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For all your attention globalization has received lately, little consensus has surfaced concerning how better to understand it. For a few, it's the happy product of free and rational alternatives; for others, it's the unfortunate final result of impersonal forces beyond our control. It really is subsequently celebrated for the opportunities it affords and criticized for the inequalities in prosperity and power it generates. David Singh Grewal's remarkable and ambitious reserve draws on several centuries of political and social thought to show how globalization is most beneficial understood in terms of a ability inherent in cultural relationships, which he message or calls network power, Employing this framework, he shows how our requirements of cultural coordination both gain in value the greater they are being used and undermine the viability of choice forms of cooperation. An array of examples are reviewed, from the spread of English and the gold standard to the success of Microsoft and the operation of the World Trade Corporation, to demonstrate how global requirements come up and falter. The thought of network power supplies a coherent set of terms and concepts--applicable to individuals, businesses, and countries alike--through which we can illustrate the processes of globalization as both free and required. The result is a complex and novel account of how globalization, and politics, work.
