The Blackwell Companion to Globalization

Author:   George Ritzer (University of Maryland, USA)
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Pages:   752
Publication Date:   30 September 2016
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Author:   George Ritzer (University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
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9781119250722


ISBN 10:   1119250722
Pages:   752
Publication Date:   30 September 2016
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List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x Introduction George Ritzer 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION 15 Introduction to Part I George Ritzer 16 1. Globalization in Hard Times: Contention in the Academy and Beyond Anthony McGrew 29 2. What Is Globalization? Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White 54 3. The Cultural Construction of Neoliberal Globalization Robert J. Antonio 67 4. Globalization: The Major Players George M. Thomas 84 5. Globalization Today John Boli and Velina Petrova 103 6. Theories of Globalization William I. Robinson 125 7. Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues Salvatore Babones 144 8. Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the Twenty-fi rst Century Ulrich Beck 162 PART II: THE MAJOR DOMAINS 177 Introduction to Part II George Ritzer 178 9. The End of Globalization? The Implications of Migration for State, Society and Economy Subhrajit Guhathakurta, David Jacobson and Nicholas C. DelSordi 201 10. Globalization and the Agrarian World Philip McMichael 216 11. Globalization and the Environment Steve Yearley 239 12. Cities and Globalization Michael Timberlake and Xiulian Ma 254 13. The Sociology of Global Organizations Stewart Clegg and Chris Carter 272 14. Economic Globalization: Corporations Peter Dicken 291 15. Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond George Ritzer and Craig Lair 307 16. Globalization and Consumer Culture Douglas J. Goodman 330 17. Cultural Globalization John Tomlinson 352 18. Globalization and Ideology Manfred B. Steger 367 19. Media and Globalization Douglas Kellner and Clayton Pierce 383 20. Globalization and Information and Communications Technologies: The Case of War Howard Tumber and Frank Webster 396 21. Political Globalization Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford 414 22. Globalization and Public Policy Tim Blackman 429 23. Religion and Globalization Peter Beyer 444 24. Globalization and Higher Education Peter Manicas 461 25. Sport and Globalization David L. Andrews and Andrew D. Grainger 478 26. The Fate of the Local Melissa L. Caldwell and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr 498 27. Public Health in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities Farnoosh Hashemian and Derek Yach 516 PART III: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 539 Introduction to Part III George Ritzer 540 28. Globalization and Global Inequalities: Recent Trends Glenn Firebaugh and Brian Goesling 549 29. World Inequality in the Twenty-fi rst Century: Patterns and Tendencies Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran 565 30. Globalization and Corruption Carolyn Warner 593 31. Globalization and Sexuality Kathryn Farr 610 32. War in the Era of Economic Globalization Gerald Schneider 630 33. Globalization and International Terrorism Gus Martin 644 34. Resisting Globalization Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner 662 35. The Futures of Globalization Bryan S. Turner 675 Index 693

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The stimulating essays in this remarkably comprehensive collection cover important global trends, present intriguing theoretical perspectives, and take sides in current debates on globalization. Many illustrate what Ritzer calls the globophobic thrust in recent work on the subject. This volume is required reading for serious students of globalization. Frank J. Lechner, Emory University This is a thoroughly collated, unique combination of encyclopaedic surveys of the major controversies that split/unite the on-going debate on the origins, dynamics and the prospects of globalization, with illuminating case studies exploring the diverse impacts of globalizing pressures on contemporary life in all parts of the planet. An exceptionally useful reference, gathering under one cover texts otherwise difficult to access and seldom considered together. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw The stimulating essays in this remarkably comprehensive collection cover important global trends, present intriguing theoretical perspectives, and take sides in current debates on globalization. Many illustrate what Ritzer calls the globophobic thrust in recent work on the subject. This volume is required reading for serious students of globalization. Frank J. Lechner, Emory University This is a thoroughly collated, unique combination of encyclopaedic surveys of the major controversies that split/unite the on-going debate on the origins, dynamics and the prospects of globalization, with illuminating case studies exploring the diverse impacts of globalizing pressures on contemporary life in all parts of the planet. An exceptionally useful reference, gathering under one cover texts otherwise difficult to access and seldom considered together. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw


The stimulating essays in this remarkably comprehensive collection cover important global trends, present intriguing theoretical perspectives, and take sides in current debates on globalization. Many illustrate what Ritzer calls the globophobic thrust in recent work on the subject. This volume is required reading for serious students of globalization. Frank J. Lechner, Emory University This is a thoroughly collated, unique combination of encyclopaedic surveys of the major controversies that split/unite the on-going debate on the origins, dynamics and the prospects of globalization, with illuminating case studies exploring the diverse impacts of globalizing pressures on contemporary life in all parts of the planet. An exceptionally useful reference, gathering under one cover texts otherwise difficult to access and seldom considered together. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw


The stimulating essays in this remarkably comprehensive collection cover important global trends, present intriguing theoretical perspectives, and take sides in current debates on globalization. Many illustrate what Ritzer calls the globophobic thrust in recent work on the subject. This volume is required reading for serious students of globalization. Frank J. Lechner, Emory University This is a thoroughly collated, unique combination of encyclopaedic surveys of the major controversies that split/unite the on-going debate on the origins, dynamics and the prospects of globalization, with illuminating case studies exploring the diverse impacts of globalizing pressures on contemporary life in all parts of the planet. An exceptionally useful reference, gathering under one cover texts otherwise difficult to access and seldom considered together. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw The stimulating essays in this remarkably comprehensive collection cover important global trends, present intriguing theoretical perspectives, and take sides in current debates on globalization. Many illustrate what Ritzer calls the globophobic thrust in recent work on the subject. This volume is required reading for serious students of globalization. Frank J. Lechner, Emory University This is a thoroughly collated, unique combination of encyclopaedic surveys of the major controversies that split/unite the on-going debate on the origins, dynamics and the prospects of globalization, with illuminating case studies exploring the diverse impacts of globalizing pressures on contemporary life in all parts of the planet. An exceptionally useful reference, gathering under one cover texts otherwise difficult to access and seldom considered together. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw


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George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association and he has authored many refereed articles and more than 25 books, including monographs, reference works, and textbooks. He has been a major contributor to the literature on globalization as an author and editor, especially The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 vols., 2012); Globalization: A Basic Text (2nd edition,  2015 with Paul Dean), The McDonaldization of Society (8 editions, last in 2015), Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (1995) and The Globalization of Nothing (2nd edition 2007). He is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols., 2007; 2nd ed. forthcoming).

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