Globalization: The Key Concepts / Edition 1

by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans

Overview

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:

• homogenization
• neo-Liberalism
• risk
• knowledge society
• time-space compression
• reflexivity.

With extensive cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential resource for students and interested readers alike as they navigate the literature on globalization studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415368605
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2007
Series:	Routledge Key Guides
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Annabelle Mooney is a Lecturer at Roehampton University. Her research interests include marginal religious movements, the semiotics of law, HIV and quality of life.

Betsy Evans is a Research Associate at Cardiff University. Her research interests include language variation and change and attitudes to varieties of language.

Table of Contents

Key to Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Key Concepts

Editorial Reviews

'Mooney (Roehampton Univ.) and Evans (Cardiff Univ.) provide a condensed, single volume that defines over 350 key concepts and terms within the field of globalization studies.' — M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'The concise entries range in length from single to multiple paragraphs. They represent an important starting point in the study of globalization.'— M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'This work is a great alternative to multivolume globalization encyclopedias and should be in every reference collection.'— M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

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