Globalization 2nd Edition - A Basic Text

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.* Features updates and revisions in its accessible introduction to key theories and major topics in globalization* Includes an enhanced emphasis on issues relating to global governance, emerging technology, global flows of people, human trafficking, global justice movements, and global environmental sustainability* Utilizes a unique set of metaphors to introduce and explain the highly complex nature of globalization in an engaging and understandable manner* Offers an interdisciplinary approach to globalization by drawing from fields that include sociology, global political economy, political science, international relations, geography, and anthropology* Written by an internationally recognized and experienced author team

List of contents

About the Website xiList of Figures xiiPreface xiii1 GLOBALIZATION I 1Liquids, Flows, and StructuresSome of the Basics 2From Solids to Liquids (to Gases) 3Flows 6Heavy, Light, Weightless 8Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows 11Heavy Structures As Barriers to Flows 15Subtler Structural Barriers 18On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures 20Thinking about Global Flows and Structures 21Chapter Summary 222 GLOBALIZATION II 27Some Basic Issues, Debates, and ControversiesIs There Such a Thing As Globalization? 28Is It Globalization or Transnationalization? 30If There Is such a Thing As Globalization, When Did It Begin? 31Globalization or Globalizations? 38What Drives Globalization? 41Does Globalization Hop Rather Than Flow? 42If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, Is It Inexorable? 43Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? 45What, If Anything, Can Be Done about Globalization? 50Chapter Summary 513 GLOBALIZATION AND RELATED PROCESSES 55Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and AmericanizationImperialism 56Colonialism 59Development 61Westernization 63Easternization 64Americanization 67Comparisons with Globalization 75The Era of the "Posts" 77Chapter Summary 784 NEOLIBERALISM 83Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian AlternativesThe Past, Present, and Future of Neoliberalism 84Neoliberalism: An Exemplary Statement and the Basic Principles 89Popular Neoliberal "Theory": The Case of Thomas Friedman 92Critiquing Neoliberalism 94Neoliberalism as Exception 96Neoliberalism: The Case of Israel 98The End of History 99The Death of Neoliberalism? 101Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism 101Chapter Summary 1075 GLOBAL POLITICAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES 111On Political Processes and Flows 112The Nation-State 113In Defense of the Nation-State 117"Imagined Community" 118Changes in Global Nation-State Relations 120Other Global Political Developments and Structures 122Regional Political Organizations 126Global Governance 127Civil Society 131Chapter Summary 1386 STRUCTURING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 141Before Bretton Woods 142Bretton Woods and the Bretton Woods System 144The End of Bretton Woods 153Changes in, and Critiques of, Bretton-Woods-Era Organizations 154Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Oecd) 158European Union (Common Market) 159North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) 161Mercosur 163Opec 164The Multinational Corporation (Mnc) 164World Economic Forum 167The Myth of Economic Globalization? 168Chapter Summary 1687 GLOBAL ECONOMIC FLOWS 173Production and ConsumptionTrade 174Increasing Competition for Commodities 182The Economic Impact of the Flow of Oil 183Race to the Bottom and Upgrading 186Outsourcing 187Financial Globalization 189Corporations, People, and Ideas 193Consumption 195Chapter Summary 2018 GLOBAL CULTURE AND CULTURAL FLOWS 205Cultural Differentialism 207Cultural Hybridization 215Cultural Convergence 219Chapter Summary 2339 HIGH-TECH GLOBAL FLOWS AND STRUCTURES 237Technology, Mass Media, and the InternetTechnology, Time-Space Compression, and Distanciation 238Mass Media 244The Internet and Social Media 251Chapter Summary 26010 GLOBAL FLOWS OF PEOPLE 263Migration, Human Trafficking, and Tourism Migrants 264Migration 265Human Trafficking 286Tourism 289Chapter Summary 29111 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS 295Modernization and Environmental Flows 297Differences among Nation-States 299Global Climate Change 299Other Environmental Problems 304Global Responses 312From Lightness to Heaviness in Environmental Flows 322Collapse 322Chapter Summary 32312 NEGATIVE GLOBAL FLOWS AND PROCESSES 327Dangerous Imports, Diseases, Crime, Terrorism, War Dangerous Imports 329Borderless Diseases 331Crime 336Terrorism 340War 346The Impact of Negative Global Flows on Individuals 353Chapter Summary 35413 GLOBAL INEQUALITIES I 357Class and Rural-Urban Inequalities Class Inequality 359Rural-Urban Inequality 369Chapter Summary 38114 GLOBAL INEQUALITIES II 385Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Defining Majority-Minority Relations 386Race and Ethnicity 392Gender 404Sexuality 411Responding to and Resisting Global Minority Status: The Case of Women 413Chapter Summary 41515 DEALING WITH, RESISTING, AND THE FUTURES OF, GLOBALIZATION 419Dealing with Globalization 420Alter-Globalizations 430The Futures of Globalization 440Chapter Summary 443Appendix 447Disciplinary Approaches to GlobalizationAnthropology 448Sociology 448Political Science 449Economics 450Geography 451Psychology 452Literary Criticism (Postcolonial) 453Other Fields 455Glossary 457References 467Index 517

About the author

George Ritzer ist Professor für Soziologie an der Universität von Maryland.

Summary

Updated to reflect the latest global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dean, George Ritzer, George Dean Ritzer
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2015
• EAN: 9781118687123
• ISBN: 978-1-118-68712-3
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 248 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Globalisierung, Soziologie, Weltpolitik, Politikwissenschaft, Geographie, Sociology, Geography, Political Science, Wirtschaftsgeographie, Sociology of Globalization, Soziologie der Globalisierung, Geographie der Globalisierung, Geography of Globalization, Global politics