Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Demystifying Globalization; C.Hay & D.Marsh PART I: WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION? Unpacking Globalization: Approaches, Evidence and Data; A.Busch Izations of the World: Americanization, Modernization and Globalization; P.J.Taylor State Sovereignty, Globalization and the Rise of Soft Capitalism; N.Thrift PART II: GLOBALIZATION, REGIONALIZATION AND NATIONAL DIVERSITY Globalization and its 'Other(s)': Three 'New Kinds of Orientalism' and the Political Economy of Trans-border Identity; N.L.Sum Globalization and Regionalization in Central Europe: Positive and Negative Responses to the Global Challenge; A.Agh In, But Not Of the World? Japan, Globalization and the 'End of History'; J.Clammer Globalization and European Integration; D.Wincott Index