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Cultural globalization : a user's guide / / J. Macgregor Wise
| Cultural globalization : a user's guide / / J. Macgregor Wise |
| Autore | Wise J. Macgregor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.48/2
303.482 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture and globalization
Globalization -- Social aspects Culture diffusion Acculturation Intercultural communication |
| ISBN |
0-470-69593-5
0-470-69669-9 1-282-34213-4 9786612342134 |
| Classificazione |
361.5
303.48/2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | und |
| Nota di contenuto | Culture at home -- Culture and the global -- Global youth -- Global music -- Territories of cultural globalization. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996218372403316 |
Wise J. Macgregor
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| Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Cultural globalization : a user's guide / / J. Macgregor Wise
| Cultural globalization : a user's guide / / J. Macgregor Wise |
| Autore | Wise J. Macgregor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.48/2
303.482 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture and globalization
Globalization -- Social aspects Culture diffusion Acculturation Intercultural communication |
| ISBN |
0-470-69593-5
0-470-69669-9 1-282-34213-4 9786612342134 |
| Classificazione |
361.5
303.48/2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | und |
| Nota di contenuto | Culture at home -- Culture and the global -- Global youth -- Global music -- Territories of cultural globalization. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830032603321 |
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Wise J. Macgregor
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| Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An introduction to global studies / / Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R. Stevens
| An introduction to global studies / / Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R. Stevens |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MacKinnonAran S
StevensChristy |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Globalization |
| ISBN |
9786612774799
9781444329575 144432957X 9781282774797 1282774794 9781444329582 1444329588 |
| Classificazione |
361.5
303.48/2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
An Introduction to Global Studies -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 GOING GLOBAL -- Introduction -- Why Global Studies? -- What We Talk About When We Talk About Globalization -- Globalization as series of social processes -- Deterritorialization -- Interconnectedness: the local and the global -- Compressing time -- New phenomena or old news? -- Dimensions of Globalization -- Economics -- Historical roots of contemporary economic globalization -- Neoliberalism -- Free trade and multinational corporations -- International economic institutions -- Politics -- The nation-state -- Global governance -- Culture -- Local and global cultures -- In Focus: Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" -- Global Citizenship: Rights, Responsibility, Inequalities, and Connections -- Conclusion -- 2 NATION-STATE SYSTEM -- Introduction -- Nations, States, and the Nation-state System -- Emergence of the Nation-state System -- From Europe to the rest of the world -- Struggling States -- The colonial legacy -- Neo-colonialism -- The Nation-state's Challenges and Competitors -- Internal challenges -- External challenges -- International governmental organizations -- Non-governmental organizations -- Multinational corporations (MNCs) -- In Focus: Terrorists -- Organized crime -- Failed/marginal states -- Conclusion -- 3 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Introduction -- Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) -- The development of IGOs -- League of Nations -- United Nations -- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) -- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) -- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) -- Trusteeship Council (TC) -- International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- Secretariat -- UN budget -- Peacekeeping -- UN effectiveness -- World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Regional organizations -- European Union (EU).
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -- Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) -- Organization of American States (OAS) -- League of Arab States (LAS) -- Product-specific IGOs -- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) -- Types of international NGO -- NGO activities and effectiveness -- NGO relationships with states and multinational corporations -- NGO critics and supporters -- In Focus: Amnesty International -- Conclusion -- 4 HUMAN RIGHTS -- Introduction -- Where Do Human Rights Come From? -- Schools of thought about the origins of human rights -- Historical background -- Human Rights in the Modern Era -- The debate over rights -- Negative and positive rights -- Cultural relativists vs. universalists -- In Focus: What Is Torture? -- How Are Human Rights Monitored and Enforced? -- The UN and other human rights actors -- Enforcement mechanisms -- Emerging Human Rights -- The right to water -- Sexual rights -- DNA rights -- Human Rights and Non-State Actors -- Human Rights Abuses: Why They Affect Us All -- Conclusion -- 5 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- Global Climate Change -- Deforestation -- In Focus: Chico Mendes and Brazil's Rubber-tappers -- Ozone depletion -- Oceans -- Ongoing Global Environmental Challenges -- Wat er -- Air pollution -- Desertification -- Disappearing habitat and species -- Pesticides -- Waste Production -- Technology -- Arms production and use -- Miscellaneous human waste -- Environmental Discrimination -- International Environmental Protection Efforts -- Conclusion -- 6 POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION -- Introduction -- Global Population -- Statistics and projections -- Fertility and mortality -- Demographic transition -- Population Pressures -- Population and poverty -- World population aging -- Migration -- Urbanization -- Consumption -- Agricultural production and consumption. Costs of increased agricultural production -- Consumer culture -- Global Consumption Patterns -- In Focus: Population Growth, Aging, and Consumption in