Globalization
The Essentials
Published on 21. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-470-65561-0 (ISBN)
Description
Essentials of Globalization is a highly useful compact edition of the author's full-scale textbook, Globalization: A Basic Text. The Essentials is written in a style accessible to undergraduates, and draws on both academic and popular sources in its explanations.
* A highly useful compact version of Globalization: A Basic Text, which contains the all major areas in an accessible and affordable format for undergraduate students
* Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
* Integrated use of a wide array of sources, including empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, and popular books
* Designed to work as a basic text in globalization courses, or as a supplementary text in courses that include globalization as one of several topics
* A highly useful compact version of Globalization: A Basic Text, which contains the all major areas in an accessible and affordable format for undergraduate students
* Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
* Integrated use of a wide array of sources, including empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, and popular books
* Designed to work as a basic text in globalization courses, or as a supplementary text in courses that include globalization as one of several topics
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"Even in such a crowded market, this volume does therefore serve as a useful addition to the burgeoning number of textbooks." (Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 February 2011)More details
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Person
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, with awards that include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He is the author of numerous books including The McDonaldization of Society (1993, 2011), The Globalization of Nothing (2003, 2007) Globalization: A Basic Text (2010) and the editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007), The Blackwell Companion to Globalization (2007) and the forthcoming The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. His work has been translated into over 20 languages.
Content
Preface
1. Globalization
2. Theorizing Globalization
3. Structuring the Global Economy
4. Global Economic Flows
5. Global Political Structures and Processes
6. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures
7. Global Culture and Cultural Flows
8. Global Flows of Migrants
9. Global Environmental Flows
10. Negative Global Flows and Processes
11. Inequality
12. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Future of, Globalization
Glossary
Index
1. Globalization
2. Theorizing Globalization
3. Structuring the Global Economy
4. Global Economic Flows
5. Global Political Structures and Processes
6. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures
7. Global Culture and Cultural Flows
8. Global Flows of Migrants
9. Global Environmental Flows
10. Negative Global Flows and Processes
11. Inequality
12. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Future of, Globalization
Glossary
Index