Topics will include the inequities of cultural recognition between North-South globalizations, questions of cultural property and rights, the role of tourism, and the impact of environmental conservation discourse on cultural rights.
Yet, as Germany teeters between prosperous postwar introspection and the unfamiliar assault of economic globalization, a question intrudes: how will Germany achieve normalcy on a continent that still defines its relationships by caricatures drawn from the same history it seeks to overcome?
Even if the right hates the term "multiculturalism," and the left hates the term "globalization," the question and the goal at the end of the day must once again be "cosmopolitanism": the citizens of the world and of the many worlds.
In a growing body of books, articles and symposium papers, scholars are re-examining what some have called this "earlier golden age of globalization" while asking questions about the global present and future.
The emergence of global governance issues is a further aspect of globalization that generates questions for research.
Globalization raises important questions regarding the study of digital composing practices in international environments.
In chapters dedicated to the environment, trade, the evolution of international law and foreign aid, Singer grapples with globalization's thorniest questions.
Related critical issues are women's writings; body and sexuality; media and the development of urban mass culture; translations and adaptations; history and memory; globalization and the question of the tradition.
"There's no question globalization has reduced the benefits of diversification," says Ron Santangelo, manager of mutual fund research at Merrill Lynch.
Question globalization's centrality and you risk being seen as a paid-up member of the Flat Earth Society.
Whether the US will be able to reject the demagogy against globalization is a question that will depend on the outcome of the November elections.
