Globalization Revisited (Critical Issues in Global Politics) - Hardcover

Thompson, Grahame

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138782890 ISBN 13: 9781138782891

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Written by one of the leading scholars of global politics, Globalization Revisited is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains the challenges to liberalism and the global order as result of globalizing forces - from financial interconnectedness to the growth of religious fundamentalisms.

The text:

• provides a detailed analysis of the economic and financial aspects of globalization;

• examines the changes to global power and governance created by globalization including its effect on the sovereignty of the nation state;
• discusses recent trends such as the increased use of networks and social media;
• assesses the rise of globalizing fundamentalism;
• analyzes the challenges to globalization posed by contemporary events such as the global financial crisis.

This book will be essential reading for all students of globalization, and will be of great interest to students of global politics and global governance.

About this title

About the Author:

Grahame Thompson is Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Business and Politics, The Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the Open University, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1138782890
• ISBN 13: 9781138782891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222