The Blackwell companion to globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by George Ritzer

• Record Nr.: UNISA996203965003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• ISBN: 1-119-53853-X; 1-281-06923-X; 9786611069230; 1-4051-7778-0; 0-470-69193-X; 0-470-76642-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (754 p.)
• Classificazione: 71.52
• Altri autori (Persone): RitzerGeorge
• Disciplina: 303.48/2; 303.482
• Soggetti: Globalization; Economics; Globalització (Economia); Llibres electrònics
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Blackwell Companion to Globalization; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Introduction; Introduction to Part I; 1: Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond; 2: What Is Globalization?; 3: The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization; 4: Globalization: The Major Players; 5: Globalization Today; 6: Theories of Globalization; 7: Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues; 8: Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-first Century; Part II: The Major Domains; Introduction to Part II; 9: The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy10: Globalization and the Agrarian World; 11: Globalization and the Environment; 12: Cities and Globalization1; 13: The Sociology of Global Organizations; 14: Economic Globalization: Corporations; 15: Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond; 16: ; Globalization and Consumer Culture; 17: Cultural Globalization; 18: Globalization and Ideology; 19: Media and Globalization; 20: Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War; 21: Political Globalization; 22: Globalization and Public Policy23: Religion and Globalization; 24: Globalization and Higher Education; 25: Sport and Globalization; 26: The Fate of the Local; 27: Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities; Part III: Major Issues and Conclusions; Introduction to Part III; 28: Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends; 29: World Inequality in the Twenty-first Century: Patterns and Tendencies; 30: Globalization and Corruption; 31: Globalization and Sexuality; 32: War in the Era of Economic Globalization; 33: Globalization and International Terrorism; 34: Resisting Globalization35: The Futures of Globalization; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Introduces the major players, theories, and methodologiesExplores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public healthAddresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war,