James W. Skillen

Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization

Critical Assessments at a Time of Growing Turmoil

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Produktbeschreibung

Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the essays in this volume offer a critical, historically informed assessment of the diverse dynamics that are undermining or nullifying current paradigms of thought and action in globalization studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780739126691
• ISBN-10: 0739126695
• Artikelnr.: 26056600

Autorenporträt

James W. Skillen directed the Center for Public Justice from 1981 to 2009. He taught political philosophy and international relations at three Christian colleges from 1973 to 1982. He is the author/editor of fourteen books, including The Good of Politics: A Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Introduction (2014) and A Covenant to Keep: Meditations on the Biblical Theme of Justice (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 To Look at the World Entirely Afresh Chapter 2 Kaleidoscopic
Change in World Affairs: Emerging Patterns of Sovereignty and Governance
Chapter 3 Faith and Globalization Chapter 4 Globalization and the State: A
View from Economics Chapter 5 The New Silk Road: Central Asia at the Global
Crossroads Chapter 6 Schooling and the Not-So-Sovereign State Chapter 7
Evangelical Christians: The New Internationalists? Chapter 8 Contending
Ways of Life