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Globalization: The Key Concepts
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Artikel-Nr:
9780415368605
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.02.2007
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Annabelle Mooney
Gewicht:
345 g
Format:
214x142x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Annabelle Mooney is a Lecturer at Roehampton University. Her research interests include marginal religious movements, the semiotics of law, HIV and quality of life.Betsy Evans is a Research Associate at Cardiff University. Her research interests include language variation and change and attitudes to varieties of language.
Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:
- homogenization
- neo-Liberalism
- risk
- knowledge society
- time-space compression
- reflexivity.
With extensive cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential resource for students and interested readers alike as they navigate the literature on globalization studies.
Globalisation: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this highly topical and cross-disciplinary subject.
Key to Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Key Concepts