Synopses & Reviews
Faced with so much rhetoric and hype about how globalization is changing the world in which we live, it is hard to assess what it really means and what effect it will have on the lives of individuals and nations. This book sets out to make sense of the confusion. Drawing on a wealth of information from historical, economic, political and cultural sources, it offers a balanced assessment of the strengths and limitations of trends toward globalization. Globalization is not an inherently Western process, but one that draws on the experience of many nations and civilizations; it encourages cosmopolitanism, yet cultural identity remains mostly bounded by national and local affiliations.
Synopsis
Faced with so much rhetoric and hype about how globalization is changing the world in which we live, it is hard to assess what it really means and what effect it will have on the lives of individuals and nations. This book sets out to make sense of the confusion. Drawing on a wealth of information from historical, economic, political and cultural sources, it offers a balanced assessment of the strengths and limitations of trends toward globalization. Globalization is not an inherently Western process, but one that draws on the experience of many nations and civilizations; it encourages cosmopolitanism, yet cultural identity remains mostly bounded by national and local affiliations.
Synopsis
This book draws on a wealth of information from historical, economic, political and cultural sources to provide a balanced assessment of the strengths and limitations of trends towards globalization.
About the Author
Robert J. Holton is Professor of Sociology at The Flinders University of South Australia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments * Introduction * Understanding Globalization: History and Representation in the Emergence of the World as a Single Place * The Global Economy: Organizations, Networks and Regulatory Arrangements * Is the Nation-State Finished?: The Challenge of Globalization * Towards a Global Polity? * Nationalism and Ethnicity: Obsolete Relics, Anti-Global Trends or Key Components of the Global Field * What is Happening to Culture?: Homogenization, Polarization, or Hybridization * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index