Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Theories, Research & Teaching. Yearbook

This is the second issue of the new series titled Globalistics and Globalization Studies. Globalistics
may be regarded as a sort of systemic and more or less integrated ‘core’ within Global Studies.
At present Global Studies function in two main dimensions – in the research of global political, economic,
cultural and social processes, on the one hand, and in the realm of teaching – manifesting themselves in
the creation of various Global Studies programs and courses for university students who learn to see the
world in its entirety and variety. The second dimension is immensely important as the contents of such
programs and courses may determine how the world will be comprehended by those people who may
decide its fate in a decade or two. This dualistic nature of Global Studies has determined the general
direction of our anthology that comprises both the theoretical dimension of Global Studies and their
application to the teaching process.
The anthology consists of three parts presenting a wide range of views on the meaning of the
contemporary epoch, the past and the future of some important global processes as well as the problems
and successes in the teaching process of Global Studies. Part 1. Globalization in Historical Retrospective.
Part 2. Globalistics, Global Studies, and Global Processes. Part 3. Teaching Global Studies.
In the present anthology one can fi nd perceptions of globalization by a number of famous scholars
from different countries of the world (Ervin Laszlo, Christopher Chase-Dunn, and others), but one can
also get to know rather peculiar visions of globalization by Russian scientists and educators.