| Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Gazing at the world; The world and our knowledge of it; A problem-posing approach; Our itinerary; Note to the reader; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to globalization; 1.1 Images of a complex world; 1.2 Theoretical framework; 1.2.1 Core concepts; 1.2.2 Central debates; 1.2.3 Key trends; 1.2.4 Can we measure it? Explanatory magnitudes; 1.2.5 Unanswered questions; 1.3 Four theories of globalization; 1.3.1 World-systems theory (Wallerstein); 1.3.2 Neorealism (Keohane and Nye) |
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1.3.3 World polity theory (Boli and Meyer)1.3.4 World culture theory (Roland Robertson); 1.4 Explaining globalization: ideologies; 1.4.1 Neoliberal globalization; 1.4.2 The alter-globalization movement; 1.4.3 Jihadist globalism; 1.4.4 Authoritarian globalism; 1.4.5 Anti-globalization groups; 1.5 How should we "read" today's world?; 2. Social change, technology and collective identities; 2.1 Globalization and social change; 2.1.1 Agents and factors; 2.1.2 Characteristics of societies undergoing globalization; 2.1.3 A historical vision of the baselines: towards a new social model |
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2.1.4 The information society and changes in the labour market2.2 Technological change and the risk society; 2.3 Culture and its functions; 2.4 The culture of the globalized market economy; 2.5 Cultural globalization and conflict of identities; 2.5.1 A tour of identities in a globalized world; 2.5.2 Globalization and conflict; 3. Economic globalization; 3.1 A sociological approach to economics: definitions and concepts; 3.2 Economic globalization: concepts, phases and characteristics; 3.3 Economic globalization at the beginning of the 21st century |
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3.3.1 Global production chains and changes in the world production structure3.4 Economic globalization: strategies and reactions; 3.4.1 The rise of geo-economics: geo-economic strategies; 3.4.2 Reactions against neoliberal globalization; 3.4.3 The relationship between globalization and inequality; 4. Financial globalization; 4.1 Macroeconomic imbalances and financial imbalances; 4.2 Lessons from the recent financial crises; 4.3 An introduction to financialization; 4.3.1 Basic concepts; 4.3.2 Causes, consequences and the new investment culture; 4.4 Main agents of financialization |
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4.4.1 Hedge funds4.4.2 Sovereign wealth funds; 4.4.3 Rating agencies; 4.4.4 Tax havens; 5. Contemporary corporate culture; 5.1 The rise of functionalism in management science; 5.2 The management function and big business; 5.3 Towards a new corporate culture; 5.3.1 Here comes trouble; 5.3.2 Enterprise and the rediscovery of social expectations; 6. State sovereignty and world governance; 6.1 Erosion of state sovereignty; 6.2 Crisis of the nation-state; 6.3 The state face to face with the globalization trilemma; Option 1: The budget girdle; Option 2: Global federalism |
| Notes |
Option 3: The choice of limited globalization |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351284158 |
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1351284150 |
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