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What Is Globalization?


What Is Globalization?

Paperback by Beck, Ulrich (Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich)

What Is Globalization?

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ISBN:
9780745621265
Publication Date:
26 Nov 1999
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Polity Press
Pages:
192 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 26 May 2024
What Is Globalization?

Description

This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate.

Contents

Foreword. Introduction. Vitual Tax-Payers. The National State Caught between World Economy and Individualization: What is to be Done?. The Globalization Shock: A Belated Discussion. Part I: Dimensions, Controversies, Definitions: . 1. The World Horizon Opens Up: On the Sociology of Globalization. 2. Transnational Civil Society: How a Cosmopolitan Vision is Emerging. 3. Contours of World Society: Rival Perspectives. Part II: Perspectives:. 4. Errors of Globalism. 5. Responses to Globalization. 6. Europe and Globalization. Conclusion: Decline a la Carte: The Brazilianization of Europe. Further Reading. Index.

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