| Description |
x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Globalization and governance |
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Globalization and governance.
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| Contents |
Unpacking the globalization debate: approaches, evidence and data / Andreas Busch -- Izations of the world: Americanization, modernization and globalization / Peter J. Taylor -- State sovereignty, globalization and the rise of soft capitalism / Nigel Thrift -- Globalization and its other(s): three 'new kinds of Orientalism' and the political economy of trans-border identity / Ngai-Ling Sum -- Globalization and regionalization in central Europe: positive and negative responses to the global challenge / Atilla Ágh -- In but not of the world? Japan, globalization and the 'end of history' / John Clammer -- Globalization and European integration / Daniel Wincott |
| Summary |
"In this volume international academics assess the contribution of the globalization thesis, in its various guises, to our understanding of social, political and economic change in contemporary societies. The authors cast a critical and in large part, sceptical gaze over some of the often exaggerated and wilfully extrapolated claims made in the name of globalization, whilst seeking to transcend the disciplinary shackles that have come to characterize, as they have come to limit, our understanding of the dynamic processes and mechanisms of globalization. They expose, challenge and demystify many of our intuitive assumptions about this complex and contested process, developing a distinctive 'third wave' perspective on the phenomena variously referred to as economic, political, social and cultural globalization."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Americanisation |
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Democracy |
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Economic integration |
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Economic rationalism |
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Globalisation |
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Nation state |
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Overseas item |
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Regional trading blocs |
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Social change |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a conference on "Globalization: critical perspectives" held at the University of Birmingham 14-16 March, 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Congresses.
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Globalization.
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International cooperation -- Congresses.
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International cooperation.
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International economic relations.
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International relations -- Congresses.
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International relations.
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Social change.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hay, Colin, 1968-
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Marsh, David, 1946-
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University of Birmingham. Department of Political Science and International Studies.
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Conference on "Globalization: Critical Perspectives" (1997 : Birmingham, England)
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| LC no. |
99048153 |
| ISBN |
0312230273 (St. Martin's Press) |
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0333778952 (Macmillan) |
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0333968573 (paperback) |
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