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In standard parlance, globalization refers to processes that include a worldwide rationalization of production, convergence of economic practices, cultural diffusion, migration, and varied effects of computer technology. Among the inferences are the demise or weakening of the state, increasing roles for markets, growth of an international civil society, greater effectiveness of international institutions, and the evolution of global governance.
Earlier versions of this chapter were presented at the International Political Science Association in August 1997 in Seoul, Korea, and at a conference, ‘Globalization and its Dis(Contents): Multiple Perspectives’, at Michigan State University in April 1998. I am grateful to Preet S. Aulakh, Stewart Clegg, Benedetto Fontana, James Guyot, Mark Hauga ard, Gordon Means, Michael G. Schechter, and William Tabb for comments and suggestions based upon their reading one or another draft.
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Lentner, H.H. (2000). Globalization and Power. In: Aulakh, P.S., Schechter, M.G. (eds) Rethinking Globalization(s). International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62425-6_4
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