Globalization

The global communications industry, the growth of multi-nationals and the increasingly global character of the finance industry have pushed the ideas of globalism and globality to the fore. The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is ever 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. Waters offers a critical summary of the main theories of globalization and also discusses: * traditional arguments about modernization, convergence and the world systems theory * contemporary globalization theories of Giddens, Robertson, Harvey and Beck * the process of globalization through economy, polity and culture