Globalization: The Essentials

George Ritzer

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Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019

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A concise exploration of globalization and its role in the contemporary era  Driven by technological advancements and global corporations, more and more people are swept up by globalizing processes, creating new winners and losers. Globalization: The Essentials explores the flows, structures, processes, and consequences of globalization in the modern economic, political, and cultural landscape. This comprehensive introduction offers balanced coverage of areas such as global economic and cultural flows, environmental sustainability, the impact of technology, and racial, economic, and gender inequality ? providing readers with foundational knowledge of globalization. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition includes expanded coverage of human trafficking and migration, global climate change, fake news and information wars, and transnational social movements with increased emphasis on examples from Central and South America, Africa, and Asia: Offers a straightforward approach to the multiple facets of globalization and their positive and negative influences on contemporary societyEmploys unique metaphors and a coherent narrative structure to promote intuitive understanding of abstract conceptsIntroduces cutting-edge research, updated statistics, and real-world examples in areas such as rising global populism, social justice movements, blockchain technology, and cryptocurrenciesProvides an efficient and flexible pedagogical structure, allowing integration with instructor?s own course material Emphasizing student comprehension, a wide range of source material is incorporated including empirical research, relevant theories, newspaper and magazine articles, and popular books and monographs. Examples of current research and recent global developments, such as emerging economies and global health concerns, encourage classroom discussion and promote independent study.  Globalization: The Essentials ? a compact edition of the authors? full-sized textbook Globalization: A Basic Text ? provides concise coverage of the central concepts of this dynamic field. Offering a multidisciplinary approach, this textbook is an invaluable primary or supplemental resource for undergraduate study in any social science field, as well as coursework on economics, migration, inequality and stratification, and politics.…

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Titel
Globalization: The Essentials
Autor
George Ritzer
Verlag
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
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Good
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Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1119315204
ISBN-13
9781119315209
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2. Auflage

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