Overview

Here the premier scholar of globalisation studies has brought together the classic gems of the field since it emerged in the 1980s. Manageable in length and price, this accessible volume of “greatest hits” is perfect for all readers wanting to know how globalisation has evolved and the way in which it serves as a backdrop to the current global economic crisis.

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Author:   Manfred B. Steger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Paradigm
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781594516627

ISBN 10:   1594516626
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   07 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction, Manfred B. Steger Chapter 1: The Globalization of Markets, Theodore Levitt Chapter 2: Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy, Arjun Appadurai Chapter 3: The Globalization of Modernity, Anthony Giddens Chapter 4: Mapping the Global Condition, Roland Robertson Chapter 5: Globalization: A Necessary Myth? Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson Chapter 6: Preface to Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri Chapter 7: The Global City Model, Saskia Sassen Chapter 8: The Globalization of Sexual Identities, Dennis Altman Chapter 9: Globalization: An Ascendant Paradigm? James A. Mittelman Chapter 10: The Promise of Global Institutions, Joseph Stiglitz Chapter 11: Five Meanings of Global Civil Society, Mary Kaldor Chapter 12: Al Qaeda and the New Terrorists, Olivier Roy Chapter 13: From Market Globalism to Imperial Globalism: Ideology and American Power after 9/11, Manfred B. Steger Chapter 14: The World as a Polder: What Does It All Mean to Us Today? Jared Diamond Chapter 15: The Spectre That Haunts the Global Economy?: The Challenge of Global Feminism, Valentine Moghadam Chapter 16: Arguing Globalizations: Propositions towards an Investigation of Global Formation, Paul James Chapter 17: The Urban Climacteric, Mike Davis Chapter 18: The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance, Manuel Castells Chapter 19: Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums, Jackie Smith and Marina Karides, et al. Chapter 20: Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? William H. McNeill

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Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Director of the Globalism Research Centre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He is also Program Leader of “Globalization and Culture,” in the Global Cities Institute at RMIT University. In addition, he is Senior Research Fellow at the Globalization Research Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and an affiliated graduate faculty member with the University of Political Science at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He has delivered many lectures on globalization, ideology, and non-violence in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. Comprised of 16 books, dozens of articles and book chapters, and numerous reviews, Professor Steger's academic work has been cited widely in the pertinent literature. His book, Globalism: The New Market Ideology (Rowman & Littlefield 2002) won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award of the New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association. He has been a consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and an advisor on a U.S. Public Television series on the rise and fall of socialism. Favorable reviews of his work have appeared in numerous academic journals including the American Political Science Review and International Affairs. Professor Steger serves on several editorial boards of academic journals as well as on the advisory boards of several globalization research centers around the world. He has been a recipient of research grants from many institutions, including the U.S. National Endowment of the Humanities. His latest book project is The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the War on Terror (Oxford University Press 2008).

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