Martell, Luke.

The sociology of globalization / Luke Martell. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. - vii, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.

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Globalization--Social aspects.

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