This work offers a stimulating introduction to globalisation and its varying impacts across, between, and within societies. It is a readable book that contributes to a better understanding of the crucial aspects and dimensions of the developments and transformations that go by the name of globalisation.
'Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time. A growing number of scholars and political activists have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are alleged to have accelerated in the last few decades. Rather than forcing such a complex social phenomenon into a single conceptual framework, Manfred Steger presents globalization in plain, readable English as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life. In addition to explaining the various dimensions of globalization, the author explores whether globalization should be considered a 'good' or 'bad' thing - a question that has been hotly debated in classrooms, boardrooms, and on the streets.
1. Globalization: A Contested Concept; 2. Is Globalization a New Phenomena?; 3. Globalization as Economic Process; 4. Globalization as Political Process; 5. Globalization as Cultural Process; 6. Globalization as Environmental Process; 7. Globalization as Ideological Process; 8. Challenges to Globalization: From the Anti-WTO Protests in Seattle tothe Terrorist Attacks on New York and Washington; 9. 'Globalizations Studies': A New Academic Discipline?
'Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time. A growing number of scholars and political activists have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are alleged to have accelerated in the last few decades. Rather than forcing such a complex social phenomenon into a single conceptual framework, Manfred Steger presents globalization in plain, readable English as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life. In addition to explaining the various dimensions of globalization, the author explores whether globalization should be considered a 'good' or 'bad' thing - a question that has been hotly debated in classrooms, boardrooms, and on the streets.
1. Globalization: A Contested Concept; 2. Is Globalization a New Phenomena?; 3. Globalization as Economic Process; 4. Globalization as Political Process; 5. Globalization as Cultural Process; 6. Globalization as Environmental Process; 7. Globalization as Ideological Process; 8. Challenges to Globalization: From the Anti-WTO Protests in Seattle tothe Terrorist Attacks on New York and Washington; 9. 'Globalizations Studies': A New Academic Discipline?