Understanding Globalization

232 pages. Globalization is a highly debated term, and struggles over its meaning are pl ayed out in a variety of ways, from academe and the media to the streets of Seat tle, Melbourne and Genoa.This book provides a welcome introduction to the discourses, practices and technologies that have been grouped together under th at term. It outlines the historical contexts of globalization, and addresses the politics of naming that are so central to the reproduction of the narratives an d patterns of globalization.The authors examine specific sites that are b eing transformed by globalization such as capitalism, state governments, the med ia and cultural identity, and explore the notion of a post-globalization world.This will be a valuable book to undergraduate and MA students on communica tion, media, cultural studies, sociology, politics and development courses.