Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society

Introduction: Structure and Process of Global Integration.- History and Globalization: Definitions and Conceptual Issues.- Global History and Globalization.- How to Approach Global Present, Local Pasts and Canon of the Globe.- Philanthropy and Globalization During the Cold War Era.- The Role of American Philanthropic Foundations in India’s Road to Globalization.- The Rockefeller Blueprint for Post-War U.S.: Japan Cultural Relations and the Evolution of Japan’s Civil Sector.- Philanthropic Foundations and Civil Society in a Globalized World.- American Foundations and Overseas Funding: New Challenges in the Era of Globalization.- Foundations in Europe: Roles and Policy Scenarios in an Age of Globalization.- Globalization and Civil Society Sector.- Globalization and the Third Sector: The Canadian Experience.- Global Integration, Culture and Technology.- Beyond Homogenization versus Heterogenization: Difference and Culture in Globalization.- Risk, Reflexive Modernity and the Unbinding of Politics: Agricultural Biotechnology in a Globalized World.