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Sociology of Globalization

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ISBN-10: 074563673X

ISBN-13: 9780745636733

Edition: 2010

Authors: Luke Martell

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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 Americarsquo;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 have sometimes not focused on so much. In doing so, he underlines the importance of economic…    
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Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 1/8/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
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-state and Social Democracy?
Global Politics and Cosmopolitan Democracy
Anti-globalization and Global Justice Movements
The Future World Order: The Decline of American Power?
War and Globalization
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Index
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