ISBN:
9780801884245
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (384 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Social Change : Historical and Comparative Perspectives
DDC:
303.48
Keywords:
Social change
;
Globalization
;
Social change
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conducting Global Social Research -- I. What Is Globalization? -- 3. Global Social Change in the Long Run -- 4. Competing Conceptions of Globalization -- 5. Globalization: A World-Systems Perspective -- II. Global Inequality -- 6. Global Inequality: An Introduction -- 7. Global Energy Inequalities: Exploring the Long-Term Implications -- III. Globalization and the Environment -- 8. Ecosystems and World-Systems: Accumulation as an Ecological Process -- 9. Global Social Change, Natural Resource Consumption, and Environmental Degradation -- IV. Globalization, Hegemony, and Global Governance -- 10. Spatial and Other "Fixes" of Historical Capitalism -- 11. Contemporary Intracore Relations and World-Systems Theory -- V. Global Social Movements -- 12. Gender and Globalization: Female Labor and Women's Mobilization -- 13. Environmentalism and the Trajectory of the Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement -- 14. National and Global Foundations of Global Civil Society -- VI. Democracy and Democratization -- 15. Transnational Social Movements and Democratic Socialist Parties in the Semiperiphery: On to Global Democracy -- 16. Globalization and the Future of Democracy -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Conducting Global Social Research""; ""I. What Is Globalization?""; ""3. Global Social Change in the Long Run""; ""4. Competing Conceptions of Globalization""; ""5. Globalization: A World-Systems Perspective""; ""II. Global Inequality""; ""6. Global Inequality: An Introduction""; ""7. Global Energy Inequalities: Exploring the Long-Term Implications""; ""III. Globalization and the Environment""; ""8. Ecosystems and World-Systems: Accumulation as an Ecological Process""
Description / Table of Contents:
""9. Global Social Change, Natural Resource Consumption, and Environmental Degradation""""IV. Globalization, Hegemony, and Global Governance""; ""10. Spatial and Other “Fixes� of Historical Capitalism""; ""11. Contemporary Intracore Relations and World-Systems Theory""; ""V. Global Social Movements""; ""12. Gender and Globalization: Female Labor and Women�s Mobilization""; ""13. Environmentalism and the Trajectory of the Anti�Corporate Globalization Movement""; ""14. National and Global Foundations of Global Civil Society""; ""VI. Democracy and Democratization""
Description / Table of Contents:
""15. Transnational Social Movements and Democratic Socialist Parties in the Semiperiphery: On to Global Democracy""""16. Globalization and the Future of Democracy""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
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