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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450240103321

Autore

Schirato Tony

Titolo

Understanding globalization [[electronic resource] /] / Tony Schirato and Jen Webb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

0-7619-4794-9

1-280-36905-1

9786610369058

1-4129-3339-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WebbJen

Disciplina

303.48/2

Soggetti

Globalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - The Idea of Globalization; Chapter 2 - Globalization: History and Ideology; Chapter 3 - Technology, Informationalism and Space/Time; Chapter 4 - Global Capitalism; Chapter 5 - The State and Sovereignty; Chapter 6 - The Global Subject and Culture; Chapter 7 - The Public Sphere and the Media; Chapter 8 - Globalization, Counter-memory, Practice; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reviewing, historicizing and contextualizing contemporary discussions and debates about globalization, this text provides an introduction to the discourses, texts, practices technologies and politics that have been grouped together under the term 'globalization'.