Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Trends in Research on State Socialist Globalization: The Old and the New Mainstream -- 1.1 Dynamics of the Globalization Process -- 1.2 Structural Patterns of Change -- 1.3 Historical Continuities and Divides -- 2 Reconsidering Cross-Border Interactions: Balancing the Scales -- 2.1 Foreign Trade: The Short Shadow of COMECON -- 2.2 Capital Movement: Financial Openness and Foreign Indebtedness -- 2.3 Information Flow: Telecommunications and Media -- 2.4 The Movement of People: Travel and Migration -- 3 How to Conceptualize State Socialist Globalization? -- 4 The Role of 1989: Dedramatization at Its Extreme? -- 5 Conclusions: Limitations of the Old and New Mainstream Narratives -- Bibliography -- Index.