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This review essay discusses works of a leading sociologist and a leading economist on the subject of inequality and globalization. The books raise fresh ideas of inequality in the context of globalization by raising questions on the relationship between globalization and inequality throughout history. Although Therborn raises some fundamental questions about inequality, problematizes the concept, and broadens the discussion by adding multiple dimensions to it, Bourguignon’s study deepens our understanding of the problem of inequality by presenting the paradox of its linkage with globalization, which in the last century reduced international inequality while it widened intranational inequality, and the two processes are interrelated. Bourguignon suggests that the growing intranational inequality that threatens economic, political, and social stability can be overcome by concerted efforts of the states. Therborn pins his hope in the rising middle class across the world and their solidarity, which could create a more egalitarian society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Blackwell Companion to Globalization," edited by George Ritzer.

The article reviews the book "Is there Hope for Uncle Sam? Beyond the American Bubble," by Jan Nederveen Pieterse.

The article reviews the book "People Before Profit: The New Globalization in an Age of Terror, Big Money, and Economic Crisis," by Charles Derber.

Reviews the book "Beyond the Crisis: Development Strategies in Asia," by Amartya Sen.

Martin van Creveld, Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Conflict (New York: The Free Press, 1993), 180 pp. Peter Gourevitch, Takashi Inoguchi and Courtney Purrington (eds.), United States‐Japan Relations and International Institutions after the Cold War (San Diego: Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, 1995), 390 pp. Douglas E. Ramage, Politics in Indonesia: Democracy, Islam and the Ideology of Tolerance (London and New York: Routledge, 1995), 272 pp. Glenn Drover and Patrick Kerans (eds.), New Approaches to Welfare Theory (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1993), 314 pp. Kaushik Basu and Sanjay Subrahmanyam (ed.), Unravelling the Nation: Sectarian Conflict and India's Secular Identity (New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1996), 244 pp. John R. Faust and Judith F. Kornberg, China in World Politics (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1995), 280 pp. Eric Gutierrez, Ties That Bind: A Guide to Family, Business and Other Interests in the Ninth House of Representatives (Pasig, Metro Manila: Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism, 1994), 383 pp. Jose Edgardo Campos and Hilton L. Root, The Key to the Asian Miracle: Making Shared Growth Credible (Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 1996), 198 pp. Daniel A. Bell, David Brown, Kanishka Jayasuriya and David Martin Jones, Towards Illiberal Democracy in Pacific Asia (Oxford: St. Martin's Press, 1995), 197 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reviews the book "Power and Civil Society in Pakistan," edited by Anita M. Weiss and S. Zulfiqar Gilani.

Reviews the book 'Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India.' by Gyan Prakash.

The article reviews the book "Dubai: Gilded Cage," by Syed Ali.

Reviews the book "The Multiverse of Democracy," edited by D. L. Sheth and Ashis Nandy.