useful, but not profound

Influencing Within Organizations Getting In, Rising Up, Moving On: A Guide to the Important Process of Influencing
Andrzej Huczynski
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ASIN: 013090614X

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Useful, but not profound.......1998-10-13

As advertised, the book is an overview of what academic researchers have learned about influence in organization. It doesn't offer any startlingly brilliant insights, and is more academically-oriented rather than practicioner-oriented. I'd advise buying Cialdini's "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" instead!

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A collection of classics on the subject of power

Organizational Influence Processes

Manufacturer: M.E. Sharpe
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0765609991

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A collection of classics on the subject of power.......2007-03-10

This book is about influence, power, and politics in organizations. It is a collection of classic works on these topics. It is broken up into four parts: general works, pieces about influencing people below you in the institution, lateral influence,and upward influence. Each section has an introductory essay that includes a summary of the works that are included. Most of the included works are reprinted from elsewhere, while the rest are revised from their original publication.

Angry men and disgusted women: An evolutionary approach to the influence of emotions on risk taking [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]

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Angry men and disgusted women: An evolutionary approach to the influence of emotions on risk taking [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]
D.M.T. Fessler , E.G. Pillsworth , and T.J. Flamson
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is a journal article from Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Despite considerable research on the influence of emotions on risk taking, investigators have yet to agree on an explanatory framework. Reviewing the literature, we identify problems with popular valence-based approaches. In contrast, Lerner and Keltner's (2000, 2001) appraisal-tendencies theory has been supported, and usefully generates testable predictions regarding the effects of specific emotions. Nevertheless, though premised on the assumption that functional attributes differentiate emotions, this theory overlooks the ultimate goals that emotions serve. Adopting an evolutionary perspective, we predicted that, despite having similar appraisal tendencies, anger and disgust would have opposite effects on risk taking, since anger functions to deter transgression through aggression, while disgust functions to ward off contamination; an evolutionary perspective also led us to predict sex differences in these effects. Employing a gambling task involving substantial real stakes, we demonstrate that anger increases risk taking in men, while disgust decreases risk taking in women.

Human reactions to technological failure: How accidents rooted in technology vs. human error influence judgments of organizational accountability [An article ... Behavior and Human Decision Processes]

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Human reactions to technological failure: How accidents rooted in technology vs. human error influence judgments of organizational accountability [An article ... Behavior and Human Decision Processes]
C.E. Naquin , and T.R. Kurtzberg
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The influence of interdependent self-construal on procedural fairness effects [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]

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The influence of interdependent self-construal on procedural fairness effects [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]
J. Brockner , D. De Cremer , K. van den Bos , and Y Chen
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR2O96

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This digital document is a journal article from Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Various theories have been shown to account for the effects of procedural fairness on people's attitudes and behaviors. We propose that a logical next step for organizational justice researchers is to delineate not whether, but rather when certain explanations are likely to account for people's reactions to procedural fairness information. Accordingly, the present research tested the hypothesis that social psychological explanations would be particularly applicable to people high in interdependent self-construal. As predicted, the results of three studies showed that interdependent self-construal (ISC) moderated the relationship between procedural fairness and a variety of dependent variables (cooperation, positive affect, and desire for future interaction with the other party). In different types of interpersonal encounters (social dilemmas, reward allocations, and negotiations), procedural fairness had more of an influence on participants' reactions among those high rather than low in ISC. Theoretical implications are discussed.

Material priming: The influence of mundane physical objects on situational construal and competitive behavioral choice [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]

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Material priming: The influence of mundane physical objects on situational construal and competitive behavioral choice [An article from: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]
A.C. Kay , S. Wheeler , J.A. Bargh , and L. Ross
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
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This digital document is a journal article from Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Inspired by potential theoretical linkages between nonconscious priming work in psychology and the anthropological emphasis on the impact of material culture, five studies were conducted to investigate the role of implicitly presented material objects and automatic processes in interpersonal and organizational contexts. These studies showed that exposure to objects common to the domain of business (e.g., boardroom tables and briefcases) increased the cognitive accessibility of the construct of competition (Study 1), the likelihood that an ambiguous social interaction would be perceived as less cooperative (Study 2), and the amount of money that participants proposed to retain for themselves in the ''Ultimatum Game'' (Studies 3 and 4). A fifth study, in which the ambiguity of the governing social situation was manipulated, demonstrated that these types of effects are most likely to occur in contexts that are ambiguous and/or lacking in explicit normative demands. The importance of these situation-specific ''material priming'' effects (all of which occurred without the participants' awareness of the relevant influence) to judgment and behavioral choice in specific contexts, as well as to the fostering of less competitive organizational settings, is discussed.

Does firm diversification influence plant size decisions?: The impact of organizational factors on managerial decision-making and operations strategy process ... / Boston University, School of Management)

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Does firm diversification influence plant size decisions?: The impact of organizational factors on managerial decision-making and operations strategy process ... / Boston University, School of Management)
Anil Khurana
Manufacturer: Boston University, School of Management
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Binding: Unknown Binding

A report on the dynamics of 4-H decisionmaking processes: Value frames, organizational influence strategies, and interpersonal behavior

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A report on the dynamics of 4-H decisionmaking processes: Value frames, organizational influence strategies, and interpersonal behavior
William Joiner
Manufacturer: National Extension Evaluation Project, USDA, SEA-Extension
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006Y9Y1G

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This book is divided into three sections: 1) the technical background of desiccation tolerance studies; 2) the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems; and 3) mehcanisms of damage and tolerance. Written by leading international authorities, this book covers orthodox and recalcitrant seeds, pollen and spores, vegetative parts, and other plant tissues.

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This is an extensive study of the history and literature of Jungian psychology, especially in relation to women's psychology. Dr. Douglas shows how 20th century psychology viewed the feminine most often as "other," the shadow-realm for man's projections, for the uncanny, the ambiguous and the immature. She recovers heretofore forgotten theory and writers who hold a fairer and more healing view.

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