Globalization

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Title:

Globalization

Author:

Waters, Malcolm, 1946-

ISBN:

9780415105767

9780415105750

Personal Author:

Waters, Malcolm, 1946-

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Physical Description:

xiv, 185 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series:

Key ideas

Series Title:

Key ideas

Contents:

Ch. 1. A world of difference -- Ch. 2. What on earth is happening?: precursor theories -- Ch. 3. Brave new worlds: recent theories -- Ch. 4. World-class production: economic globalization -- Ch. 5. Earthly powers: political globalization -- Ch. 6. The new world chaos: cultural globalization -- Ch. 7. The end of the world as we know it.

Abstract:

We are surrounded by globalizing developments: the emergence of the global communications industry; the growth of multinational enterprises; the influence of global financial markets; global warming; and international action on human rights. These have brought the idea of a global society into prominence. We now recognise that the constraints of geography are shrinking and that the world is becoming a single place. In this crisp and incisive book, Malcolm Waters provides a much needed guide to the concept in social theory and the social, economic and political consequences.

Subject Term:

International economic relations -- Social aspects.

International relations -- Social aspects.

Cultural relations.

International finance -- Social aspects.

Internationalism.

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
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The global communications industry, the growth of multi-nationals and the increasingly global character of the finance industry have pushed the ideas of globalism and globality to the fore. The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is ever becoming a single place. In this book, Malcolm Waters provides a guide to the concept in social theory and the social, economic and political consequences. The first two chapters offer a critical summary of the main theories of globalization beginning with the traditional arguments about modernization and convergence, world-systems theory, trans-nationalization and the global village. The book moves on to concentrate on the contemporary globalization theories of Robertson, Giddens Harvey and Beck. It then traces the process of globalization through three arenas: economy, polity and culture. Topics such as planetary environmentalism, the new irrational division of labour, global tourism, and democratization are discussed.