the Land of the Lonely Hearts Club -- Conclusion -- 7 INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND GLOBALIZATION -- Introduction -- Microbes and Infectious Diseases: A Brief Overview -- History of infectious disease -- Disease and domestication -- Epidemics and pandemics -- Combating disease -- Infectious Disease and Globalization: The Current Picture -- Disease and the environment -- Disease and the food industry -- Global connections: urbanization, air travel, and migration -- In Focus: AIDS and Globalization -- The Global Fight against Infectious Disease: Current Challenges -- Conclusion -- 8 THE GENDERED WORLD -- Introduction -- Defining Our Terms -- Gender, Poverty, and Development -- Poverty -- Development -- Economic models underlying development: two competing theories -- Development failures and emerging gendered approaches -- United Nations -- In Focus: Microcredit -- Labor and Migration -- Human Security and Human Rights -- What is human security? -- Human trafficking -- Human rights -- Sexual violence -- Prostitution -- Armed conflict -- UN human rights efforts -- Education and Health -- Education and training -- Health -- Conclusion -- 9 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES -- Introduction -- Information and Communication Technologies -- The Information Age -- Information overload -- Information literacy -- The Digital Age -- Networked: The Impact of the Internet -- A brief history of the Internet -- Growth of the web -- Online participation and social networks in the network society -- Web 2.0 -- Wikis -- Social network sites -- Online political networking -- The Digital Divide -- In-Focus: Internet Censorship -- ICTs and development -- New Media -- The global village -- Globalization and media. Conclusion -- 10 WAR AND VIOLENT CONFLICT -- Introduction -- When Does Violent Conflict Become War? -- State-based conflicts -- Non-state conflicts and one-sided violence -- The History of War -- Warfare and early civilizations -- War in Ancient Greece -- Warfare from 600 bce to 1450 ce -- Warfare from 1450 to 1750 -- Warfare from 1750 to 1900 -- Warfare from 1900 to 1950 -- The Cold War -- War since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- Causes of War -- Savage brutes or peaceful primitives? -- Human evolution and war -- Power factors that cause war -- Causes of civil wars -- Ethical and Legal Dimensions of War -- Just war theory -- Resorting to war -- Conducting war -- Terminating war -- International law and rules for war -- Global conflict issues and international law -- Landmines -- Small arms sales -- Resource-based conflicts -- In Focus: Private Military Companies -- The Costs of War -- War deaths -- Psychological casualties -- Lost childhoods -- Damage to physical and socioeconomic capital -- Damage to the environment -- Military spending -- Conclusion -- 11 PEACE -- Introduction -- What Constitutes Peace? Defining Our Terms -- Origins of the Modern Peace Movement -- The 1800s -- The Quakers -- Secular peace movements -- The early 1900s -- World War I -- World War II -- The Cold War -- The Vietnam era -- Post-Vietnam -- Where are we now? -- Waging Peace -- Pacifism -- Nonviolent resistance -- Nation-states and international organizations -- Ending structural violence -- Global Connections: The Personal Dimension of Peace -- In Focus: United Fruit -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964321503321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The myth of popular culture from Dante to Dylan / / Perry Meisel
| The myth of popular culture from Dante to Dylan / / Perry Meisel |
| Autore | Meisel Perry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Collana | Blackwell manifestos |
| Soggetto topico |
Arts, Modern
Popular culture |
| ISBN |
1444317504
9781444317503 9781444317497 |
| Classificazione |
361.5
702.07 306 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795964703321 |
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Meisel Perry
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| Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The psychology of diversity : beyond prejudice and racism / / James M. Jones, John F. Dovidio, and Deborah L. Vietze
| The psychology of diversity : beyond prejudice and racism / / James M. Jones, John F. Dovidio, and Deborah L. Vietze |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DovidioJohn F
VietzeDeborah L |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Multiculturalism - Psychological aspects
Prejudices Stereotypes (Social psychology) |
| ISBN |
9781118588147
1118588142 9781118587898 1118587898 |
| Classificazione |
361.5
305.8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Framing diversity -- The psychology of diversity: challenges and benefits -- Central concepts in the psychology of diversity -- Historical perspectives on diversity in the United States -- Psychological processes -- Personality and individual differences : how different types of people respond to diversity in different ways -- Social cognition and categorization : distinguishing "us" from "them" -- Social identity, roles, and relations : motivational influences in responses to diversity -- Is bias in the brain? -- Coping and adapting to stigma and difference -- Intergroup interactions : pitfalls and promises -- Culture, power, and institutions -- Cultural diversity : preferences, meaning and difference -- Social roles and power in a diverse society -- The challenge of diversity for institutions -- The psychology of diversity : principles and prospects -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959220103321 |
| Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I terremoti d'Italia : saggio di storia, geografia e bibliografia sismica italiana / Mario Baratta
| I terremoti d'Italia : saggio di storia, geografia e bibliografia sismica italiana / Mario Baratta |
| Autore | Baratta, Mario |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sala Bolognese : Arnaldo Forni, 1979 |
| Descrizione fisica | 950 p. : ill., tav. ; 21 cm. |
| Soggetto topico | Terremoti-Italia-1-1898 |
| Classificazione |
52.9.3
361.5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001294399707536 |
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Baratta, Mario
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| Sala Bolognese : Arnaldo Forni, 1979 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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