The Routledge International handbook of globalization studies / / edited by Bryan S. Turner

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (729 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2; 303.482; 337
• Soggetto topico: Globalization -- Cross-cultural studies; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Globalization - History; Globalization -- History; Globalization -- Social aspects; Social evolution
• Altri autori: TurnerBryan S
• Note generali: "Paperback edition published in 2011"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di contenuto: The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Part I: Theories and definitions; 1 Theories of globalization: issues and origins; 2 Limiting theory: rethinking approaches to cultures of globalization; 3 Economic theories of globalization; 4 Internet and globalization; 5 Anti-globalization movements: from critiques to alternatives; 6 History and hegemony: the United States and twenty-first century globalization; 7 Vulnerability and globalization: the social impact of globalization ; Part II: Substantive issues8 Transformations of the world's population: the demographic revolution; 9 All that is molten freezes again: migration history, globalization, and the policies of newness; 10 Climate change, globalization, and carbonization; 11 Infectious disease and globalization; 12 Globalization, disasters, and disaster response; 13 The globalization of crime; 14 Religion out of place? The Globalization of fundamentalism; 15 Globalization and Indigenous peoples: new old patterns; 16 Genocide in the global age; 17 Global elites; 18 Globalization, ethnic conflict, and nationalism ; 19 The global drive to commodify pensionsPart III: New institutions and cultures; 20 Popular culture, fans, and globalization; 21 Film and globalization: from Hollywood to Bollywood; 22 Global cities; 23 Crossing divides: consumption and globalization in history; 24 Pluralism, globalization, and the "modernization" of gender and sexual relations in Asia; 25 Globalization and food: the dialectics of globality and locality; 26 Borders, passports, and the global mobility; 27 Globalization of space: from the global to the galactic; 28 Globalization and Americanization; Part IV: Critical solutions ; 29 Globalization and labour: putting the ILO in its place30 The globalization of human rights; 31 Global civil society and the World Social Forum; 32 Muslim cosmopolitanism: contemporary practice and social theory; 33 New cosmopolitanism in the social sciences; 34 Globalization and its possible futures; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at demographic, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. The handbook examines many negative aspects - new wars, slavery, illegal migration, pollution and inequality - but concludes with an examination of responses to these problems through human rights organizations, international la
• Altri titoli varianti: Handbook of globalization studies
• Titolo autorizzato: The Routledge International handbook of globalization studies
• ISBN: 1-135-87883-8; 0-203-72283-3; 1-283-96500-3; 1-135-87876-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812739203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge International Handbooks