Globalization

ch. 1. How does globalization affect society?

1. Globalization is beneficial to society / Abbas J. Ali

2. Globalization is harmful to society / Cynthia Moe-Lobeda

3. Globalization benefits the world's cultures / Philippe Legrain

4. Globalization harms the world's cultures / Maude Barlow

5. Globalization promotes democracy / Daniel T. Griswold

6. Globalization does not always promote democracy / Catharin E. Dalpino

ch. 2. How does globalization affect the global community?

1. Globalization promotes war / Steven Staples

2. Globalization promotes peace / Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Sara J. Cooper

3. Globalization is harmful to the environment / Jerry Mander

4. Globalization benefits the environment / John A. Charles

ch. 3. How does globalization affect developing nations?

1. Globalization helps developing nations / Brett D. Schaefer

2. Globalization has harmed developing nations / Lila Rajiva

3. Globalization increases poverty in developing nations / Antonia Juhasz

4. Globalization reduces poverty in developing nations / Jim Peron

5. Canceling debts to global financial institutions will help developing nations / Soren Ambrose

6. Canceling debts to global financial institutions will hurt developing nations / International Monetary Fund, World Bank

7. Forcing developing nations to privatize public services in order to receive international loans harms the poor / David Moberg

8. International patent laws hurt developing nations / Amy Kapczynski

ch. 4. What global policies are best?

1. The United States should promote globalization / Robert Reich

2. The United States should not promote globalization / Jennifer A. Gritt

3. Local economies should be protected form globalization / Helena Norberg-Hodge

4. Protecting local economies from globalization is harmful / Johan Norberg

5. Outsourcing benefits the U.S. economy / Robert T. Parry

6. Outsourcing threatens American workers / Tom Piatak

7. Nations must cooperate to ensure that globalization benefits all / Eduardo Aninat

8. Globalization institutions must be made more accountable /Joseph S. Nye Jr.