Ritzer / Dean Globalization

A Basic Text
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-68834-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 552 Seiten, E-Book

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.
* Features updates and revisions in its accessible introduction to key theories and major topics in globalization
* Includes an enhanced emphasis on issues relating to global governance, emerging technology, global flows of people, human trafficking, global justice movements, and global environmental sustainability
* Utilizes a unique set of metaphors to introduce and explain the highly complex nature of globalization in an engaging and understandable manner
* Offers an interdisciplinary approach to globalization by drawing from fields that include sociology, global political economy, political science, international relations, geography, and anthropology
* Written by an internationally recognized and experienced author team

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritzer, George

Dean, Paul

Über Autor(innen)

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He has authored numerous books, including The McDonaldization of Society (Seventh Edition, 2012); and is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007) and The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012).
Paul Dean is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is co-editor of The Sociological Cinema, a website promoting video to teach and learn sociology.