Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is global studies? : a political and economic perspective / Michael R. Anderson and Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Historical foundations / Michael R. Anderson -- U.S. globalism and the present World order / Michael R. Anderson -- Key concepts and processes : empire and imperialism / Michael R. Anderson -- Key concepts and processes : development / Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Key concepts and processes : security / Michael R. Anderson and Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Key concepts and processes : sustainability / Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Key concepts and processes : governance / Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Case studies -- Introduction to the case studies -- Regional and global impacts of post-Gaddafi Libya / Brandon Gentry -- The anti-apartheid movement in the Western world : segregation, revolution, and the creation of a global civil society / R. Joseph Parrott -- The Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal : globalization and decolonization in New Zealand / Sean Killen -- The causes and consequences of international migration : the view from Europe / John D. Graeber -- Patterns of fear : hegemony, globalization, and the U.S.-Japan trade conflict, 1971-1996 / John Taylor Vurpillat -- Globalization and transnational capitalism / Jerry Harris -- When weak states win : providing opportunities at the WTO / Stephanie S. Holmsten.