Promises and Perils of Globalization
Forces of globalization provide unprecedented opportunity for many social goods, such as improved communication, leverage for social change, and poverty amelioration. Yet such forces also present real threats to social stability, tradition-based unity, and the environmental health. Explore various evaluations of the hopes and dangers presented by globalization.
Prof. Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, responds to a students question about democracy's ability to respond to chronic social ills.
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