Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 22. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-19-955226-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic - and this Very Short Introduction has been fully updated for 2009, to include developments in global politics, the impact of terrorism, and environmental issues. Presenting globalization in accessible language as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life, Manfred B. Steger looks at its causes and effects, examines whether it is a new phenomenon, and explores the question of whether, ultimately, globalization is a good or a bad thing.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
15 black and white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 174 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
138 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-955226-9 (9780199552269)
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Person
Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Academic Director of the Globalism Institute at RMIT University. He is also Program Leader of 'Globalization and Culture' in the Global Cities Institute at RMIT University; Senior Research Fellow at the Globalization Research Center in Honolulu, Hawai'I; and an affiliated faculty member with the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
His most recent publications include The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (2008); Globalism: Market Ideology Meets Terrorism (2005); and The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy (2006). His study Globalism: The New Market Ideology (2002) won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award of the New Political Science Section of
the American Political Science Association, and Steger has also acted as a consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department.
His most recent publications include The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (2008); Globalism: Market Ideology Meets Terrorism (2005); and The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy (2006). His study Globalism: The New Market Ideology (2002) won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award of the New Political Science Section of
the American Political Science Association, and Steger has also acted as a consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department.
Content
Preface to the Second Edition ; 1. Globalization: a contested concept ; 2. Globalization and history: is globalization a new phenomenon? ; 3. The economic dimension of globalization ; 4. The political dimension of globalization ; 5. The cultural dimension of globalization ; 6. The ecological dimension of globalization ; 7. Ideologies of globalization: market globalism, justice globalism, jihadist globalism ; 8. Assessing the future of globalization