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The Blackwell Companion to Globalization


The Blackwell Companion to Globalization


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von: George Ritzer

38,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 16.05.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781119538530
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 752

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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. <br /> <ul> <li>Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies</li> <li>Explores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public health</li> <li>Addresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of globalization</li> <li>Wide-ranging and comprehensive, an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines</li> </ul>
<p>List of Illustrations viii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>Introduction<br /><i>George Ritzer</i> 1</p> <p><b>PART I: INTRODUCTION 15</b></p> <p>Introduction to Part I<br /><i>George Ritzer</i> 16</p> <p>1. Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond<br /><i>Anthony McGrew</i> 29</p> <p>2. What Is Globalization?<br /><i>Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White</i> 54</p> <p>3. The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization<br /><i>Robert J. Antonio</i> 67</p> <p>4. Globalization: The Major Players<br /><i>George M. Thomas</i> 84</p> <p>5. Globalization Today<br /><i>John Boli and Velina Petrova</i> 103</p> <p>6. Theories of Globalization<br /><i>William I. Robinson</i> 125</p> <p>7. Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues<br /><i>Salvatore Babones</i> 144</p> <p>8. Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-fi rst Century<br /><i>Ulrich Beck</i> 162</p> <p><b>PART II: THE MAJOR DOMAINS 177</b></p> <p>Introduction to Part II<br /><i>George Ritzer</i> 178</p> <p>9. The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy<br /><i>Subhrajit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi</i> 201</p> <p>10. Globalization and the Agrarian World<br /><i>Philip McMichael</i> 216</p> <p>11. Globalization and the Environment<br /><i>Steve Yearley</i> 239</p> <p>12. Cities and Globalization<br /><i>Michael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma</i> 254</p> <p>13. The Sociology of Global Organizations<br /><i>Stewart Clegg and Chris Carter</i> 272</p> <p>14. Economic Globalization: Corporations<br /><i>Peter Dicken</i> 291</p> <p>15. Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond<br /><i>George Ritzer and Craig Lair</i> 307</p> <p>16. Globalization and Consumer Culture<br /><i>Douglas J. Goodman</i> 330</p> <p>17. Cultural Globalization<br /><i>John Tomlinson</i> 352</p> <p>18. Globalization and Ideology<br /><i>Manfred B. Steger</i> 367</p> <p>19. Media and Globalization<br /><i>Douglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce</i> 383</p> <p>20. Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War<br /><i>Howard Tumber and Frank Webster</i> 396</p> <p>21. Political Globalization<br /><i>Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford</i> 414</p> <p>22. Globalization and Public Policy<br /><i>Tim Blackman</i> 429</p> <p>23. Religion and Globalization<br /><i>Peter Beyer</i> 444</p> <p>24. Globalization and Higher Education<br /><i>Peter Manicas</i> 461</p> <p>25. Sport and Globalization<br /><i>David L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger</i> 478</p> <p>26. The Fate of the Local<br /><i>Melissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr</i> 498</p> <p>27. Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities<br /><i>Farnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach</i> 516</p> <p><b>PART III: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 539</b></p> <p>Introduction to Part III<br /><i>George Ritzer</i> 540</p> <p>28. Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends<br /><i>Glenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling</i> 549</p> <p>29. World Inequality in the Twenty-fi rst Century: Patterns and Tendencies<br /><i>Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran</i> 565</p> <p>30. Globalization and Corruption<br /><i>Carolyn Warner</i> 593</p> <p>31. Globalization and Sexuality<br /><i>Kathryn Farr</i> 610</p> <p>32. War in the Era of Economic Globalization<br /><i>Gerald Schneider</i> 630</p> <p>33. Globalization and International Terrorism<br /><i>Gus Martin</i> 644</p> <p>34. Resisting Globalization<br /><i>Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner</i> 662</p> <p>35. The Futures of Globalization<br /><i>Bryan S. Turner</i> 675</p> <p>Index 693</p>
<p><b>George Ritzer </b>is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association and he has authored many refereed articles and more than 25 books, including monographs, reference works, and textbooks. He has been a major contributor to the literature on globalization as an author and editor, especially <i>The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization </i>(5 vols., 2012); <i>Globalization: A Basic Text </i>(2<sup>nd</sup> edition,  2015 with Paul Dean), <i>The McDonaldization of Society</i> (8 editions, last in 2015), <i>Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (</i>1995) and <i>The Globalization of Nothing</i> (2nd edition 2007). He is editor of <i>The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology</i> (11 vols., 2007; 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. forthcoming).</p>
<p>This companion features 35 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.</p> <p>The essays focus on key questions in the debate surrounding globalization: does globalization bring with it more or less inequality? How is power distributed globally? What role does technology play? What is the significance of the nation-state in contemporary globalization? The volume also explores the often overlooked underbelly of globalization, including coverage of international terrorism, sex trafficking, corruption, war, and environmental problems.</p> <p><i>The Blackwell Companion to Globalization</i> introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies, and explores the major areas affected by globalization including the environment, media and communication, and economic and social relationships.</p>

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