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Author Jones, Andrew, 1973-

Title Globalization : key thinkers / Andrew Jones.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  327.1 J76G    Check Shelf
Description vi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.
Contents Introduction: thinking about globalization -- Systemic thinking: Immanuel Wallerstein -- Conceptual thinking: Anthony Giddens -- Sociological thinking: Manuel Castells -- Transformational thinking: David Held and Anthony McGrew -- Sceptical thinking: Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson -- Spatial thinking: Peter Dicken and Saskia Sassen -- Positive thinking: Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf -- Reformist thinking: Joseph Stiglitz -- Radical thinking: Naomi Klein, George Monbiot and Subcommandante Marcos -- Revolutinary thinking: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri -- Cultural thinking: Arjun Appadurai -- Conclusion: rethinking globalization again.
Summary "Globalization: Key Thinkers offers a critical commentary on the leading thinkers in the contemporary globalization debate, as well as new arguments about the future direction of globalization thinking. The book guides the reader through the key arguments of leading thinkers, explaining their place in the wider globalization debate and evaluating their critical reception.
Eleven thematic chapters focus on one or two key thinkers covering every aspect of the globalization debate including the theoretical arguments of Anthony Giddens and Manuel Castells, to the positive arguments of Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf and the reforming ideas of Joseph Stiglitz. Other chapters variously address the ideas of Immanuel Wallerstein, Arjun Appadurai, Paul Hirst, Naomi Klein, Grahame Thompson, David Held, Anthony McGrew, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Saskia Sassen and Peter Dicken. Each chapter also provides some carefully selected recommendations for further reading for the thinkers discussed. The book ends with a concluding chapter that examines how thinking about globalization is likely to develop in future. Whilst individual chapters can stand alone, the book is designed as a whole to enhance the reader's understanding of how different thinkers' ideas relate and contrast to each other."--Pub. desc.
Subject Globalization -- Philosophy.
International relations -- Philosophy.
Mondialisation.
Relations internationales.
Philosophie politique.
Théorie politique.
Globalization -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01766786
International relations -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00977075
Internationalisatie.
Theorieën.
Globalisierung. (DE-588)4557997-0
Soziologische Theorie. (DE-588)4077628-1
Globalisierung -- Philosophie.
Philosophie -- Globalisierung.
Internationale Politik -- Globalisierung.
Globalisierung -- Internationale Politik.
Globalisierung.
Soziologische Theorie.
Globalisering -- teori, filosofi.
ISBN 9780745643212 (hbk.)
0745643213 (hbk.)
9780745643229 (pbk.)
0745643221 (pbk.)
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