As the celebratory mood of global interconnectedness wears thinner and thinner, the
compression of space-time makes more apparent that we share across the planet an …

Globalism is a contested concept, but perhaps best understood as a spatial strategy, which
disempowers those unable to transcend the fixity of place and social context. Under …

Much of our individual and collective work on this research handbook coincided with what
has, arguably, been among the most global of crises since the end of the Second World War …

This chapter explicitly focuses upon the set of human responses–societal, communal,
familial and individual–which can be classified as “resistance” to the dehumanizing and …

Who are we? How did we come to be or to see ourselves as ''we''and others as ''they?''What
or who else could, or should,''we''become? In today's world, few questions carry greater …

If academics and intellectuals are to play a meaningful part in addressing the urgent issues
that humanity faces in the twenty-first century—those of war and peace, social justice …

Is the concept of global civil society ill suited to contribute much to a critical study of the
current phase of globalization? Global civil society (GCS) is a very" now" concept, part of the …

Globalization incites controversy. Both within and beyond the academy it provokes
vociferous debate and contradictory responses. Within the academy opinion divides over the …

Why are policymakers, scholars, and the general public so surprised when the world turns
out to be unpredictable? World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of …

Responding to the contributors of this special issue, this essay is organized as a series of
questions (and responses). These questions facilitate our selective engagement with critical …