Globalization: Key Thinkers

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4321-2

Hardcover

224 pages

June 2010, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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A new textbook providing comprehensive coverage of the most important, well-known and most commonly-used globalization thinkers
The book also covers the dominant traditions and perspectives within the globalization debate, including theoretical perspectives from politics and international relations, sociology and social theory, cultural theory, anthropology and geography
Provides detailed coverage of each thinker or group of thinkers; allocates sufficient space to fully explore their contribution and significance
Each chapter includes a detailed discussion of author’s background and position, publishing history, the history of their reception, the development of their work, their central ideas, the critical debates surrounding their work and a critical discussion of its value for an understanding of contemporary globalization and its effects
Thinkers covered include key chapters on Anthony Giddens, David Held, Manuel Castells and Zygmunt Bauman, as well as more thematic chapters looking at Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, Antonio Hardt and Michael Negri, Arjun Appaduri, Ulf Hannerz, Roland Robertson, Robert Keohane, Joseph Stiglitz, Dani Rodrik, Peter Dicken and Saskia Sassen