The globalization reader

• Titel: The globalization reader
• Mitwirkende: Lechner, Frank J. [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Boli, John [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Frank J. Lechner and John Boli
• Ausgabe: Fifth edition.
• Verlagsort: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
• Verlagsort: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
• Verlag: Malden, MA
• Verlag: Wiley
• Jahr: 2015
• Jahr: 2015
• Umfang: 1 online resource
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
• ISBN: 978-1-118-73702-6
• ISBN: 1-118-73702-4
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Intégration économique internationale
• Sach-SW: Mondialisation
• Sach-SW: Altermondialisme
• Sach-SW: globalism
• Sach-SW: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; International ; Economics
• Sach-SW: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; International ; General
• Sach-SW: Anti-globalization movement
• Sach-SW: Globalization
• Sach-SW: International economic integration
• Sach-SW: International economic relations
• Sach-SW: International economic relations ; Social aspects
• K10plus-PPN: 190389929X
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext
• Lokale URL UB: Bibliothek der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg
• Bibliothek/Idn: UW / m4585476067
• Lokale URL Inst.: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Completely revised and updated, the fifth edition of this well-regarded textbook charts key topics and recent research in globalization along with the latest complexities and controversies in the field. Includes a new section on globalization and identity and new readings on global inequality, mental illness, structural violence, microfinance, blood diamonds, world citizenship, the global justice movement, and sumo wrestling. Contains essential, thought-provoking readings by prominent scholars, activists, and organizations on the many dimensions of globalization, from political and economic issues to cultural and experiential ones.