Globalization

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-65561-0
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 624 g

Essentials of Globalization is a highly useful compact edition of the author's full-scale textbook, Globalization: A Basic Text. The Essentials is written in a style accessible to undergraduates, and draws on both academic and popular sources in its explanations.
* A highly useful compact version of Globalization: A Basic Text, which contains the all major areas in an accessible and affordable format for undergraduate students
* Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
* Integrated use of a wide array of sources, including empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, and popular books
* Designed to work as a basic text in globalization courses, or as a supplementary text in courses that include globalization as one of several topics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritzer, George

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Globalization

2. Theorizing Globalization

3. Structuring the Global Economy

4. Global Economic Flows

5. Global Political Structures and Processes

6. High-Tech Global Flows and Structures

7. Global Culture and Cultural Flows

8. Global Flows of Migrants

9. Global Environmental Flows

10. Negative Global Flows and Processes

11. Inequality

12. Dealing with, Resisting, and the Future of, Globalization

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, with awards that include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He is the author of numerous books including The McDonaldization of Society (1993, 2011), The Globalization of Nothing (2003, 2007) Globalization: A Basic Text (2010) and the editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007), The Blackwell Companion to Globalization (2007) and the forthcoming The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. His work has been translated into over 20 languages.