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This unique and engaging anthology introduces students to the major concepts of globalization within the context of the key debates and disputes.
* Introduces globalization through its basic concepts, rather than thematically; a distinctive approach that provides students with a better grasp of what social science has to offer on the topic
* Utilizes concepts from interdisciplinary sources, bringing together work from key figures across a number of fields - from Weber and Marx, to contemporary figures in the field, including Beck, Bauman, Castells, and Homi Bhabha
* Includes excerpts to illustrate ideas, all at an appropriate level of difficulty for an undergraduate audience
* Offers all of this in the dynamic context of major debates surrounding the basic concepts and the fundamental realities of globalization
* Designed so it can be used independently, or alongside Ritzer's Globalization: A Basic Text for a complete student resource
List of contents
Introduction to the Book.
1. Introduction to Globalization Debates.
Part I: Political Economy.
2. Civilizations.
3. Orientalism, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism.
4. Neoliberalism.
5. Structural Adjustment.
6. Nation-State.
7. Transnationalism.
8. World Systems.
9. Empire.
10. Network Society and Informationalism.
11. World Risk Society and Cosmopolitanism.
12. McWorld and Jihad.
Part II: Culture.
13. Creolization, Hybridity, and Glocalization.
14. Critiquing Creolization, Hybridity, and Glocalization.
15. McDonaldization.
16. World Culture.
Sources and Credits.
Index.
About the author
George Ritzer ist Professor für Soziologie an der Universität von Maryland.
Summary
This unique and engaging anthology introduces students to the major concepts of globalization within the context of the key debates and disputes. Readings in Globalization illustrates that major debates in the field are not only useful to examine for their own merit but can extend our knowledge of globalization.
Report
"With contributions from leading scholars across a variety of disciplines, these readings help clarify our knowledge and advance our understanding of globalization. This book fills an important gap by making available, in a single volume, a variety of interpretations of issues critical to the topic of globalization. It is a very good read." ( ID: International Dialogue , February 2012)
