Globalization

A Critical Introduction

Jan Aart Scholte (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2000
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-66021-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The increasing globalization of economic, social, political and cultural life is a key feature of the contemporary world. Jan Aart Scholte provides a concise but broad ranging introduction to its causes, character, consequences and implications. Accessible but seeking to avoid oversimplification, the book provides a balanced assessment of how the benefits of globalization could be maximized and its ill effects minimized.

Autor

JAN AART SCHOLTE is Reader in International Studies, University of Warwick.

Inhalt

Introduction - PART ONE: FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS - What is Happening? - What is 'Global' about Globalization? - Globalization in History - What Causes Globalization? - PART TWO: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY - Globalization and Production - Globalization and Governance - Globalization and Community - Globalization and Knowledge - PART THREE: POLICY ISSUES - Globalization and (In)Security - Globalization and (In)Justice - Globalization and (Un)Democracy - Humane Global Futures - Conclusion - Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2000
• Zusatzinfo: bibliography
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 163 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 693 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-333-66021-8 / 0333660218
• ISBN-13: 978-0-333-66021-8 / 9780333660218
• Zustand: Neuware