Making Globalisation

• Main Author: Holton, Robert J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Economic sociology.; Social Sciences.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This book offers a clear and concise account of the key debates in the globalization literature, serving as an accessible introduction to students new to the topic. It deals even-handedly with all the various dimensions of globalization - political, economic, social and cultural - and particularly d...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• When did Globalization Begin?
• Global Patterning: Systems, Structures, Fields, Networks, Webs and Flows
• Globalization and the Transformation of Space and Time?
• Global, National, Regional and Local: Competing or Inter-dependent?
• Global Civil Society
• Globalization and its Discontents
• Conclusion
• Bibliography.