Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Preface: Yet Another Book on Globalisation? -- A Note on Statistics -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: Diminishing Distance -- 1. Globalisation: An Introduction -- 2. The Significance of Location: Samoa and Hawaii -- 3. When Distance Changes: New Zealand -- 4. Regions and Economies of Scale: The United States -- 5. The Forces of Agglomeration: New York -- 6. Competitive Advantage: Nokia -- 7. Offshoring: India -- 8. Intra-Industry Trade: Motor Vehicles -- 9. Migration: Mexico -- 10. Locating the World's Population: Aging -- Part Two: The Nation-State and Diminishing Distance -- 11. Sovereignty: Time -- 12. The Nation-State: Germany -- 13. Cultural Convergence: Canada -- 14. The Diaspora: Australia -- 15. The Social Market Economy: The European Union -- 16. Policy Convergence: Health Care -- 17. The International Trading System: The World Trade Organization -- 18. The International Financial System: The IMF -- 19. Foreign Direct Investment: McDonald's -- Part Three: Economic Development -- 20. How Economies Develop: Smith to Solow and Beyond -- 21. Resources: Oil -- 22. Information: The World Wide Web -- 23. Technology Transfer: Japan -- 24. The Rich Club: Argentina -- 25. Poor Countries: Africa -- 26. The Insignificant Middle Club: The Bifurcation Model -- 27. The Pattern of World Development: China -- Part Four: The Future -- 28. Options for Nations -- 29. A Confederation of Nations? -- 30. A Multipolar World -- Epilogue: Democracy in a Globalised World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.