Sociology of the Global System (Social change in global perspective) - Softcover

Sklair, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745009336 ISBN 13: 9780745009339

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1990

Synopsis

This book aims to establish the conceptual viability of the global system by presenting some sociological propositions about how it works, and why it works in the ways that it does. While not ignoring a more traditional state-centred approach, Leslie Sklair offers a conception of the global system based on transnational practices. He argues that these operate in three spheres: economic; political; and cultural-ideological. In the concrete conditions of the world as it is, a world largely structured by global capitalism in its various forms, each of these practices is typically, if not exclusively, characterized by a key institution.

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Review:

"I find the work highly original and innovative in connecting themes which too often are looked at discretely. It is informed both by the author's own field research and by his long-standingand wide-ranging critical reflection on sociology as a whole." -- Aidan Foster-Carter, University of Leeds.

About the Author:

Leslie Sklair is Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published widely in the fields of sociological theory and the sociology of development and has been a consultant to the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0745009336
• ISBN 13: 9780745009339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256