Globalization [[electronic resource] ] : East and West / / Bryan S. Turner, Habibul Haque Khondker

• Autore: Turner Bryan S
• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 337
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; East and West; Comparative government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KhondkerHabibul Haque
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; 1 INTRODUCTION: PROSPECTS FOR A NEW SOCIOLOGY OFGLOBALIZATION; 2 CONCEPTUALIZING GLOBALIZATION; 3 STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES OF GLOBALIZATION; 4 GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION-STATE; 5 GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND COSMOPOLITANISM; 6 WORLD RELIGIONS AND FUNDAMENTALISM; 7 MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM; 8 MEDICAL GLOBALIZATION; 9 NEW WARS AND TERRORISM: GLOBALIZATION OF MILITARISM AND VIOLENCE; 10 GLOBALIZATION OF DISASTERS AND DISASTER RESPONSE; 11 GLOBALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 12 MULTICULTURALISM, SOCIAL DIVERSITY AND GLOBALIZATION ; 13 RELIGION, MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE14 CONCLUSION: PERPETUAL PEACE OR PERPETUAL WAR?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an examination of globalization from the perspective of both the West and the East. The text considers globalization as a general social and economic process, and the challenges it presents for Western social science.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization
• ISBN: 1-4129-2852-4; 1-4462-4285-4; 1-282-62366-4; 9786612623660; 0-85702-670-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458394303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II