Globalization: A Basic Text, 2nd Edition

Ritzer

ISBN 10: 1118687124 / ISBN 13: 9781118687123

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Globalization: A Basic Text, 2nd Edition
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118687124
• ISBN 13: 9781118687123
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.

• Features updates and revisions in its accessible introduction to key theories and major topics in globalization
• Includes an enhanced emphasis on issues relating to global governance, emerging technology, global flows of people, human trafficking, global justice movements, and global environmental sustainability
• Utilizes a unique set of metaphors to introduce and explain the highly complex nature of globalization in an engaging and understandable manner
• Offers an interdisciplinary approach to globalization by drawing from fields that include sociology, global political economy, political science, international relations, geography, and anthropology
• Written by an internationally recognized and experienced author team

About the Authors

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He has authored numerous books, including The McDonaldization of Society (Seventh Edition, 2012); and is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007) and The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012).

Paul Dean is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is co-editor of The Sociological Cinema, a website promoting video to teach and learn sociology.

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He has authored numerous books, including The McDonaldization of Society (7th edition, 2012), and is editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012) and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007).
Paul Dean is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is co-editor of The Sociological Cinema, a website promoting video to teach and learn sociology.