{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-globalization-isbn-9781119250722","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Globalization","description":"This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the major players, theories, and methodologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the major areas of impact, including the environment, cities, outsourcing, consumerism, global media, politics, religion, and public health\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the foremost concerns of global inequality, corruption, international terrorism, war, and the future of globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWide-ranging and comprehensive, an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTION 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony McGrew\u003c\/i\u003e 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What Is Globalization?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoland Robertson and Kathleen E. White\u003c\/i\u003e 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Antonio\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Globalization: The Major Players\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge M. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Globalization Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Boli and Velina Petrova\u003c\/i\u003e 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Theories of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam I. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvatore Babones\u003c\/i\u003e 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-fi rst Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlrich Beck\u003c\/i\u003e 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE MAJOR DOMAINS 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubhrajit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi\u003c\/i\u003e 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Globalization and the Agrarian World\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip McMichael\u003c\/i\u003e 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Globalization and the Environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Yearley\u003c\/i\u003e 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Cities and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma\u003c\/i\u003e 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Sociology of Global Organizations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStewart Clegg and Chris Carter\u003c\/i\u003e 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Economic Globalization: Corporations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Dicken\u003c\/i\u003e 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer and Craig Lair\u003c\/i\u003e 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Globalization and Consumer Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas J. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Cultural Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Tomlinson\u003c\/i\u003e 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Globalization and Ideology\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManfred B. Steger\u003c\/i\u003e 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Media and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward Tumber and Frank Webster\u003c\/i\u003e 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Political Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Delanty and Chris Rumford\u003c\/i\u003e 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Globalization and Public Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Blackman\u003c\/i\u003e 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Religion and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Beyer\u003c\/i\u003e 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Globalization and Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Manicas\u003c\/i\u003e 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Sport and Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger\u003c\/i\u003e 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The Fate of the Local\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr\u003c\/i\u003e 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach\u003c\/i\u003e 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 539\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/i\u003e 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling\u003c\/i\u003e 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. World Inequality in the Twenty-fi rst Century: Patterns and Tendencies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran\u003c\/i\u003e 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Globalization and Corruption\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Warner\u003c\/i\u003e 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Globalization and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathryn Farr\u003c\/i\u003e 610\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. War in the Era of Economic Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerald Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e 630\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Globalization and International Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGus Martin\u003c\/i\u003e 644\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Resisting Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Kahn and Douglas Kellner\u003c\/i\u003e 662\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. The Futures of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan S. Turner\u003c\/i\u003e 675\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 693\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Ritzer \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association and he has authored many refereed articles and more than 25 books, including monographs, reference works, and textbooks. He has been a major contributor to the literature on globalization as an author and editor, especially \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization \u003c\/i\u003e(5 vols., 2012); \u003ci\u003eGlobalization: A Basic Text \u003c\/i\u003e(2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e edition,  2015 with Paul Dean), \u003ci\u003eThe McDonaldization of Society\u003c\/i\u003e (8 editions, last in 2015), \u003ci\u003eExpressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (\u003c\/i\u003e1995) and \u003ci\u003eThe Globalization of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition 2007). He is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e (11 vols., 2007; 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e ed. forthcoming).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis companion features 35 original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays focus on key questions in the debate surrounding globalization: does globalization bring with it more or less inequality? How is power distributed globally? What role does technology play? What is the significance of the nation-state in contemporary globalization? The volume also explores the often overlooked underbelly of globalization, including coverage of international terrorism, sex trafficking, corruption, war, and environmental problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major players, theories, and methodologies, and explores the major areas affected by globalization including the environment, media and communication, and economic and social relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990169370853,"sku":"NP9781119250722","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119250722.jpg?v=1761786768","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-globalization-isbn-9781119250722","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}