Globalization
Theory and Practice Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 2003
272 pages
978-1-4411-6867-2 (ISBN)
Description
This revised second edition of a popular textbook provides a powerful new context for debates about globalization through its identification of both continuities and new concerns, and demonstrates the cross-disciplinary imperatives for investigating these areas.Selected contributors: Spike V. Peterson, Simon Dalby, Philip Cerny, Jan Jindy Petman, Anne Sisson Runyan, Marianne Marchand
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the first edition: "An important and timely exploration of the necessary but often ignored links between international relations and political geography that points the way for the future development of other subjects"--Roger Tooze, University of Wales, Aberystwyth "An excellent and comprehensive collection...essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students."--Sandra Whitworth, York University, CanadaMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-6867-2 (9781441168672)
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Persons
Eleonore Kofman is Professor of Gender and Migration (Social Policy) at Middlesex University. Gillian Youngs, University of Leicester (Eds.)
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part 1 Globalization, international relations and political geography
- 1 International relations as we enter the twenty-first century
- 2 Political geography and globalization as we enter the twenty-first century
- Part 2 North-South debates
- 3 Globalization, geography and environmental security
- 4 Rethinking the geopolitics of the global: the case of North-South relations
- 5 Globalizing forces and natural disaster: what can be the future for the small Caribbean island of Montserrat?
- 6 Social movements and global politics
- 7 Development hegemonies and local outcomes: women and NGOs in low-income countries
- Part 3 Gender, power and global processes
- 8 Shifting ground(s), remapping strategies and triad analytics
- 9 Gender inequalities and feminist politics in a global perspective
- 10 The places of women in trading places revisited: gendered global/regional regimes and inter-nationalized feminist resistance
- 11 International sex and service
- Part 4 Politics and economics of movements and space
- 12 Crisis? What crisis? The politics of migration regulation in the era of globalization
- 13 Globalization, migration and citizenship: the case of Turkey
- 14 What next for the state?
- 15 The global capacity of a world city: a relational study of London
- 16 Globalization and geopolitical world orders
- Part 5 Knowledge and technologies
- 17 Power, knowledge and governance: globalizing intellectual property management, reproducing inequalities
- 18 The multimedia industry: networks and regional development in a globalized economy
- 19 Cyber-states and the 'sovereignty' of virtual communities
- 20 The soft-shell of territoriality in the nuclear era
- Index
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