Globalization: Key Thinkers - Softcover

Jones, Dr Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745643221 ISBN 13: 9780745643229

Publisher: Polity, 2010

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This book offers a rather unique and original means of understanding the different perspectives on globalization. It cuts through jargon and presents in a clear fashion the arguments of the key thinkers.

Stephen D. Morris, Tennessee State University

This imaginative book offers an excellent grand tour of the monumental works by eighteen leading thinkers of contemporary globalization. Written in a highly systematic and yet critical manner, Jones’s book clearly stands out as the key introductory reference in the messy jungle of globalization studies.

Henry Yeung, National University of Singapore

Andrew Jones has produced an absorbing and detailed analysis of some of the key writers on globalization that provides a timely and critical assessment of the current state of knowledge in this somewhat crowded field.

Diane Perrons, London School of Economics

 

From the Back Cover:

Globalization: Key Thinkers offers a critical commentary on the leading thinkers in the contemporary globalization debate, as well as new arguments about the future direction of globalization thinking. The book guides the reader through the key arguments of leading thinkers, explaining their place in the wider globalization debate and evaluating their critical reception. Eleven thematic chapters focus on one or two key thinkers covering every aspect of the globalization debate including the theoretical arguments of Anthony Giddens and Manuel Castells, to the positive arguments of Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf and the reforming ideas of Joseph Stiglitz. Other chapters variously address the ideas of Immanuel Wallerstein, Arjun Appadurai, Paul Hirst, Naomi Klein, Grahame Thompson, David Held, Anthony McGrew, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Saskia Sassen and Peter Dicken. Each chapter also provides some carefully selected recommendations for further reading for the thinkers discussed. The book ends with a concluding chapter that examines how thinking about globalization is likely to develop in future. Whilst individual chapters can stand alone, the book is designed as a whole to enhance the reader's understanding of how different thinkers' ideas relate and contrast to each other.

About this edition

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0745643221
• ISBN 13: 9780745643229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270