Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Manfred Steger

ISBN 10: 0199552266 / ISBN 13: 9780199552269

Published by OUP Oxford 22/01/2009, 2009

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Title: Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (...

Publisher: OUP Oxford 22/01/2009

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic - and this Very Short Introduction has been fully updated for 2009, to include developments in global politics, the impact of terrorism, and environmental issues.

Presenting globalization in accessible language as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life, Manfred B. Steger looks at its causes and effects, examines whether it is a new phenomenon, and explores the question of whether, ultimately, globalization is a good or a bad thing.

About the Author:

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Academic Director of the Globalism Institute at RMIT University. He is also Program Leader of 'Globalization and Culture' in the Global Cities Institute at RMIT University; Senior Research Fellow at the Globalization Research Center in Honolulu, Hawai'I; and an affiliated faculty member with the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. His most recent publications include The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (2008); Globalism: Market Ideology Meets Terrorism (2005); and The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy (2006). His study Globalism: The New Market Ideology (2002) won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award of the New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association, and Steger has also acted as a consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department.