GLOBALIZATION:
A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE**

Edition 2, July, 2005

Bruce Sundquist
bsundquist1@alltel.net

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Previous Editions: 1- Sept. 2002 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

(1) -- BACKGROUND
(1-A) -- Historical Background
(1-B) - The Human Redundancy Issue

(3) - MOBILITY
(3-A) -- Import/Export Data
(3-A-a) - Global Data
(3-A-b) - Regional and National Data
[1] China, [2] Indonesia, [3] Vietnam, [4] Africa, [5] North America, [6] Japan, [7] Europe, [8] Asian Sub-Continent, [9] Latin America,
(3-B) -- Private Capital Flows
[0] Global, [1] Developing Countries, [2] China, [3] US, [4] Latin America, [5] Africa, [6] OECD Countries,
(3-C) -- Ocean Shipping and Highways
(3-D) -- Trade Deficits and Surpluses
(3-D-a) - US Data
(3-D-b) - Non-US Data
(3-E) -- Human Mobility (Immigration)
(3-F) - Productivities
(3-G) - In-Sourcing/ Out-Sourcing
(3-H) - Privatization and GATS
(3-I) - Conditions that Affect Benefits and Costs of Globalization
(3-J) - Effects of Globalization on Consumption

(4) - DEVIATIONS FROM FREE TRADE
(4-A) -- Trade Subsidies and Tariffs
(4-B) -- Price Supports
(4-C) - Fiscal Incentives for Foreign Direct Investments
(4-D) - Monopolies

(5) -- ECONOMIC/ SOCIAL DEGRADATION IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD
(5-A) -- Health-Care Benefits
(5-B) -- Unemployment Benefits and Rates
(5-C) -- Retirement Benefits
(5-D) -- Temporary Employment / Contract Labor
(5-E) -- Wages and Hours
(5-F) -- Saving, Credit, Bankruptcies
(5-G) -- Jobs and Labor-Force Size Data
[1] General, [2] Factory
(5-H) -- Social Costs
(5-I) -- Work Force Population Shifts
(5-J) -- Labor/ Management Relations
(5-K) -- Female Participation in the Work Force
(5-L) -- Trade Disadvantages
(5-M) -- Economic Polarization
(5-N) -- Sustainability Issues
(5-O) - Currency Declines
(5-P) - Globalization Case Studies
[1] Viet Nam, [2] China, [3] Japan
(5-Q) - Human Capital Issues

(6) - TRADE AGREEMENTS
(6-A) -- Basic Features
(6-A-a) - Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI)
(6-A-b) - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(6-A-c) - World Trade Organization (WTO)
(6-A-d) - Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC)
(6-A-e) - African Growth and Opportunity Act
(6-A-f) - Uruguay Round, Global trade Talks
(6-A-g) - Global Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)
(6-A-h) - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (AFTA)
(6-B) -- Sovereignty Violations
(6-B-a) - World Trade Organization (WTO)
(6-B-b) - Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
(6-B-c) - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(6-B-d) - Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI)
(6-C) -- Politics
(6-D) -- Environmental Effects

(7) - ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF GLOBALIZATION
(7-A) -- Exotic Species Mobility and Effects

(8) - DEVELOPING NATIONS
(8-A) - Labor Conditions
(8-A-a) -- Central and South America
[1] Mexico, [2] Caribbean, [3] South America,
(8-A-b) - Asia
[1] Vietnam, [2] Indonesia, [3] South Korea, [4] North Korea, [5] India, [6] China
(8-A-c) - Africa
[1] Madagascar, [2] Arab World
(8-B) - Environmental Conditions
[1] Mexico
(8-C) - Human Capital
(8-D) - Economic Conditions
[1] China, [2] Latin America, [3] Developing Nations, [4] Koreas, [5] India, [6] Southeast Asia, [7] Africa, [8] Eastern Europe, [9] Global,
(8-E) - Productivities
(8-F) - Driving Forces for Globalization
(8-G) - Privatization of Water Infrastructure

(9) -- OPINION POLLS 

(11) -- ORGANIZATIONS AND BOOKS INVOLVED IN TRADE ISSUES
(11-A) - Books and Other References
(11-B) - Organizations and People

(12)- REFERENCES
(12-A) -- References through 1989
(12-B) - References - 1990-1999
(12-C) - References - 2000-2004
(12-D) - References - 2005-2009

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