ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book illustrates the broad array of perspectives and methodologies associated with global studies scholarship. It demonstrates the ways in which European colonial regimes created the basis for unequal relations between white settlers and native peoples in different parts of the world. The book describes European migration in a global context. It examines American-based companies to argue that contemporary global circuits of production of exchange have removed these corporations from their traditional national markets and have transformed their leaders into agents of a transnational capitalist class. The book argues that the traditional bilateral narrative of great-power rivalry by placing the story in a broader context of global connectedness. It examines the dispute settlement mechanism within the World Trade Organization, and also argues that this mechanism provides the means through which lower-income states can challenge their richer, more powerful counterparts.
