Topographies Of Globalization
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Topographies Of Globalization
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Author : Valur Ingimundarson
language : en
Publisher: University of Iceland Press
Release Date : 2004
Topographies Of Globalization written by Valur Ingimundarson and has been published by University of Iceland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Globalization categories.
The term 'globalization' has been used to describe the intensification of cross-border flows - whether in the realm of ideas, culture, finance/trade, or human mobility. Like many other vital ideas, such as nationalism and modernization, globalization is fraught with controversy. But no matter where one stands, it is a site of an ongoing intellectual endeavor of definition, interpretation and redefinition - a contested terrain that continues to have profound, if unequal, impact on people's lives around the world. Given the inherent tension between the global and local, this phenomenon is perhaps more accurately explained by the conceptual hybrid 'globalization'. The diverse contributions in this volume are an attempt to come to grips with some of the implications of this process by problematizing and engaging it. It grew out of an interdisciplinary conference on globalization held at the University of Iceland in late autumn 2002 as part of an international research project co-ordinated by GERM (Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Mondialisations), involving a large group of academics, universities, and institutions. The volume emphasizes specific aspects of the globalization debate: politics, culture, gender, and language/translation. One focus - articulated among others by Zygmunt Bauman - is on the reconfigurations of political power relationships between the West and the Rest, the 'war on terror' and conflict resolution, whether in the name of peacekeeping, nation-building or identity changes. Another theme involves the problematization of the culture concept, its place in the public domain, and the redefinition of identities as a result of globalization. A third aspect deals with attempts to illuminate how globalization processes may deepen gender, class and race inequalities in the absence of binding rules and collective social responsibility. Finally, the focus is on the changing attitudes toward language/translation in a heavily mediatized and accelerated world.
Communicating The Nation
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Author : Anna Roosvall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Communicating The Nation written by Anna Roosvall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Communication categories.
With this book the authors seek to contribute to the new strand of media research that takes the nation seriously, further the discussion by theorising the nation and its meanings, mainly in relation to globalisation trajectories, and provide empirical studies that do not take the nation for granted as a simple easy-access category. Instead the focus is to reflect upon the nation's defined roles in specific time-spaces as well as in particular media contexts. With this we aim to (re-)politicise the role of the nation in media studies, while explicating it theoretically as well as empirically.
Globalization A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Manfred B. Steger
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-28
Globalization A Very Short Introduction written by Manfred B. Steger and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-28 with Political Science categories.
We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence millions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, and in which complex social forces intersect across continents. This is globalization. In the fifth edition of his bestselling Very Short Introduction Manfred B. Steger considers the major dimensions of globalization: economic, political, cultural, ideological, and ecological. He looks at its causes and effects, and engages with the hotly contested question of whether globalization is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing. From climate change to the Ebola virus, Donald Trump to Twitter, trade wars to China's growing global profile, Steger explores today's unprecedented levels of planetary integration as well as the recent challenges posed by resurgent national populism. 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.
Globalization
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Author : Gary J. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2001
Globalization written by Gary J. Wells and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
Globalisation is a term usually used to describe intercontinental economic, social and political; integration. This book gives a general overview of the concept of globalisation. It also attempts to define globalism in relation to globalisation. Globalism is employed in this book to describe networks of interdependence functioning at multi-continental distances. Globalisation is an increase in globalism and de-globalisation is a reduction. In providing an introductory view of these networks, with an emphasis on contemporary economic factors, a goal of this work is to illustrate how policy consequences, sometimes unintended, may be dispersed via globalised networks.
Globalization The Reader
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Author : John Benyon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05
Globalization The Reader written by John Benyon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05 with Political Science categories.
Globalization: The Reader addresses the big issues: communications and global media, political economy, cultural homogeneity and heterogeneity, new technologies, tourism, beliefs, and identity.
The Power Of Place
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Author : Harm J. De Blij
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Power Of Place written by Harm J. De Blij and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Human geography categories.
Globals, locals, and mobals. The imperial legacy of language. The fateful geography of religion. The rough topography of human health. Geography of human health. Geography of jeopardy. Places open and shut. Power and the city. Promise and peril in the provinces. Lowering the barrier.
Globalization A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Manfred B. Steger
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK
Release Date : 2003-03-27
Globalization A Very Short Introduction written by Manfred B. Steger and has been published by Oxford University Press, UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-27 with Political Science categories.
Offers a stimulating introduction to globalization and its varying impacts across, between, and within societies. It is a highly readable book that contributes to a better understanding of the crucial aspects and dimensions of the developments and transformations that go by the name of globalization. - ;'Globalization' has become the buzz-word of our time. A growing number of scholars and political activists have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are alleged to have accelerated in the last few decades. Rather than forcing such a complex social phenomenon into a single conceptual framework, Manfred Steger presents globalization in plain, readable English as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life. In addition to explaining the various dimensions of globalization, the author explores whether globalization should be considered a 'good' or 'bad' thing - a question that has been hotly debated in classrooms, boardrooms, and on the streets. -
Globalization
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Author : Jürgen Osterhammel
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2005
Globalization written by Jürgen Osterhammel and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In this work, Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. Arguing that the world did not turn "global" overnight, the book traces the emergence of globalization over the past seven or eight centuries. In fact, the authors write, the phenomenon can be traced back to early modern large-scale trading, for example, the silk trade between China and the Mediterranean region, the shipping routes between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and the more frequently traveled caravan routes of the Near East and North Africa--all conduits for people, goods, coins, artwork, and ideas. Osterhammel and Petersson argue that the period from 1750 to 1880--an era characterized by the development of free trade and the long-distance impact of the industrial revolution--represented an important phase in the globalization phenomenon. Moreover, they demonstrate how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. In the end, the authors write, today's globalization is part of a long-running transformation and has not ushered in a "global age" radically different from anything that came before. This book will appeal to historians, economists, and anyone in the social sciences who is interested in the historical emergence of globalization.
Spaces Of Globalization
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Author : Kevin R. Cox
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 1997-03-29
Spaces Of Globalization written by Kevin R. Cox and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Discusses the economics and politics of globalization, examining the relationship between the global and the local
Flip Flop
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Author : Caroline Knowles
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press
Release Date : 2014-05-20
Flip Flop written by Caroline Knowles and has been published by Pluto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with Political Science categories.
This book follows the global trail of one of the world's most unremarkable and ubiquitous objects – flip-flops. Through this unique lens, Caroline Knowles takes a ground level view of the lives and places of globalisation's back roads, providing new insights that challenge contemporary accounts of globalisation. Rather than orderly product chains, the book shows that globalisation along the flip-flop trail is a tangle of unstable, shifting, ad hoc and contingent connections. This book displays both the instabilities of the 'chains' and the complexities, personal topographies and skills with which people navigate these global uncertainties. Flip-Flop provides new ways of thinking about globalisation from the vantage point of the shifting landscape crossed by a seemingly ordinary and everyday commodity.