Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i at M¿noa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4^th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6^th ed. (Oxford UP 2023).

Preface & Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

PART I: HISTORIES & THEORIES

The Four Meaning Branches of the Family Tree Called "Globalization"

The Neoliberal Revolution and the "Globalization of Markets"

Concluding Reflections on the Meaning of "Globalization" in this Book

Periodizing Globalization: Perilous Pitfalls

Periodizing Globalization: Alternative Models

The Age of the Embodied Globalization (10000BCE-3000BCE)

The Age of Institutional Globalization (3000BCE - 1600CE)

The Age of Objectified Globalization (1600-1914)

The Age of Disembodied Globalization (1914-2000)

Concluding Reflections

Globalization Theory: The Basics

The Dominant Framework of Globalization Theory

An Alternative Framework of Globalization Theory

The Generalizing Mode

The Domain Mode

The Complexity Mode

Concluding Remarks

PART II: IDEOLOGIES & MOVEMENTS

Political Ideologies and Social Imaginaries

Ideological Struggles of the 21st Century

Concluding Reflections

The Significance of Global Crises

What Is National-Populism?

Mapping Trump's Antiglobalist Populism

The Populist Paradox

Concluding Reflections of the Future of Antiglobalist Populism

PART III: ISSUES & PROBLEMS

The Institutional Evolution of Global Studies

The Global Studies Story at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)

The First Pillar of Global Studies: Globalization

The Second Pillar of Global Studies: Transdisciplinarity

The Third Pillar of Global Studies: Space & Time

The Fourth Pillar of Global Studies: Critical Thinking

Concluding Remarks: Critiques of Global Studies

Four Social Formations of Globalization

Digitization and Disjunctive Globalization

The Production of the Unhappy Consciousness

Concluding Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19

Environment

Population

Development

Concluding Reflections

Notes

Index

About the Author

In this accessible appraisal of contemporary globalization, Steger draws on global theory and history to engage pressing issues such as digitization, ideological polarization, education, demographics, development, and the environment. This big-picture view supports the practical efforts of setting the globe on a more equitable and sustainable path.