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The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies.
Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the world
Integrated use of a wide array of materials - empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etc
Makes extensive use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalization
Includes a glossary of key terms
Designed to work either on its own or as a package with an accompanying cross-referenced reader constructed around the basic concepts of globalization
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The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies.
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and his awards include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He has authored numerous books, including several student textbooks, and is editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007 and continuing online), and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (forthcoming). His books, the best known of which is The McDonaldization of Society (1993; 2008), have been translated into over 20 languages.
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George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and his awards include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He has authored numerous books, including several student textbooks, and is editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007 and continuing online), and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (forthcoming). His books, the best known of which is The McDonaldization of Society (1993; 2008), have been translated into over 20 languages.
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The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization: A Basic Text provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies. Written in a highly accessible style, and drawing on sources both academic and popular, the book adopts a definition of globalization that emphasizes transplanetary flows and the structures that both expedite and impede those flows.
Driven by a range of theories from imperialism and Americanization (and anti-Americanism), to neo-liberalism and the neo-Marxian alternatives, as well the major types of cultural theory, the book examines the key events in the history of globalization, and the principle flows and structures produced in the course of that history. Among the major topics covered are the economy, culture, technology, media and the Internet, migration, the environment, global inequalities, and the future of globalization.
Making extensive use of maps and with a glossary of key terms, this book offers the reader not only a descriptive, but also a critical, analysis of globalization.
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List of Figures.
Preface.
1. Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures.
Some of the Basics.
From Solids to Liquids (to Gases).
Flows.
Does Globalization Hop Rather Than Flow?
Heavy, Light, Weightless.
Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows.
Heavy Structures as Barriers to Flows.
Subtler Structural Barriers.
Structure and Process.
On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows (and Processes) and Structures.
Thinking About Global Flows and Structures.
Chapter Summary.
2. Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies.
Is There Such a Thing as Globalization?
If There Is Such a Thing as Globalization, When Did It Begin?
Globalization or Globalizations?
What Drives Globalization?
If There Is Such a Thing as Globalization, Is It Inexorable?
Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand?
If Globalization Is Not Inexorable, Has It Gone Too Far?
What, if Anything, Can be Done About Globalization?
Chapter Summary.
3. Globalization and Related Processes I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization.
Imperialism.
Colonialism.
Development.
Westernization.
Easternization.
Comparisons with Globalization.
The Era of the "Posts".
Chapter Summary.
4. Globalization and Related Processes II: Americanization and Anti-Americanism.
Clarifying Americanization.
Some Useful Conceptual Distinctions.
America's Logistical Technologies.
A Broader and Deeper View of the Americanization of Consumer Culture.
An American Empire?
Minimizing the Importance of Americanization.
Anti-Americanism.
Post-Americanization.
Chapter Summary.
5. Neo-Liberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives.
The Past, Present, and Future of Neo-Liberalism.
Neo-Liberalism: An Exemplary Statement and the Basic Principles.
Popular Neo-Liberal "Theory": The Case of Thomas Friedman.
Critiquing Neo-Liberalism.
Neo-Liberalism as Exception.
Neo-Liberalism: The Case of Israel
The End of History.
The Death of Neo-Liberalism?
Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism.
Chapter Summary.
6. 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.
Regional Political Organizations.
Global Governance.
Civil Society.
Other Players.
Chapter Summary.
7. Structuring the Global Economy.
Before Bretton Woods.
Bretton Woods and the Bretton Woods System.
The End of Bretton Woods.
Changes in, and Critiques of, Bretton-Woods-Era Organizations.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
European Union (Common Market).
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
MERCOSUR.
OPEC.
The Multinational Corporation (MNC).
World Economic Forum.
The Myth of Economic Globalization?
Chapter Summary.
8. Global Economic Flows: Production and Consumption.
Trade.
Increasing Competition for Commodities.
The Economic Impact of the Flow of Oil.
Race to the Bottom and Upgrading.
Outsourcing.
Financial Globalization. Corp...