ISBN:
9780470691939
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Blackwell Companion to Globalization
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Globalization
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Globalisierung
Abstract:
This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologiesExplores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public healthAddresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of g
Description / Table of Contents:
The Blackwell Companion to Globalization; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Introduction; Introduction to Part I; 1: Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond; 2: What Is Globalization?; 3: The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization; 4: Globalization: The Major Players; 5: Globalization Today; 6: Theories of Globalization; 7: Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues; 8: Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-first Century; Part II: The Major Domains; Introduction to Part II
Description / Table of Contents:
9: The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy10: Globalization and the Agrarian World; 11: Globalization and the Environment; 12: Cities and Globalization1; 13: The Sociology of Global Organizations; 14: Economic Globalization: Corporations; 15: Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond; 16: Globalization and Consumer Culture; 17: Cultural Globalization; 18: Globalization and Ideology; 19: Media and Globalization; 20: Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War; 21: Political Globalization
Description / Table of Contents:
22: Globalization and Public Policy23: Religion and Globalization; 24: Globalization and Higher Education; 25: Sport and Globalization; 26: The Fate of the Local; 27: Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities; Part III: Major Issues and Conclusions; Introduction to Part III; 28: Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends; 29: World Inequality in the Twenty-first Century: Patterns and Tendencies; 30: Globalization and Corruption; 31: Globalization and Sexuality; 32: War in the Era of Economic Globalization; 33: Globalization and International Terrorism
Description / Table of Contents:
34: Resisting Globalization35: The Futures of Globalization; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Globalization in hard times : contention in the academy and beyond / Anthony McGrew -- What is globalization? / Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White -- The cultural construction of neoliberal globalization / Robert J. Antonio -- Globalization : the major players / George M. Thomas -- Globalization today / John Boli and Velina Petrova -- Theories of globalization / William I. Robinson -- Studying globalization : methodological issues / Salvatore Babones -- Cosmopolitanism : a critical theory for the twenty-first century / Ulrich Beck -- The end of globalization? : the implications of migration for state, society and economy / Subrahjit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi -- Globalization and the agrarian world / Philip McMichael -- Globalization and the environment / Steve Yearley -- Cities and globalization / Michael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma -- The sociology of global organizations / Stewart Clegg and Chris Carter -- Economic globalization : corporations / Peter Dicken -- Outsourcing : globalization and beyond / George Ritzer and Craig Lair -- Globalization and consumer culture / Douglas J. Goodman -- Cultural globalization / John Tomlinson -- Globalization and ideology / Manfred B. Steger -- Media and globalization / Douglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce -- Globalization and information and communications technologies : the case of war / Howard Tumber and Frank Webster -- Political globalization / Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford -- Globalisation and public policy / Tim Blackman -- Religion and globalization / Peter Beyer -- Globalization and higher education / Peter Manicas -- Sport and globalization / David L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger -- The fate of the local / Melissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada, Jr. -- Public health in a globalizing world : challenges and opportunities / Farnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach -- Globalization and global inequalities : recent trends / Glenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling -- World inequality in the twenty-first century : patterns and tendencies / Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran -- Globalization and corruption / Carolyn Warner -- Globalization and sexuality / Kathryn Farr -- War in the era of economic globalization / Gerald Schneider -- Globalization and international terrorism / Gus Martin -- Resisting globalization / Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner -- The futures of globalization / Bryan S. Turner
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
