Screen LibraryThe sociology of globalization
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Polity,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge Malden, MA |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 336 p.: ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780745636733 (hbk.) 074563673X (hbk.) 0745636748 (pbk.) 9780745636740 |
| Index Number: | F114 |
| CLC: | F114.41-05 |
| Call Number: | F114.41-05/M376 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-326) and index. Introduction: concepts of globalization -- Perspectives on globalization: divergence or convergence? -- The history of globalization: pre-modern, modern or postmodern? -- Technology, economy and the globalization of culture -- The globalization of culture: homogeneous or hybrid? -- Global migration: inequality and history -- The effects of migration: is migration a problem or a solution? -- The global economy: capitalism and the economic bases of globalization -- Global inequality: is globalization a solution to world poverty? -- Politics, the state and globalization: the end of the nation-s "This accessible and wide-ranging book demonstrates the distinctive insights that sociology has to bring to the study of globalization. Taking in the cultural, political and economic dimensions of globalization, the book provides a thorough introduction to key debates and critically evaluates the causes and consequences of a globalizing world." "In addition to topics such as America's changing position in the world under President Obama, the growth of China as a global power and anti-globalization movements, Martell brings to the discussion other aspects of world affairs that sociologists ha |