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What is globalization? / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

By: Beck, Ulrich, 1944-.
Contributor(s): Beck, Ulrich, 1944-. Was ist Globalisierung? English.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2000Description: vii, 180 p. ; 23 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0745621252 (hbk); 0745621260 (pbk).Subject(s): International economic relations | International relations | GlobalizationDDC classification: 337
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Dimensions, controversies, definitions -- The world horizon opens up: On the sociology of globalization -- Transnational civil society: How a cosmopolitan vision is emerging -- Contours of world society: Rival perspectives -- Part II: Perspectives -- Errors of globalism -- Responses to globalization -- Europe and globalization -- Conclusion.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-174) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Dimensions, controversies, definitions -- The world horizon opens up: On the sociology of globalization -- Transnational civil society: How a cosmopolitan vision is emerging -- Contours of world society: Rival perspectives -- Part II: Perspectives -- Errors of globalism -- Responses to globalization -- Europe and globalization -- Conclusion.

Translation of: Was ist globalisierung?.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Vitual Tax-Payers
  • The National State Caught between World Economy and Individualization: What is to be Done?
  • The Globalization Shock: A Belated Discussion
  • Part I Dimensions, Controversies, Definitions
  • 1 The World Horizon Opens Up: On the Sociology of Globalization
  • 2 Transnational Civil Society: How a Cosmopolitan Vision is Emerging
  • 3 Contours of World Society: Rival Perspectives
  • Part II Perspectives
  • 4 Errors of Globalism
  • 5 Responses to Globalization
  • 6 Europe and Globalization
  • Conclusion: Decline a la Carte: The Brazilianization of Europe
  • Further Reading
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

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