Globalization a very short introduction

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  • Author: Steger, Manfred B.
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    Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time - a term that describes a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are transforming our experience of the world, Fully updated for 2009, this Very Short Introduction provides an accessible exploration of both the causes and effects of globalization. --BOOK JACKET.

    Contents:
    • Preface to the second edition
    • Globalization: a contested concept
    • Globalization and history: is globalization a new phenomenon?
    • The economic dimension of globalization
    • The political dimension of globalization
    • The cultural dimension of globalization
    • The ecological dimension of globalization
    • Ideologies of globalization: market, globalism, justice globalism, jihadist globalism
    • Assessing the future of globalization.
    Original Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
    Language(s): English

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Abstract

Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time - a term that describes a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are transforming our experience of the world, Fully updated for 2009, this Very Short Introduction provides an accessible exploration of both the causes and effects of globalization. --BOOK JACKET.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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9780199552269

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