Inclusion and Exclusion in the Global Arena

<p>This collection of essays addresses the inclusion and exclusion of peoples, populations and regions in an era of global economic and social integration. Although many publications have discussed the way in which globalization has changed the nature of boundaries, space and the movement of peoples, there is a wide gap in a literature that rarely addresses the reaction of local communities and inclusion for some stakeholders in decision making while excluding others, particularly in regard to global integration of industry, the legislation of planning, and trade. This gap has often led to narrow and sometimes misleading ways of presenting the results of globalizing processes. This collection aims to bridge this gap by providing on-the ground case studies that lead to alternative ways of viewing current conceptual frameworks of globalization and its consequences.</p><p>This collection is an elaboration of a special issue of <em>Urban Anthropology</em> that contained essays by June Nash, Jack Goody, Helen Safa and Max Kirsch. The special issue addressed concerns that have become prominent not only in anthropology but in the wider social sciences and humanities. The reader focuses on the conceptual divisions among the constructs of space and place, indigenous strategies for autonomy, polity and global planning mechanisms, and the role of trans-national corporations in community disintegrations and resistance. </p> Introduction, Max Kirsch; World Systems Theory Revisited; Chapter 1 Globalization and the Domestic group, Jack Goody; Chapter 2 Theoretical and Empirical Elements in the Study Of Globalization, Saskia Sassen; Chapter 3 Do Cellular Phones Dream of Civil War?, James H. Smith, Jeffrey W. Mantz; Development Theory, Social Cohesion, and the New Indigenism; Chapter 4 Development Strategies, the Exclusion of Women, and Indigenous Alternatives, June Nash; Chapter 5 Indigenism and Its Discontents, Richard B. Lee; Chapter 6 Environmentalism, Global Community, and the New Indigenism, Beth A. Conklin; Chapter 7 Disorderly Development, Renee Sylvain; Identity, Social Planning, and Political Power; Chapter 8 Incorporation and Identity in the Making of the Modern World, Eric Wolf; Chapter 9 Questioning Mestizaje, Helen I. Safa; Chapter 10 The Politics of Exclusion, Max Kirsch; Chapter 11 Political Struggles in Legal Arenas, Sally Falk Moore; Chapter 12 Dangerous and Endangered Youth, Nancy Scheper-Hughes;