Globalization

The Key Concepts
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-36860-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: Routledge Key Guides

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:

- homogenization

- neo-Liberalism

- risk

- knowledge society

- time-space compression

- reflexivity.

With extensive cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential resource for students and interested readers alike as they navigate the literature on globalization studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mooney, Annabelle

Evans, Betsy

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Key to Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Key Concepts

Über Autor(innen)

Annabelle Mooney is a Lecturer at Roehampton University. Her research interests include marginal religious movements, the semiotics of law, HIV and quality of life.

Betsy Evans is a Research Associate at Cardiff University. Her research interests include language variation and change and attitudes to varieties of language.