The sociology of globalization / Luke Martell.
By: Martell, Luke [author.]
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, ©2017Edition: Second edition.Description: ix, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text. ISBN: 9780745689760 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0745689760 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780745689777 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0745689779 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Globalization -- Social aspectsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Sociology of globalizationDDC classification: 303.482/M36 Other classification: CAS | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Figures and Tables Preface to the second edition Introduction: Concepts of Globalization 1 Perspectives on Globalization: Divergence or Convergence? 2 The History of Globalization: Pre-modern, Modern or Postmodern? 3 Technology, Economy and the Globalization of Culture 4 The Globalization of Culture: Homogeneous or Hybrid? 5 Global Migration: Inequality and History 6 The Effects of Migration: Is Migration a Problem or a Solution? 7 The Global Economy: Capitalism and the Economic Bases of Globalization 8 Global Inequality: Is Globalization a Solution to World Poverty? 9 Politics, the State and Globalization: The End of the Nation-state and Social Democracy? 10 Global Politics and Cosmopolitan Democracy 11 Anti-globalization and Global Justice Movements 12 The Future World Order: The Decline of American Power and the Rise of China? Conclusion Acknowledgements References Index
The new edition of this accessible and wide-ranging book demonstrates the distinctive insights that sociology has to bring to the study of globalization.
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