This Globalizing World

PREFACE
PROLOGUE
Princess Irene of the Netherlands. The Well-Being of
the Earth and Our Own Well-Being are One and the
Same
Ervin Laszlo. Global Bifurcation: The Decision Window
GLOBAL ORDER AND LEADERSHIP
Roland Robertson. The 'Return' of Religion and the
Conflicted Condition of World Order
Wali Teymouri. Global Leaders and Cultural Diversity
Alexander N. Chumakov. What Must We Do Confronted
with Globalization?
Leonid E. Grinin. Which Global Transformations would
the Global Crisis Lead to?
GLOBALIZATION IN THE WEST AND EAST
Tomasz Kamusella. Central Europe from a Linguistic
Viewpoint
Petr Blizkovsky. Stakeholders of Economic Governance:
European Perspective
Karl-Heinz Pohl. The Chinese and Western Values:
Reflections on the Methodology of a Cross-Cultural
Dialogue
Leonid E. Grinin. The Tiger and the Dragon:
Development Models and Perspectives of India and
China
Anastasia V. Mitrofanova. Religious Aspects of
International Terrorism
Patrick A. Taran. Globalization, Migration and Labour:
Imperatives for a Rights Based Policy
Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. The
"Ahimsa Factor": Ecological Non-Violence Process
Analysis in China and its Implications for Global
Paradigmatic Shifts
REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL
STUDIES
Ervin Laszlo. The Culture of Oneness in Diversity': A
Manifesto
Endre Kiss. A Possible History of Globalization and
Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Tom Rockmore. Social Contradiction, Globalization and
9/11
Peter McCormick. Globalization and Cosmopolitanism:
Claims, Attitudes and Experiences of Friendship
Alexander N. Chumakov. On the Subject and
Boundaries of Global Studies
William C. Gay. Processes of Globalization and the
Discipline of Global Studies
Lu Feng. Reflections on the Global Environmental Crisis
from Confucian and Ecological Perspectives
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Contributors to the Volume
Journals related to the study of globalization