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Human Side of Globalization
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Human Side of Globalization
By Dr. Patrick Mendis (Ph.D. '89)
Linus Publications, 2009

This book contains original and first-hand observations of global forces operating in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Professor Patrick Mendis critically explores the influence of U.S. foreign policies and American values that has affected these countries where freedom prevails. With illustrative maps and photos, the interdisciplinary analysis presents vivid faces of the human side of globalization as it interplays with local communities – a process of “glocalization.” The book is about the power of free enterprise and political freedom as the new American influence through the Washington Consensus – the “Trinity of Washington” and its “Ten Commandments” – continues with unintended consequences by glocalizing every society and each of us around the world. Foreword by the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke.