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The sociology of globalization / Luke Martell.

By: Martell, Luke.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780745636740 (pbk.); 9780745636733 (hbk.).Subject(s): Globalization -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 303.482
Contents:
Introduction: concepts of globalization -- Perspectives on globalization: divergence or convergence? -- The history of globalization: pre-modern, modern or postmodern? -- Technology, economy and the globalization of culture -- The globalization of culture: homogeneous or hybrid? -- Global migration: inequality and history -- The effects of migration: is migration a problem or a solution? -- The global economy: capitalism and the economic bases of globalization -- Global inequality: is globalization a solution to world poverty? -- Politics, the state and globalization: the end of the nation-state and social democracy? -- Global politics and cosmopolitan democracy -- Anti-globalization and global justice movements -- The future world order: the decline of American power? -- War and globalization.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-326) and index.

Introduction: concepts of globalization -- Perspectives on globalization: divergence or convergence? -- The history of globalization: pre-modern, modern or postmodern? -- Technology, economy and the globalization of culture -- The globalization of culture: homogeneous or hybrid? -- Global migration: inequality and history -- The effects of migration: is migration a problem or a solution? -- The global economy: capitalism and the economic bases of globalization -- Global inequality: is globalization a solution to world poverty? -- Politics, the state and globalization: the end of the nation-state and social democracy? -- Global politics and cosmopolitan democracy -- Anti-globalization and global justice movements -- The future world order: the decline of American power? -- War and globalization.