Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Globalization and Stratification in the United States or PMP Exam Preparation Guide

Globalization and Stratification in the United States

Author: Gary Hytrek

Globalization--the interconnection of the world culturally, socially, politically, and economically--has generated intense theoretical and practical concerns. Is globalization inevitable? What are the effects of globalization on social structures and individual perceptions? What is the effect of globalization on societal level inequality?
America Transformed: Globalization, Inequality, and Power examines these questions by analyzing the links among global processes and shifting patterns of stratification, inequality, and social mobility in the United States. While many texts separate discussions of macro- and micro-level processes when examining globalization, this book skillfully integrates general macro-level processes with specific reference to the micro-level effects of globalization in the U.S. Exploring the critical dimensions of inequality--class, gender, and immigration--America Transformed situates the U.S. experience within the broader global context, and fleshes out the mechanism through which global processes affect social stratification. By examining the social construction of globalization, the authors identify the key policy challenges of globalization, and some of the innovative community-based responses to social inequality.
America Transformed provides powerful insights into the contested dialectical relationship between global and local forces: how globalization shapes stratification and inequality in the U.S., and how local communities attempt to mediate those changes.



Table of Contents:
Preface     x
Acknowledgments     xiv
Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations     1
Globalization and Change in America: Overview     3
Globalization Defined     4
Globalization: From Fordism to Flexibility     5
Globalization and Power     9
Globalization and Stratification     12
Global-Local Class Inequality Patterns     15
Global-Local Connections     17
Conclusion     18
Globalization: The Context     19
Strategic Shifts     20
Forces and Conditions for Globalization     21
Global Institutions     25
Post-1945: Crisis and Change     27
The WTO and NAFTA     30
Conclusion     32
The Globalization Debate     33
Perspectives on Globalization     35
Conceptual Issues     35
Economic-Political Issues     38
Local Politics: The Democratic Deficit     40
Cultural Patterns     42
Globalization and Inequality     45
Conclusion     49
The Globalization Debate: An Assessment     50
Globalization and Economic Change     50
Globalization and Political Changes     62
Globalization and Cultural Change     66
Conclusion     69
Globalization and Stratification     71
Definitions and Concepts     72
Stratification, Inequality, and Globalization     76
Blue- and White-Collar Transitions     80
Conclusion     85
Dimensions of Inequality     87
Globalization and Work     89
The Context: Fordism to Flexibility     90
U.S. Workers in the Globalized Economy     90
Patterns in Class Inequality     95
Inequality and Poverty by Race and Ethnicity     100
Working Hours     103
The Working and the New Poor     104
A View from the Bottom: Insecurity and Vulnerability     106
Conclusion     109
Globalization and Immigration     110
Overview     111
Global Processes and Immigration     114
Destination and Social Capital Networks     115
Occupational Location of Immigrants in the United States     116
Globalization, Rural Restructuring, and Latino Migration     120
Explaining Patterns of Immigrant Integration     122
Immigration and Political and Civic Engagement     124
Remittances: Completing the Global Cycle     125
Conclusion     125
Globalization and Gender     128
Sex, Gender, and Ideology     129
Engendering Globalization     131
Globalization and Gender Inequality in the United States     136
Gender, Race, and Ethnicity     141
Conclusion     143
Constructing Change     145
Globalization: Countermovements and Community     147
Globalization, the State, Society, and Markets: Karl Polanyi     147
Globalization and Its Countermovement     150
Asian Sex Trafficking     151
Living-Wage Campaigns     153
Immigration and Empowerment in the Deep South     161
Building Community Through Creating Social Capital     162
Conclusion     164
Conclusion: How Globalization Is Transforming America     166
Globalization     166
Globalization: Diversity Within Homogeneity     168
Globalization and the United States     168
The State     171
The Countermovement     173
Participatory Change: Empowerment or Facade?     175
Conclusion      176
Notes     178
Glossary     191
References     199
Index     221

See also: My War or American Widow

PMP Exam Preparation Guide

Author: Thomas Sheffrey

Business & Economics/Project Management

When you're studying for the PMP®/CAPM® exam, the most important thing to manage is your time

This practical guide will help you study for the Project Management Professional (PMP® )/Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM® ) Certification Exam more efficiently and productively. It is aligned with and references PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK ® Guide).

Unlike other review materials that are organized according to knowledge areas and cover the forty-four processes almost equally, this guide divides materials into process groups or domains and weights your review materials the way PMP®/CAPM® weights the exam. For example, approximately 11% of the exam questions will be on the Initiation Phase, so approximately 11% of the review materials in this book covers the Initiation Phase. The guide flows like projects flow. There are six sections:




• Initiation Phase


• Planning Phase


• Execution Phase


• Monitor and Control Phase


• Closing Phase


• Professional Responsibility



This is not an unabridged "everything you ever need to know about project management" guide. It focuses exclusively on information you need to know to pass the exam and features:




• A total of 175 pre-review questions and 175 post-review questions, along with complete answers and explanations


• The facts, presented clearly and concisely with no frills, no fine print, and no digression


• Terms,definitions, formulas, charts, diagrams, and lists that help you retain the information and pass the test


• Advice on how to study and how to take the actual exam, plus a comprehensive index, so it's easy to find information you want to review




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