Global dimensions [[electronic resource] ] : space, place and the contemporary world / / John Rennie Short
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Short John R
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| Titolo: |
Global dimensions [[electronic resource] ] : space, place and the contemporary world / / John Rennie Short
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Reaktion, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 304.23 |
| 337 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Globalization |
| International relations | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Global Dimensions Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 The Dialectics of Globalization; 2 What Time is this Place?; 3 Does a Global Polity Mean the End of the Nation-State?; 4 A Global Economy?; 5 Global Cultures; 6 Border Spaces; 7 The Annihilation of Space, the Tyranny of Time; 8 Democratizing Globalization; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations |
| Sommario/riassunto: | John Rennie Short disagrees with the common, negative stereotype of globalization, arguing that the world today actually thrives on local differences and that a global polity tends to reinforce - not repress - the power of individual nation-states. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Global dimensions |
| ISBN: | 1-282-26434-6 |
| 9786612264344 | |
| 1-86189-510-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910345154803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Focus on contemporary issues.