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Introduction; Section 1. Measuring Global Interactions: 1. Globalparticipation; 2. Global core and periphery; Section 2. Changing Space: theShrinking World: 3. Time-space convergence and the reduction in the frictionof distance; 4. Extension and density of networks; Section 3. EconomicInteractions and Flows: 5. Financial flows; 6. Labour flows; 7. Informationflows; Section 4. Environmental Change; 8. Degradation through raw materialproduction; 9. The effects of transnational manufacturing and services; 10.Transboundary pollution; 11. Homogenisation of landscapes; Section 5.Sociolcultural Exchanges; 12. Cultural diffusion: the process; 13.Consumerism and culture; 14. Sociocultural integration; Section 6. PoliticalOutcomes; 15. Loss of sovereignty; 16. Responses; Section 7. GlobalInteractions at the Local Level: 17. Globalisation and the adoption ofglobalisation; 18. Local responses to globalisation; 19. Alternatives; Index;Acknowledgements.