Main content

Globalization : a very short introduction

Available Formats:

Details:

  • Author: Steger, Manfred B.
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Date:
    Issued
    2010
    Summary:

    Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time - a term that describes a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are transforming our experience of the world, Fully updated for 2009, this Very Short Introduction provides an accessible exploration of both the causes and effects of globalization.

    Contents:
    • Preface to the second edition
    • Globalization: a contested concept
    • Globalization and history: is globalization a new phenomenon?
    • The economic dimension of globalization
    • The political dimension of globalization
    • The cultural dimension of globalization
    • The ecological dimension of globalization
    • Ideologies of globalization: market, globalism, justice globalism, jihadist globalism
    • Assessing the future of globalization.
    Genre:
    Instructional and educational works, Business and economics
    Subject(s): Globalization | Economics
    Original Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
    Language(s): English