Betsy Evans / Annabelle Mooney (eds.)

Globalization

The Key Concepts
Herausgegeben:Mooney, Annabelle; Evans, Betsy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:

homogenizationneo-Liberalismriskknowledge societytime-space compressionreflexivity.

With extensive cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential resource for students and interested readers alike as they navigate the literature on globalization studies.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Key Guides
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU860XZ
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780415368605
• ISBN-10: 041536860X
• Artikelnr.: 21536340

Autorenporträt

Annabelle Mooney is a Lecturer at Roehampton University. Her research interests include marginal religious movements, the semiotics of law, HIV and quality of life. Betsy Evans is a Research Associate at Cardiff University. Her research interests include language variation and change and attitudes to varieties of language.

Inhaltsangabe

Key to Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Key Concepts

Rezensionen

'Mooney (Roehampton Univ.) and Evans (Cardiff Univ.) provide a condensed, single volume that defines over 350 key concepts and terms within the field of globalization studies.' -- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'The concise entries range in length from single to multiple paragraphs. They represent an important starting point in the study of globalization.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'This work is a great alternative to multivolume globalization encyclopedias and should be in every reference collection.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'Mooney (Roehampton Univ.) and Evans (Cardiff Univ.) provide a condensed, single volume that defines over 350 key concepts and terms within the field of globalization studies.' -- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'The concise entries range in length from single to multiple paragraphs. They represent an important starting point in the study of globalization.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'This work is a great alternative to multivolume globalization encyclopedias and should be in every reference collection.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice