The Global Transformations Reader, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-7456-3135-6
Paperback
624 pages
May 2003, Polity
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This completely revised and fully updated edition of The
Global Transformations Reader brings together the most original
contributions from both sides of the argument and from a range of
disciplines. Many new chapters have been added, which incorporate
the most recent developments in the debate and set these in the
context of a global order that is in a constant state of
flux.
Organized as an accessible and comprehensive teaching text, the
Reader is divided into six sections covering all the key issues in
the debate:
- controversy over the meaning, causes and historical
significance of 'globalization'
- the transformation of state power and civil society;
- changing patterns of national culture;
- the power of global markets;
- global inequality and its consequences; and
- the nature of the global order and normative aspirations for its future.
The volume includes an extensive introduction by the editors,
reviewing, analysing and assessing the globalization debate. Short
but highly informative introductions to each section situate and
contextualize the individual readings.
This Reader will be of immense value to all those interested in
one of the most important debates of our time. It will appeal to
students of politics, international relations, economics,
sociology, geography, business studies and cultural studies.
The Global Transformations Reader is part of the internationally acclaimed series on globalization, which also includes Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture and Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Global Governance.