The Blackwell companion to Globalization /

The Blackwell companion to Globalization / edited by George Ritzer. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. - xix, 731 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Globalization in hard times : contention in the academy and beyond / What is globalization? / The cultural construction of neoliberal globalization / Globalization : the major players / Globalization today / Theories of globalization / Studying globalization : methodological issues / Cosmopolitanism : a critical theory for the twenty-first century / The end of globalization? : the implications of migration for state, society and economy / Globalization and the agrarian world / Globalization and the environment / Cities and globalization / The sociology of global organizations / Economic globalization : corporations / Outsourcing : globalization and beyond / Globalization and consumer culture / Cultural globalization / Globalization and ideology / Media and globalization / Globalization and information and communications technologies : the case of war / Political globalization / Globalisation and public policy / Religion and globalization / Globalization and higher education / Sport and globalization / The fate of the local / Public health in a globalizing world : challenges and opportunities / Globalization and global inequalities : recent trends / World inequality in the twenty-first century : patterns and tendencies / Globalization and corruption / Globalization and sexuality / War in the era of economic globalization / Globalization and international terrorism / Resisting globalization / The futures of globalization / Anthony McGrew -- Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White -- Robert J. Antonio -- George M. Thomas -- John Boli and Velina Petrova -- William I. Robinson -- Salvatore Babones -- Ulrich Beck -- Subrahjit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi -- Philip McMichael -- Steve Yearley -- Michael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma -- Stewart Clegg and Chris Carter -- Peter Dicken -- George Ritzer and Craig Lair -- Douglas J. Goodman -- John Tomlinson -- Manfred B. Steger -- Douglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce -- Howard Tumber and Frank Webster -- Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford -- Tim Blackman -- Peter Beyer -- Peter Manicas -- David L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger -- Melissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada, Jr. -- Farnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach -- Glenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling -- Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran -- Carolyn Warner -- Kathryn Farr -- Gerald Schneider -- Gus Martin -- Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner -- Bryan S. Turner.

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