Globalization and its outcomes : an introduction / Globalization : an ascendant paradigm? / Globalization and the hyperdifferentiation of space in the less developed world / The global apparel value chain : what prospects for upgrading by developing countries? / A system on the brink : pitfalls in international trade rules on the road to globalization / Caught behind the eight ball : impeding and facilitating technology diffusion to developing countries / The global culture factory / Globalization's impact on poverty, inequality, conflict, and democracy / Some measureable costs and benefits of economic globalization for Americans / Globalization and health / Democracy and social spending : the utility of interregional comparisons from a Latin American perspective / Questioning citizenship in an "age of migration" / Global governmental and graduated sovereignty : national belonging among migrants in Ecuador / Discourses of globalization and Islamist politics : beyond global-local / Globalizing democracy? Autonomous public spheres and the construction of postnational democracy in Mexico / Global institutions and the creation of social capital / Dreaming of "liberation" by riding on globalization : oppositional movements in Okinawa / The "war on terrorism" and the "hegemonic dilemma" : extraterritoriality, reterritorialization, and the implications for globalization