Broschiertes Buch

The Globalization Reader

Beschreibung

Completely revised and updated, the fifth edition of thiswell-regarded textbook charts key topics and recent research inglobalization along with the latest complexities and controversiesin the field.

Includes a new section on globalization and identity and newreadings on global inequality, mental illness, structural violence,microfinance, blood diamonds, world citizenship, the global justicemovement, and sumo wrestling
Contains essential, thought-provoking readings by prominentscholars, activists, and organizations on the many dimensions ofglobalization, from political and economic issues to cultural andexperiential ones
Examines foundational topics, such as the experience ofglobalization, economic and political globalization, the role ofmedia and religion in cultural globalization, women's rights,environmentalism, global civil society, and the alternativeglobalization movement
Retains the helpful student features from prior editions,including an accessible format, concise introductions to majortopics, stimulating examples, and discussion questions for eachselection and section

Autor

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He has published numerous papers on religion and sociological theory. He is the co-author with John Boli of World Culture: Origins and Consequences (Wiley Blackwell, 2005) and author of Globalization: The Making of World Society (2009) and The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2008).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He has published extensively on world culture, global organizations, state authority, and education. He is the co-author with Frank J. Lechner of World Culture: Origins and Consequences (Wiley Blackwell, 2005) and co-author of Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 (1999), and Institutional Structure: Constituting State, Society and the Individual (1987).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 5. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Abmessung: 245mm x 170mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 933g
• ISBN-13: 9781118733554
• ISBN-10: 111873355X
• Artikelnr.: 41429794