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Author(s): Manfred B. Steger

ISBN(s): 9780191085000, 9780198779551, 0191085006, 0198779550, B06XNQ3BTQ

Edition: 4

File Details: EPUB, 1.82 MB

Year: 2017

Language: English

SKU: EB-54516978 Categories: Politics & Philosophy - Politics, Society Tags: 0192886215, 9780192886217, Globalization, Manfred B. Steger, Short Introduction

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Globalization: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence billions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, in which new infectious diseases spread across continents at lightning speed, and in which complex social forces are increasingly impacted by digital technology. This is globalization. In the sixth edition of his bestselling Very Short Introduction, Manfred B. Steger offers concise definitions of pertinent key terms and concepts. He provides an accessible overview of the long history of globalization followed by an examination of its major dimensions: economic, political, cultural, ideological, and ecological. He also engages the hotly contested question of whether it is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing. From climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic, resurgent nationalism to global social media, trade wars to China’s growing global profile, Russia’s expansionism to renewed fears of nuclear conflicts, he explores today’s unprecedented levels of planetary integration and disruption. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Table contents:

1. What is globalization?
Key concepts: globality, global imaginary, globalism, globalization
Forms of globalization
Qualities and dimensions of globalization
The rise of Global Studies
2. Globalization in history
The prehistoric period (10,000 bce–3500 bce)
The premodern period (3500 bce–1500 ce)
The early modern period (1500–1750)
The modern period (1750–1980s)
The contemporary period (from the 1980s)
3. The economic and technological dimensions of globalization
How a stolen iPhone made the career of a young journalist
The emergence of the global economic order
The internationalization of trade
The unleashing of global financial flows
The era of global economic instability: from the GFC to the COVID-19 pandemic
The power of transnational corporations
The enhanced role of international economic institutions
4. The political dimension of globalization
The demise of the nation-state?
Demographics, urbanization, and migration
Political globalization and global governance
Toward a global civil society?
5. The cultural dimension of globalization
Global culture: sameness or difference?
The role of the media
The globalization of languages
6. The ecological dimension of globalization
7. Ideological confrontations over globalization
Market globalism
Justice globalism
Religious globalisms
The challenge of antiglobalist populism
Mapping Trump’s antiglobalist populism
8. Present and future trends
Deglobalization or reglobalization?
Towards the future
References and further reading