America transformed: globalization, inequality, and power

pt. I. Theoretical and conceptual considerations 1. Globalization and change in America : overview Globalization defined Globalization : from Fordism to flexibility Globalization and power Globalization and stratification Global-local class inequality patterns Global-local connections Conclusion 2. Globalization : the context Strategic shifts Forces and conditions for globalization Global institutions Post-1945 : crisis and change The WTO and NAFTA Conclusion 3. The globalization debate Perspectives on globalization Conceptual issues Economic-political issues Local politics : the democratic deficit Cultural patterns Globalization and inequality Conclusion 4. The globalization debate : an assessment Globalization and economic change Globalization and political changes Globalization and cultural change Conclusion 5. Globalization and stratification Definitions and concepts Stratification, inequality, and globalization Blue- and white-collar transitions Conclusion

pt. II. Dimensions of inequality 6. Globalization and work The context : Fordism to flexibility U.S. workers in the globalized economy Patterns in class inequality Inequality and poverty by race and ethnicity Working hours The working and the new poor A view from the bottom : insecurity and vulnerability Conclusion 7. Globalization and immigration Overview Global processes and immigration Destination and social capital networks Occupational location of immigrants in the United States Globalization, rural restructuring, and Latino migration Explaining patterns of immigration integration Immigration and political and civic engagement Remittances : completing the global cycle Conclusion 8. Globalization and gender Sex, gender, and ideology Engendering globalization Globalization and gender inequality in the United States Gender, race, and ethnicity Conclusion

pt. III. Constructing change

9. Globalization : countermovements and community

Globalization, the state, society, and markets : Karl Polanyi

Globalization and its countermovement

Asian sex trafficking

Living-wage campaigns

Immigration and empowerment in the deep South

Building community through creating social capital

Conclusion

10. Conclusion : how globalization is transforming America

Globalization

Globalization : diversity within homogeneity

Globalization and the United States

The state

The countermovement

Participatory change : empowerment or façade?

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary.