Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Manfred Steger
'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic - and this Very Short Introduction has been fully updated for a third edition, to include recent developments in global politics, the global economy, and environmental issues. Presenting globalization in accessible language as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life, Manfred B. Steger looks at its causes and effects, examines whether it is a new phenomenon, and explores the question of whether, ultimately, globalization is a good or a bad thing.
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Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Professor of Global Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University). Steger has acted as a consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books on globalization and the history of political ideas.
Preface to the third edition ; Abbreviations ; List of illustrations ; List of maps ; 1. Globalization: a contested concept ; 2. Globalization and history ; 3. The economic dimension of globalization ; 4. The political dimension of globalization ; 5. The cultural dimension of globalization ; 6. The ecological dimension of globalization ; 7. Ideologies of globalization ; 8. Global crises and the future of globalization ; References ; Index
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- : Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
- : Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
- : 01 March 2013
- : 174mm X 111mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2013
- : books
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- : Manfred Steger
- : Paperback
- : 3rd Revised edition
- : 303.482
- : 176
- : 16 illustrations and 7 figures
