Globalization : a basic text / George Ritzer and Paul Dean.
"As we revise this preface in January, 2021, we are struck by how much the events of the day both reflect, and are profoundly changing, the process of globalization. For example, all of our lives have been altered by the global pandemic of COVID-19. The deadly virus emerged in late 2019, and wi...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.,
2022.
|
| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Globalization I : Liquids, flows and structures
- Globalization II : Some basic issues, debates, and controversies
- Globalization and related processes : Imperialism, colonialism, development, westernization, easternization and Americanization
- Neoliberalism : Roots, principles, criticisms, and Neo-Marxian alternatives
- Global political structures and processes
- Structuring the global economy
- Global economic flaws : Production and consumption
- Global culture and cultural flows
- High-tech global flows and structures : Technology, mass media, the internet, and social media
- Global flows of people
- Global environmental flows
- Negative global flows and processes : Diseases, dangerous imports, crime, terrorism, war
- Global economic power and inequality : Class inequalities and global cities
- Global power and inequalities II : Race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality
- Dealing with, resisting, and the futures of, globalization.