What is globalization? / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
By: Beck, Ulrich.
Contributor(s): Beck, Ulrich. Was ist Globalisierung? English.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2000Description: vii, 180 p. ; 23 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0745621252 (hbk); 0745621260 (pbk).Subject(s): International economic relations | International relations | GlobalizationDDC classification: 337Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 337 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00077576 |
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