{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-globalization-9781119250722","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Globalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis companion features 35 original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTION 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony McGrew\u003c\/i\u003e 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What Is Globalization?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoland Robertson and Kathleen E. White\u003c\/i\u003e 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Antonio\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Globalization: The Major Players\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge M. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Globalization Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Boli and Velina Petrova\u003c\/i\u003e 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Theories of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam I. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvatore Babones\u003c\/i\u003e 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-fi rst Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlrich Beck\u003c\/i\u003e 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE MAJOR DOMAINS 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubhrajit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi\u003c\/i\u003e 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Globalization and the Agrarian World\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip McMichael\u003c\/i\u003e 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Globalization and the Environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Yearley\u003c\/i\u003e 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Cities and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma\u003c\/i\u003e 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Sociology of Global Organizations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStewart Clegg and Chris Carter\u003c\/i\u003e 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Economic Globalization: Corporations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Dicken\u003c\/i\u003e 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer and Craig Lair\u003c\/i\u003e 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Globalization and Consumer Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas J. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Cultural Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Tomlinson\u003c\/i\u003e 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Globalization and Ideology\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManfred B. Steger\u003c\/i\u003e 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Media and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward Tumber and Frank Webster\u003c\/i\u003e 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Political Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Delanty and Chris Rumford\u003c\/i\u003e 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Globalization and Public Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Blackman\u003c\/i\u003e 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Religion and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Beyer\u003c\/i\u003e 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Globalization and Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Manicas\u003c\/i\u003e 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Sport and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger\u003c\/i\u003e 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The Fate of the Local\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr\u003c\/i\u003e 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach\u003c\/i\u003e 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 539\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling\u003c\/i\u003e 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. World Inequality in the Twenty-fi rst Century: Patterns and Tendencies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran\u003c\/i\u003e 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Globalization and Corruption\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Warner\u003c\/i\u003e 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Globalization and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathryn Farr\u003c\/i\u003e 610\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. War in the Era of Economic Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerald Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e 630\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Globalization and International Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGus Martin\u003c\/i\u003e 644\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Resisting Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Kahn and Douglas Kellner\u003c\/i\u003e 662\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. The Futures of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan S. Turner\u003c\/i\u003e 675\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 693\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407019614551,"sku":"9781119250722","price":36.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119250722.jpg?v=1730497898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-globalization-9781119250722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}