Sparke Introducing Globalization

Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-24111-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses,Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informedopinions about globalization, inviting them to become participantsrather than just passive learners.
* Identifies and explores the major economic, political andsocial ties that comprise contemporary global interdependency
* Examines a broad sweep of topics, from the rise oftransnational corporations and global commodity chains, to globalhealth challenges and policies, to issues of worker solidarity andglobal labor markets, through to emerging forms of global mobilityby both business elites and their critics
* Written by an award-winning teacher, and enhanced throughout bynumerous empirical examples, maps, tables, an extendedbibliography, glossary of key terms, and suggestions for furtherreading and student research
* Supported by additional web resources - available uponpublication at www.wiley.com/go/sparke- including hot links to news reports, examples ofglobalization and other illustrative sites, and archived examplesof student projects
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sparke, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
1 Globalization 1
2 Discourse 27
3 Commodities 57
4 Labor 99
5 Money 139
6 Law 181
7 Governance 227
8 Space 279
9 Health 337
10 Responses 389
Glossary 417
Index 473

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Sparke is Professor of Geography andInternational Studies at the University of Washington, where healso serves as the Director of the undergraduate program in GlobalHealth. He has authored over 60 scholarly publications,including the book In the Space of Theory (2005), but he isalso dedicated to teaching about globalization as well as writingabout it. He has multiple awards for his work as a teacher,including the lifetime Distinguished Teaching award from theUniversity of Washington.