Published since January 1, 2007

New Global Studies

ISSN: 1940-0004

Edited by: Nayan Chanda, Akira Iriye, Bruce Mazlish, Saskia Sassen

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Objective
Local, universal, world-historical, world-systemic, or global historiographies as well as work in sociology, anthropology and international relations have shed increasing light on the common history of humankind. Only comparatively recently, however, has human global self-awareness broken through the confines of scholarly specialization, and begun to enter the everyday popular life, action, psyche, imagination and consciousness on a mass, global scale. The step into space and the resultant view of the planet, the new computer and media technologies of mass communication, the global spread of multinational corporations and human rights, the unprecedented environmental changes and challenges, the promise and threat of nuclear power and explosions, all have led to the increasing self-experiencing of the globe as a “spaceship earth.”

The field of interest of New Global Studies (NGS) therefore is both multidisciplinary and global. New Global Studies interprets globalization with a historical and sociological angle as opposed to history or sociology with a global angle. The journal addresses the process going on around us as a whole, and developing over time. It addresses globalization with a holistic perspective, which gives us a view on the past and present of the globalizing phenomena that will be invaluable to all who seek to comprehend this fundamental aspect of our society and its development. Our focus is unabashedly on the new globalization that has manifested itself so vigorously in the period starting sometime after World War II. Starting from this relatively contemporary perspective, we are fully aware that there are deep roots in the past that must be explored. Nevertheless, and in contrast with most historical journals, our primary emphasis is on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Topics
We welcome articles on all aspects of globalization: economic, social, cultural, and political. In particular, we encourage analyses, both theoretical and empirical, of the following:

Transnational manifestations of culture, and cultural synthesis
Patterns and local effects of economic globalization
Elite and popular perceptions of, and reactions to, global change
Global institutions and organizations, both public and private
The global media, and the emergence of a "global society"
The degradation and preservation of the global environment
Global pedagogy

Article formats
Research articles, Review essays, Book reviews, Documentations, Commentaries

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Your benefits:

Holistic approach to globalization comprehended as fundamental aspect of society and its development
Comprehensive studies based on past and present of the globalizing phenomena
Scholarly state-of-the-art research across disciplinary lines
Rigorous peer-review
International and renowned editorial board

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Content available since 2007 (Volume 1, Issue 1)

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Volume 16 Issue 3

December 2022

Publicly Available November 18, 2022

Frontmatter

Page range: i-ii

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Articles

September 29, 2021

WTO Crisis through the Lens of Hegemony Theories: When International Trade Law and Geopolitics Collide

Rafael Ramos Codeço

Page range: 251-274

Abstract

The liberal trade order that prevailed after World War II is shifting to an order where major powers increasingly intervene to secure political, economic, and technological gains – in a dynamic that results in a deep crisis of the WTO and the retreat of globalization. Whereas International Trade Law-centered analysis points out that this phenomenon occurs due to faults in the WTO legal framework, the assessment of the issue through the lens of Hegemony Theories indicate that the roots of the crisis stand in the ongoing process of hegemonic transition since the U.S. – the traditional patron of free trade, perceive such order as beneficial to China, which is the emerging power that has been grasping huge advantages from international trade. International regimes and the institutions that govern it are forged by the hegemons’ leadership and largely reflect their preferences. Consequently, the emergence of a new challenger and the hegemon declining power tend to cause disruptions in the prevailing order. Policy recommendations to overcome the WTO crisis must benefit from the insights from Hegemony Theories.

October 25, 2021

Sovereignty in the Digital Age – How Can We Measure Digital Sovereignty and Support the EU’s Action Plan?

Martin Kaloudis

Page range: 275-299

Abstract

In the states of the European Union (EU), the question currently being asked is to what extent dependence on technologies from the USA and China will have a lasting impact on state sovereignty. The term digital sovereignty stands for the EU’s desire to compensate for the deficits of the past decades, which were caused by an insufficient development of the location for software and hardware development. Autocratic states use the path of digital autarky, the USA a path of liberalization and high degrees of openness. In the EU, on the other hand, regulation, data protection, and liberal values developed over centuries play a major role in the less pronounced IT development. The path of European states to more digital sovereignty has been addressed politically as an “action plan,” but there is still no common understanding or definition of what digital sovereignty exactly means. There is a lack of a target and a measurable index as well as evaluated measures derived from it. Based on a historical derivation, this article proposes a definition for European digital sovereignty and the formation of an index. The index needs to be further scientifically elaborated for applicability.

December 17, 2021

Crisis of Multilateralism and Cities’ Helping Hand

Agnieszka Szpak

Page range: 301-323

Abstract

This essay shows how cities are stepping into the role of nation-states and are efficiently cooperating with other cities, not only bilaterally but also multilaterally. There are clear symptoms of the crisis of multilateralism that have led cities to attempt to save or fix the multilateral system and solve global problems, notably the current COVID-19 pandemic. Can cities be regarded as a helping hand or as a fix for the multilateral system? With discourse analysis and formal-legal analysis, this article concludes that the answer to the question is positive – cities may help to fix or save the multilateral system.

