Trying to Measure Globalization Experiences, critical issues and perspectives /

• Main Author: Caselli, Marco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
• Subjects: Political science.; Political theory.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Theory.; Political Science.

This Briefs conducts a critical survey of the main tools devised for the synthetic measurement of globalization processes. To this end, the first part of the Briefs discusses the meaning of the concept considered, highlighting the different and often contradictory interpretations put forward in its...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Globalization: in search of definition of a controversial concept
• 2. Measuring complexity
• 3. Measuring globalization: the state-based approach
• 4. Globalization indices based on states: a comparism and some criticism
• 5. Alternative approaches and conclusions.