The Globalization Reader

By John Boli

Book Overview

The Globalization Reader makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debates. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. The editors have replaced several abstract articles from the first edition with livelier, more accessible essays that reflect the current scholarship. With new case studies, and a more international focus, this second edition is an even better introduction to globalization studies. Fully revised and updated - includes 30 new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. Wide-ranging - across economic, political, cultural, and experiential dimensions of social change. Inclusive - covering a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and capturing some of the fault lines in current debates. Stimulating - not only by including well-written, provocative, and contemporary works but also by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting themes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405102802
• ISBN13: 9781405102803
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

thoughtful views from noted personages

The editors put together an impressive pedigree of authors of the book's chapters. Foremost amongst these is Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations. He discusses how modern states still have a place in this era of increasing globalisation. Then Nobelist Amartya Sen asks how to judge its successes and failures. He suggests that it has much to offer. But also cautions that multinationals often prefer working in autocracies than in free wheeling democracies. And globalisation tends to deal in spreading capitalism rather than democracy. Historian Samuel Huntington, philosopher Hans Kung and many others also give variant takes. More optimistic, though with qualifications. You can ponder the essays as posing more thoughtful and measured views than many shrill screeds on the subject.