Commentary

November 21, 2022

“Civilization” in History and Ideology Since 1800

Patrick Manning

Page range: 325-344

Abstract

The term “civilization,” articulated in eighteenth century Europe, has been widely used in many languages from the nineteenth century to the present. It refers both to widespread societies governed by powerful states in modern times and to prestigious urban and monumental civilizations of ancient times. This essay explores the history of the concept of civilization through science, ideology, and schooling. Scientific exploration of civilization was an implementation of emerging studies in social science. Ideological statement of social priorities appropriated civilization, especially in the era of expanding capitalism, empire, and white supremacy. In the school systems set up around the world, the term “civilization” was included in the curriculum both to explain ancient heritage and the comparison of modern great powers, religious faiths, and cultural practices. Weaknesses in the concept of civilization are becoming apparent as knowledge expands. New factors to consider include the significance of the end of empire; increased attention to network dynamics as well as hierarchies; comparisons of biological equality and social inequality; the roles of commoners and local scales; the rise of global social and institutional structures; shifting balances of societies and regions; and more attention to the historical role of schooling and science.

Documentation

December 30, 2021

Opening the Chrysalis: Willard D. Straight’s Sketches, Photographs, and Accounts of Korea’s Interaction with the Outside World, 1904–5

Bahar Gürsel

Page range: 345-369

Abstract

Willard D. Straight – architect, diplomat, photographer, publisher, sketcher, and writer – arrived in Korea in 1904 as a correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War, and became the US vice consul in Seoul in 1905. By utilizing a number of images from the Willard Dickerman Straight Papers of Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, and by referring to other relevant sources of/about Straight, this essay presents a textual analysis and comprehensive visual reading about the country which Straight observed in a very crucial transition period in global history. It provides a glimpse at the perspective of an early twentieth-century American diplomat, eyewitness, photographer, and writer on the cultural, industrial, and technological transformations that Korea experienced in the early 1900s as a consequence of its interaction with major world powers.

Book Reviews

November 10, 2021

The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-Truth Politics and Platform Capitalism

Anne-Lise Boyer

Page range: 371-373

November 22, 2021

Eswar Prasad: The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance

Warren Coats

Page range: 375-378

November 23, 2021

Jean Burgess and Nancy Baym: Twitter: A Biography

Jonathan L. Larson

Page range: 379-381

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Volume 14 (2020)

Volume 13 (2019)

Volume 12 (2018)

Volume 11 (2017)

Volume 10 (2016)

Volume 9 (2015)

Volume 8 (2014)

Volume 7 (2013)

Volume 6 (2012)

Volume 5 (2011)

Volume 4 (2010)

Volume 3 (2009)

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Editorial

Founding Editor
Bruce Mazlish†

Editors
Nayan Chanda, Ashoka University, Sonipat, India
Akira Iriye, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, New York, USA

Managing Editor
Kenneth Weisbrode, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Book Reviews Editor
Dr. M. Eliatamby-O'Brien
E-Mail: obrienmi@cwu.edu

Editorial Committee
Michael Adas, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Arjun Appadurai, New York University, New York, USA
Sven Beckert, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Roland Benedikter, Eurac Research, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Charles Bright, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Craig Calhoun, Berggruen Institute, Los Angeles, USA
Manuel Castells, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Ha Joon Chang, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Steven Clemons, The Hill, Washington D.C., USA
Warren Coats, International Monetary Fund (retired), Washington, D.C., USA
Sebastian Conrad, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine, USA
N.J. Demerath, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Mike Featherstone, University of London, U.K.
Yoichi Funabashi, Asia Pacific Initiative, Tokyo, Japan
Michael Geyer, University of Chicago, USA
James Goodby, U.S. Foreign Service (retired), Washington, D.C., USA
Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ursula Heise, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Antony G. Hopkins, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
Hartmut Kaelble, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
William W. Keller, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Ian Klaus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, USA
Erez Manela, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Alexandre Moreli, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Inderjeet Parmar, University of London, U.K.
Kiran Klaus Patel, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Jo-Anne Pemberton, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Jason Ralph, Leeds University, Leeds, U.K.
Roland Robertson, University of Aberdeen, U.K.
Jan Aart Scholte, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney, Australia
Dennis Smith, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K.
Manfred Steger, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
Göran Therborn, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
William R. Thompson, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Jenifer Van Vleck, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA
Roland Wenzlhuemer, Heidelberg University, Germany
Richard Wilk, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Donald Yerxa, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, USA
Heather H. Yeung, University of Dundee, U.K.

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Online ISSN: 1940-0004
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 2007
Publication Frequency: 3 Issues per Year
Audience: Researchers in the field of contemporary history of globalization