Manfred B. Steger (Manoa University of Hawaii), Paul James (Western Sydney University)

Globalization Matters

Engaging the Global in Unsettled Times

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written for readers, scholars, and students concerned about a world in crisis, this book explains the continued significance of globalization in our unsettled times. Linking the theoretical and the practical, it offers a comprehensive appraisal of globalization in a world that is wavering between globalist expansion and nationalist retrenchment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781108456678
• ISBN-10: 1108456677
• Artikelnr.: 56875341

Autorenporträt

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa and Global Professorial Fellow in the Institute of Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. He is the author or editor of twenty-seven books, including: The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (2008), Justice Globalism: Ideology, Crises, Policy (2013), and Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: what is happening to globalization?
2. Mapping a new genealogy of 'globalization'
3. Rethinking the dominant framework of globalization theory
4. Considering the subjective dimensions of globalization
5. Outlining an engaged theory of globalization
6. Excavating the long history of globalization
7. Examining the promise of global studies
8. Making sense of the populist challenge to globalization
9. Confronting the global urban imaginary
10. Living in the unsettled world of the Anthropocene
11. Concluding reflections
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.