Introduction
Barrie Axford
1. A modest proposal: global theory for tough – and not so tough – times
Barrie Axford
2. What was globalization?
Valentine M. Moghadam
3. Eurasian globalization: past and present
Habibul Haque Khondker
4. Coloniality and globalization: a decolonial take
Walter D. Mignolo
5. Green- or rose-coloured lenses for Globalization Matters? Transdisciplinary epistemic practices and paradigmatic transformations in ecologies and equalities
Sara R. Curran
6. Glocal as hybridity, hegemony and reflexive engagement
Didem Buhari Gulmez
7. Humanity for itself? Reflections on climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic
Roland Robertson
8. The new conceptual vocabulary of the social sciences: the ‘globalization debates’ in context
Victor Roudometof
9. The human development and capabilities approach as a twenty-first century ideology of globalization
Devin K. Joshi
10. How to theorize globalization: a comment
Saskia Sassen
11. Globalization in question: why does engaged theory matter?
Paul James and Manfred B. Steger
Biography
Barrie Axford is Professor Emeritus in Politics at Oxford Brookes University, where he was founding director of the Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society (GPES). His books include The Global System, Theories of Globalization, The World-Making Power of New Media: Mere Connection? and Populism Versus the New Globalization.
