The Blackwell Companion to Globalization
The Blackwell Companion to Globalization

Author: George Ritzer

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-05-16

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13: 111953853X

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This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies Explores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public health Addresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of globalization Wide-ranging and comprehensive, an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines

Theories of Globalization
Theories of Globalization

Author: Barrie Axford

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-01-09

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0745671357

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Theories of Globalization offers students and scholars a comprehensive and critical introduction to the concept of globalization. Barrie Axford expertly guides readers through the full range of perspectives on the topic, from international political economy to geography, global anthropology to cultural and communication studies. In so doing he draws out the common threads between competing theories, as well as pinpointing the problems that challenge our understanding of globalization. Key terms such as 'globalism' and 'globality' are carefully explained and central themes like capitalism, governance, culture and history explored in full. In assessing the contribution made by globalization theory, Axford's account also sheds new light on several crucial current issues. These range from the changing shape of democracy and citizen engagement with governance, to issues surrounding 'just war' and humane intervention, and problems relating to empire and post-colonialism. This wide-ranging and detailed new book will be essential reading for students and scholars of international politics, sociology and any area where the concept of globalization is discussed and disputed.

Critical Theories of Globalization
Critical Theories of Globalization

Author: C. el-Ojeili

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-07-28

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0230626459

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This accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences from the perspective of social and political critical theory. Thematic chapters provoke student inquiry and the book shows how the views of critical theorists are crucial to understanding the global processes shaping the world today.

Globalization Theory
Globalization Theory

Author: David Held

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2007-04-16

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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This is the fourth volume in the highly acclaimed Global Transformations series. It follows in the footsteps of Global Transformations, The Global Transformations Reader and Governing Globalization. All these volumes have been widely adopted in courses on globalization and global governance across the world, and Globalization Theory will find a place alongside these texts. This book focuses on elucidating leading theoretical approaches to understanding and explaining globalization, in both its current form and potential future shapes. It is divided into two parts: the first examines competing explanatory theories of globalization in its contemporary form, and the second looks at competing prescriptions for the future of globalization. The book’s contributors are world-renowned experts in their field, including : Chris Brown, Alex Callinicos ,Michael Doyle, David Held, G. John Ikenberry, Andrew Kuper, Anthony McGrew, Layna Mosley, Thomas Pogge, Thomas Risse, Saskia Sassen and John Tomlinson. This book is designed for courses on globalization and global governance at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. It will be of interest to students in politics, international relations, social geography, and sociology.

Globalization
Globalization

Author: Roland Robertson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1992-07-27

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1473914086

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A stimulating appraisal of a crucial contemporary theme, this comprehensive analysis of globalizaton offers a distinctively cultural perspective on the social theory of the contemporary world. This perspective considers the world as a whole, going beyond conventional distinctions between the global and the local and between the universal and the particular. Its cultural approach emphasizes the political and economic significance of shifting conceptions of, and forms of participation in, an increasingly compressed world. At the same time the book shows why culture has become a globally contested issue - why, for example, competing conceptions of ′world order′ have political and economic consequences.

A Theory of Global Capitalism
A Theory of Global Capitalism

Author: William I. Robinson

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2004-03-12

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780801879272

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Sure to stir controversy and debate, A Theory of Global Capitalism will be of interest to sociologists and economists alike.

Globalization of Business
Globalization of Business

Author: Abbas Ali

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0789004127

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Globalization of Business: Practice and Theory will give executives and business students a current, in-depth look at becoming globally competitive in today's complex market. This essential guide offers you insight into issues every global businessperson needs to understand, such as the practice and theory of globalization, globalization dimensions and discourse, the nature of the global business environment, the roles of global corporations, strategic approaches, and global leadership. By identifying competitive and innovative practices, networks, and alliances, this text will help executives or beginners be a successful leader in the global business community. Offering new perspectives and approaches, this vital book contains new and updated information to help you and your company play a profitable and integral part in the international marketplace. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Industrialisation and Globalisation
Industrialisation and Globalisation

Author: John Weiss

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 041518018X

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Industrialisation and Globalisation presents a survey of industrialization in developing countries since 1945, as well as a study of the predominant theories of industrial growth in the Third World.

Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Manfred B. Steger

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0192589326

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We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence millions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, and in which complex social forces intersect across continents. This is globalization. In the fifth edition of his bestselling Very Short Introduction Manfred B. Steger considers the major dimensions of globalization: economic, political, cultural, ideological, and ecological. He looks at its causes and effects, and engages with the hotly contested question of whether globalization is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing. From climate change to the Ebola virus, Donald Trump to Twitter, trade wars to China's growing global profile, Steger explores today's unprecedented levels of planetary integration as well as the recent challenges posed by resurgent national populism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Social Theory after the Internet
Social Theory after the Internet

Author: Ralph Schroeder

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2018-01-04

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 178735122X

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The internet has fundamentally transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories of mass or interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital world. Nor has this understanding been helped by disciplinary specialization and a continual focus on the latest innovations. Ralph Schroeder takes a longer-term view, synthesizing perspectives and findings from various social science disciplines in four countries: the United States, Sweden, India and China. His comparison highlights, among other observations, that smartphones are in many respects more important than PC-based internet uses. Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a sophisticated theory of the role of the internet, and how both technological and social forces shape its significance. He provides a sweeping and penetrating study, theoretically ambitious and at the same time always empirically grounded.The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of digital media and society, the internet and politics, and the social implications of big data.