ISBN:
0-415-10575-7
,
0-415-10576-5
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 185 S. : graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Key ideas
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Culturele aspecten
;
Economia politica
;
Economische aspecten
;
Finances internationales - Aspect social
;
Internationalisatie
;
Internationalisme
;
Mondialisation
;
Politica internacional
;
Politieke aspecten
;
Relations culturelles
;
Relations internationales - Aspect social
;
Relations économiques internationales - Aspect social
;
Sociologia
;
Gesellschaft
;
Globalisierung
;
Internationale Politik
;
Kultur
;
Politik
;
Weltwirtschaft
;
Wirtschaft
;
Cultural relations
;
Globalization
;
International economic relations Social aspects
;
International finance Social aspects
;
International relations Social aspects
;
Internationalism
;
Wirtschaft.
;
Globalisierung.
;
Internationalisierung.
;
Politik.
;
Kultur.
;
Wirtschaft
;
Globalisierung
;
Internationalisierung
;
Politik
;
Internationalisierung
;
Kultur
;
Globalisierung
;
Politik
;
Kultur
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
The succeeding chapters trace the effects of the process through the arenas of economy, politics and culture. Here the book gives a lively treatment to such topics as planetary environmentalism, the new international division of labour, the new world order, growing religious fundamentalism and democratization and marketization. These topics are integrated within a theoretical account that views globalization as the consequence of the new pre-eminence of culture in social life
Abstract:
We are surrounded by globalizing developments: the emergence of the global communications industry; the growth of multinational enterprises; the influence of global financial markets; global warming; and international action on human rights. These have brought the idea of a global society into prominence. We now recognise that the constraints of geography are shrinking and that the world is becoming a single place. In this crisp and incisive book, Malcolm Waters provides a much needed guide to the concept in social theory and the social, economic and political consequences. The first two chapters offer a critical summary of the main theories of globalization, outlining the standard contributions - modernization and convergence, the capitalist world-system, transnationalization and the global village - before moving on to tease out the common threads in the contemporary globalization theories of Robertson, Giddens, Harvey and Beck
