In this new edition of Globalisms, Steger (Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa) rejects "end of ideology" hypotheses, instead viewing the current era as a "teeming battlefield of clashing ideologies" (p. 5). His analysis centers on the dominant ideology, market globalism, and its three major antagonists: justice globalism, religious (jihadist) globalism, and anti-globalist populism. If market globalism advances economic freedom and growth as its core values, the others extol, respectively, social and environmental justice, religious faith, and reactionary, authoritarian nationalism. Market globalism seemed incontestable, even inevitable, in the 1990s, but events such as the 1999 anti-WTO protests, the 9/11 attacks and subsequent terrorist outbreaks, and the 2008 financial collapse and ensuing backlash against runaway inequality (compounded by the perceived erosion of national identities) have given rise to the opposing perspectives. Steger concludes by considering three possible scenarios: the anti-globalists consolidate power with effects similar to those suffered in the 1930s and 1940s, reformed market globalists are able to rebound, or a prolonged stalemate ensues. Occasional esoteric terminology does not detract from the vitally important issues illuminated in this seminal work.

Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels. ts consolidate power with effects similar to those suffered in the 1930s and 1940s, reformed market globalists are able to rebound, or a prolonged stalemate ensues. Occasional esoteric terminology does not detract from the vitally important issues illuminated in this seminal work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.ts consolidate power with effects similar to those suffered in the 1930s and 1940s, reformed market globalists are able to rebound, or a prolonged stalemate ensues. Occasional esoteric terminology does not detract from the vitally important issues illuminated in this seminal work.

Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.ts consolidate power with effects similar to those suffered in the 1930s and 1940s, reformed market globalists are able to rebound, or a prolonged stalemate ensues. Occasional esoteric terminology does not detract from the vitally important issues illuminated in this seminal work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.