Understanding Globalization

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Understanding Globalization is an exceptional book that thoroughly covers contemporary issues relating to globalization that students find extremely readable. -- Ione DeOllos, Ball State University Praise for previous editions: This clearly written and vastly comprehensive book is a valuable and fascinating read... Schaeffer turns his gaze to topics as varied as inflation, debt crises at home and abroad, stock market booms and busts, hunger and agriculture, free trade agreements, global climate change, democratization, and the global drug trade. In nearly every case, the research is solid and the choice of details fascinating... I would recommend this book for general readers ... or mid-level courses wishing to incorporate a global perspective. Contemporary Sociology Schaeffer presents a balanced and geographically informed perspective on the uneven outcomes of globalization. In the new edition, he has astutely included a discussion of fair trade versus free trade, a new chapter on migration and provides the context for many of the most significant global changes that confront the North and South in the twenty-first century. The book is both accessible and substantial-a rare accomplishment. It has become my 'go-to' book on globalization. -- Lisa Benton-Short, George Washington University Praise for previous editions: This clearly written and vastly comprehensive book is a valuable and fascinating read... Schaeffer turns his gaze to topics as varied as inflation, debt crises at home and abroad, stock market booms and busts, hunger and agriculture, free trade agreements, global climate change, democratization, and the global drug trade. In nearly every case, the research is solid and the choice of details fascinating... I would recommend this book for general readers ... or mid-level courses wishing to incorporate a global perspective. Contemporary Sociology