ISBN:
9781483315447
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (553 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Chirico, JoAnn A Globalization : Prospects and Problems
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Globalization: Prospects and Problems, by JoAnn Chirico, provides a comprehensive and enlightening overview of globalization issues and topics. Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, the text reveals how macro globalization processes impact individual lives-from the spread of scientific discourse to which jobs are more or less likely to be offshored. The author presents a clear image of "the big globalization picture" by skillfully exploring, piece by piece, a myriad of globalization topics, debates, theories, and empirical data. Compelling cha
Abstract:
GLOBALIZATION-FRONT COVER -- GLOBALIZATION -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: THE WORLD HAS GONE GLOBAL -- CHAPTER 2: STUDYING GLOBALIZATION -- CHAPTER 3: SETTING THE STAGE: FOUNDATIONS GLOBALIZATION -- CHAPTER 4: MAKING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY -- CHAPTER 5: FORGING A GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY -- CHAPTER 6: WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE -- CHAPTER 7: GLOBALIZING POLITICAL CULTURE AND STATE GOVERNANCE -- CHAPTER 8: TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS IN DEMOCRACY -- CHAPTER 9: GLOBALIZING CULTURE: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY -- CHAPTER 10: GLOBALIZATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Abstract:
CHAPTER 11: RELIGION: CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE -- CHAPTER 12: TRANSBORDER THREATS TO HUMAN WELL-BEING: INEQUALITY AND MIGRATION -- CHAPTER 13: TRANSBORDER THREATS TO HUMAN WELL-BEING: VIOLENT CONFLICT AND CRIME -- CHAPTER 14: TRANSBORDER THREATS TO HUMAN WELL-BEING: FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 15: GLOBAL TRAJECTORIES: THE CITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX
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