Globalization : a basic text / / George Ritzer and Paul Dean |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
Soggetto topico | Globalization |
ISBN |
1-118-68713-2
1-118-68834-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Globalization: A Basic Text; Copyright; Contents; About the Website; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures; Some of the Basics; From Solids to Liquids (to Gases); Solids; Liquids and gases; Flows; Types of flows; Heavy, Light, Weightless; Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows; Heavy Structures As Barriers to Flows; Subtler Structural Barriers; On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures; Thinking about Global Flows and Structures; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes
Chapter 2 Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and ControversiesIs There Such a Thing As Globalization?; Is It Globalization or Transnationalization?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, When Did It Begin?; Hardwired; Cycles; Phases; Events; Broader, more recent changes; Globalization or Globalizations?; Economic; Political; Cultural; Religion; Science; Health and medicine; Sport; Education; What Drives Globalization?; Does Globalization Hop Rather Than Flow?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, Is It Inexorable?; Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? GlobaphiliaGlobaphobia; Finding a middle ground; What, If Anything, Can Be Done about Globalization?; Nothing!; Everything!; Necessary actions are already underway; More, perhaps much more, needs to be done; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 3 Globalization and Related Processes: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and Americanization; Imperialism; The new imperialism; Colonialism; Postcolonialism; Development; Westernization; Easternization; Americanization A Broader and Deeper View of the Americanization of Consumer CultureMinimizing the Importance of Americanization; Anti-Americanism; Comparisons with Globalization; The Era of the "Posts"; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 4 Neoliberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives; The Past, Present, and Future of Neoliberalism; Neoliberalism: An Exemplary Statement and the Basic Principles; Popular Neoliberal "Theory": The Case of Thomas Friedman; The Lexus and the Olive Tree; The World is Flat; Critiquing Neoliberalism The early thinking of Karl PolanyiContemporary criticisms of neoliberalism; Neoliberalism as Exception; Neoliberalism: The Case of Israel; The End of History; The Death of Neoliberalism?; Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism; Transnational capitalism; Empire; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 5 Global Political Structures and Processes; On Political Processes and Flows; The Nation-State; Threats to the nation-state; In Defense of the Nation-State; "Imagined Community"; Changes in Global Nation-State Relations Other Global Political Developments and Structures |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788084803321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalization : a basic text / / George Ritzer and Paul Dean |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
Soggetto topico | Globalization |
ISBN |
1-118-68713-2
1-118-68834-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Globalization: A Basic Text; Copyright; Contents; About the Website; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures; Some of the Basics; From Solids to Liquids (to Gases); Solids; Liquids and gases; Flows; Types of flows; Heavy, Light, Weightless; Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows; Heavy Structures As Barriers to Flows; Subtler Structural Barriers; On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures; Thinking about Global Flows and Structures; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes
Chapter 2 Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and ControversiesIs There Such a Thing As Globalization?; Is It Globalization or Transnationalization?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, When Did It Begin?; Hardwired; Cycles; Phases; Events; Broader, more recent changes; Globalization or Globalizations?; Economic; Political; Cultural; Religion; Science; Health and medicine; Sport; Education; What Drives Globalization?; Does Globalization Hop Rather Than Flow?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, Is It Inexorable?; Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? GlobaphiliaGlobaphobia; Finding a middle ground; What, If Anything, Can Be Done about Globalization?; Nothing!; Everything!; Necessary actions are already underway; More, perhaps much more, needs to be done; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 3 Globalization and Related Processes: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and Americanization; Imperialism; The new imperialism; Colonialism; Postcolonialism; Development; Westernization; Easternization; Americanization A Broader and Deeper View of the Americanization of Consumer CultureMinimizing the Importance of Americanization; Anti-Americanism; Comparisons with Globalization; The Era of the "Posts"; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 4 Neoliberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives; The Past, Present, and Future of Neoliberalism; Neoliberalism: An Exemplary Statement and the Basic Principles; Popular Neoliberal "Theory": The Case of Thomas Friedman; The Lexus and the Olive Tree; The World is Flat; Critiquing Neoliberalism The early thinking of Karl PolanyiContemporary criticisms of neoliberalism; Neoliberalism as Exception; Neoliberalism: The Case of Israel; The End of History; The Death of Neoliberalism?; Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism; Transnational capitalism; Empire; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 5 Global Political Structures and Processes; On Political Processes and Flows; The Nation-State; Threats to the nation-state; In Defense of the Nation-State; "Imagined Community"; Changes in Global Nation-State Relations Other Global Political Developments and Structures |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815751703321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Wiley Blackwell companion to sociology / / edited by George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 pages) |
Disciplina | 301 |
Collana | Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology |
Soggetto topico | Sociology |
ISBN |
1-119-42932-3
1-119-42933-1 1-119-42940-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Classical sociological theory / Alan Sica -- Contemporary sociological theory / Jeff Stepnisky -- Quantitative methods / Russell Schutt -- Qualitative methods / Mitchell Duneier) -- Basic topics -- Action, interaction, and groups / Kimberly Rogers and Lynn Smith-Lovin -- Social network analysis / Nicholas Crossley -- Culturalizing sociology / Laura Grindstaff and Ming-Cheng M. Lo -- Deviance : a sociology of unconventionalities / Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- Criminology / Charles Wellford -- Critical sexuality studies: moving on / Ken Plummer -- Critical race approaches in the united states / Brittany Chevon Slatton and Joe Feagin -- Families / Medora Barnes -- Sociology of education / Joeseph Merry and Maria Paino -- Sociology of religion / Christian Smith, Robert Woodberry, and Christopher Scheitle -- Medicine and health / William Cockerham -- Urbanization / Kevin Fox Gotham and Arianna King -- Environmental sociology / Richard York and Riley Dunlap -- Social movements, protest, and practices of social change / Kevin Gillan -- War and society / Migeul Centeno and Vicki Yang -- Immigration / Noriko Matsumoto -- Sociology of consumption / Chris Andrews -- Digital technology, social media, and techno-social life / Mary Chayko -- Contemporary feminist theory / Michelle Meagher -- Cutting edge issues -- Big data for sociological research / Jason Radford and David Lazer -- Toward a sociology of debt / Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy -- Sociology of sports / Alan Tomlinson -- From fordism to brexit and trump : is authoritarian capitalism on the rise? / Robert Antonio and Alessandro Bonan. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555051703321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (632 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.0922 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StepniskyJeffrey |
Collana | Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology |
Soggetto topico |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Sociologists Social sciences Sociology & Social History Social Sciences Social Change |
ISBN |
1-78034-237-3
1-4443-9660-9 1-4443-3181-7 1-4443-3189-2 1-4443-9662-5 |
Classificazione | SOC026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Wiley-Blackwell Companion To Major Social Theorists, Volume 1 - Classical Social Theorists: Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Ibn Khaldun; 2 Auguste Comte; 3 Harriet Martineau; 4 Alexis de Tocqueville; 5 Karl Marx; 6 Herbert Spencer; 7 Thorstein Veblen; 8 Georg Simmel; 9 Émile Durkheim; 10 Charlotte Perkins Gilman; 11 Max Weber; 12 George Herbert Mead; 13 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois; 14 Joseph A. Schumpeter; 15 Karl Mannheim; 16 Alfred Schutz; 17 Talcott Parsons; 18 Theodor W. Adorno; Index. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion To Major Social Theorists, Volume 2: Contemporary |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130864403321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Malden, MA : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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