Globalization : a very short introduction / Manfred B. Steger.

By:

Steger, Manfred B, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 86.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xviii, 151 pages : illustrations, maps, plansContent type:

text

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computer

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ISBN:

0199662665 (pbk.)
9780199662661 (pbk.)

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Globalization

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Contents:

Globalization: a contested concept -- Globalization and history: Is globalization a new phenomenon? -- The economic dimension of globalization -- The political dimension of globalization -- The cultural dimension of globalization -- The ecological dimension of globalization -- Ideologies of globalization: market globalism, justice globalism, religious globalisms -- Global crises and the future of globalization.

Summary: 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.

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Previous ed.: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index

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.

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