Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization: Critical Assessments at a Time of Growing Turmoil

Assumptions and institutions that we have taken for granted for fifty years are proving inadequate for the world now emerging. Moreover, mono-casual explanations of rapid global change do not work. Religious as well as economic dynamics, cultural as well as political forces, environmental as well as military constraints, are frequently working at cross-purposes in shaping a globe we cannot yet fathom.

The essays in this volume reach beyond the mere description of phenomena to explore deeper...