Conflicts and tensions / edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Ralf Dahrendorf -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- List of boxes, figures, illustrations and tables -- Introducing the Cultures and Globalization Series / Helmut K. Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar -- Conflicts and tensions -- Introduction / Y. Raj Isar and Helmut K. Anheier -- Approaches and developments -- Introduction -- 1. globalization and cultural conflict : an institutional approach / Beverly Crawford -- 2. Dimensions of conflict in globalization and cultural practice : a critical perspective / Rustom Bharucha -- 3. Ethnicity and war in a world of nation-states / Brian Min and Andreas Wimmer -- 4. Resistance to cultural globalization -- a comparative analysis / Laura Adams, Miguel Centeno, and Charles Varner -- 5. Cultural expression in globalized conflict : cause or victim? / Dragan Klaic -- 6. Conflict and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage / Dacia Viego Rose.

Regional realities -- Introduction -- 7. Cultures, conflict, and globalization : Africa / Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- 8. Regional realities in the Arab world / Ahmad S. Moussalli -- 9. Globalization and Asian values / Janadas Devan -- 10. Globalization and the European social model / Anthony Giddens -- 11. Latin America : diversity, invention and crisis in cultural production / Aníbal Ford -- 12. Managing cultural conflicts : state power and alternative globalization in China / Yunxiang Yan -- 13. Capitalism, conflict and churn : how the American culture war went global / Ronnie D. Lipschutz -- Fault lines : tensions, values and migration -- Introduction -- Tensions -- 14. Tensions between North and South / Hugo Achugar -- 15. The West versus the Arab world : deconstructing the divide / Georges Corm -- 16. Islam : between religious-cultural practice and identity politics / Bassam Tibi -- 17. Europe versus America : a growing clash within the West? / Nathan Gardels.

Values -- 18. Value patterns in Europe and the United States : is there a transatlantic rift? / Christian Welzel and Franziska Deutsch -- 19. Why didn't religion disappear? Re-examining the secularization thesis / Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris -- Migration -- 20. Migration, security and culture in the USA / Leo F. Estrada -- 21. Migration : the experience of Argentina / Alejandro Grimson -- 22. Migration, conflict and illegitimacy : a Malaysian case study / Diana Wong -- Culture as a tool of conflict prevention and resolution -- Introduction -- 23. Creating concord organizations : institutional design for bridging antagonistic cultures / Barbara J. Nelson, Kathryn A. Carver and Linda Kaboolian -- 24. Performance, globalization and conflict promotion/resolution : experiences form Sri Lanka / James Thompson -- 25. Performing gacaca in Rwanda : local culture for justice and reconciliation / Ananda Breed -- 26. From violence to discourse : conflict and citizens' radio stations in Colombia / Clemencia Rodríguez and Amparo Cadavid -- 27. The pedagogy of drums : culture mediating conflict in the slums of Brazil / Silvia Ramos.

Indicator suites -- Idea and conceptualization / Helmut Anheier -- Design and production / Willem Henri Lucas -- Introducing 'Cultural indicator' suites / Helmut K. Anheier -- The context of culture -- 1A Economic globalization -- 1B Global civil society -- 1C Political and legal globalization -- Digest : globalization -- Digest : identity -- Social aspects of culture -- 2A Values -- Identities -- Economic -- Social -- Political-- Religious -- Gender -- Religious institutions -- Digest : Attitudes towards globalization -- Digest : Religion -- 2B Knowledge -- Creation -- Dissemination -- Storage -- Innovation and protection -- Digest : Knowledge -- 2C Heritage and practices -- Heritage, preservation and destruction environment -- Cultural participation -- Sports -- Digest : Heritage preservation and destruction -- Digest : Environment -- Digest : Cultural participation -- Digest : Sports and recreation.

Social aspects of culture -- 3A Economy -- Global arts market -- Cultural consumption and expenditures -- Cultural industries -- Trade in cultural goods and services -- Digest : Culture and the economy -- 3B Professions -- Cultural professions -- Digest : Cultural professions -- 3C Corporations and organizations -- Transnational cultural corporations : Disney -- Other major media corporations -- Cultural INGOs and foundations -- Digest : Transnational cultural corporations -- Digest : International INGOs and foundations -- Cultural sites, events and flows -- 4A Global sites and events -- Global cities : Hong Kong and Mumbai -- Global cities : New York -- Global cities : Los Angeles -- Global cities : London -- Global events -- Symbolic sites and significant cities -- Digest : global cities -- Digest : global events, symbolic sites and significant cities.

4B Communications and media -- Human languages -- Print media -- Books -- Music -- Telephones -- The Internet -- Blogs -- Movies -- TV and radio -- TV and online news -- Digest : human language -- Digest : print media -- Digest : books -- Digest : music and movies -- Digest : telephones, the Internet and blogs -- Digest : TV and radio -- Digest : TV and online news -- 4C Movements and communities -- Migration -- Refugees and asylum seekers -- Tourism -- Transnational communities -- Transnational social movements -- Transportation : airports -- Digest : travel -- Digest : migration, disaporas and transnational communities -- Digest : transnational movements -- 5. Political systems and culture -- 5A Regulatory frameworks -- International standards -- International regulatory frameworks -- Digest : international standards -- Digest : regulatory frameworks -- 5B Policy -- Cultural diplomacy and cultural observations -- Digest : cultural observatories -- 5C Current conflicts and cooperation -- Arms -- Conflict resolution and UN peacekeeping -- Current conflicts and issues/tension -- Human rights -- Trafficking and corruption -- Piracy -- Digest : arms -- Digest : conflict resolution and UN peacekeeping -- Digest : current conflicts, issues and tensions -- Digest : human rights -- Digest : terrorism -- digest : transnational crime -- Source material -- Index.