The Globalization Reader

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5552-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten

The third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points.

With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides students with a deeper understanding of the globalization process. It offers a provocative assessment of economic globalization, examines the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and explores the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems. The inclusion of new material on issues such as economic integration, inequality, and Islam, helps to make it a comprehensive introduction to globalization studies.

Scholars, activists, and organizations look with a critical eye at the many layers and dimensions of globalization. By reviewing the current debates and ongoing research on the topic, readers can better understand and judge the varied consequences of what is likely to be a dominant concern throughout the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lechner, Frank J.

Boli, John

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sources and Acknowledgments.
Preface to the Third Edition.
General Introduction.
Part I: Debating Globalization.
Part II: Explaining Globalization.
Part III: Experiencing Globalization.
Part IV: Economic Globalization.
Part V: Political Globalization I: The Demise of the Nation-State?.
Part VI: Political Globalization II: Reorganizing the World.
Part VII: Cultural Globalization I: The Role of Media.
Part VIII: Cultural Globalization II: The Role of Religions.
Part IX: Changing World Society: Environmentalism and the Globalization of Social Problems.
Part X: Resisting Globalization: Critique and Action.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. In addition to numerous papers on religion and sociological theory, he published World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli, 2005) and wrote The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2007).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, and state authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989) and Constructing World Culture (edited with George M. Thomas, 1999).