National Perspectives on Globalization

HARUMI BEFU Emeritus Professor in Anthropological Science, Stanford University, USA JAMES CYPHER Research Professor in Development Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico RAUL DELGADO WISE Professor and Director in Development Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico ALLA GLINCHIKOVA Professor of Political Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia VEDI HADIZ Associate Professor of Socioolgy, National University of Singapore CYRIL OBI Programme Coordinator, Post-Conflict Transition in Africa, the State and Civil Society, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden UTSA PATNAIK Professor of Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India LEDA MARIA PAULANI taught Economics, School of Economics, Administration and Accountability, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil MZUKISI QOBO Mellon Post-doctoral Reaserch Fellow in Political Studies, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa FRANCISCO DE OLIVEIRA Professor of Sociology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil MAKERE STEWART-HARAWIRA Associate Professor in Indigenous Peoples Education, University of Alberta, Canada WILLIAM TABB taught Economics, Queens College and City University of New York, USA ROBERT WADE Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics, UK YU KEPING Professor and Director, China Center for Comparative Politics and Economics, Peking University, China

This book brings together authors from eleven countries to analyze and reflect on what globalization means to them. Does it mean the same in Russia as it does in the U.S.? The same in China as in South Africa? This book provides a global dialogue on globalization and brings much-needed new perspectives.This book brings together authors from eleven countries to analyze and reflect on what globalization means to them. Does it mean the same in Russia as it does in the U.S.? The same in China as in South Africa? This book provides a global dialogue on globalization and brings much-needed new perspectives.