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Globalization de George Ritzer

Globalization

Autor George Ritzer, Paul Dean
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 noi 2021

Nivel de studiu: licență avansată, master și referință profesională. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care George Ritzer și Paul Dean reușesc să transforme un concept adesea abstract într-o analiză riguros structurată. Această a treia ediție a Globalization nu reprezintă doar o actualizare statistică, ci o revizuire conceptuală care integrează fenomenele disruptive ale ultimului deceniu. Merită menționat că autorii abordează frontal teme precum dezinformarea pe rețelele sociale, criza climatică și impactul pandemiei de COVID-19 asupra interconectivității mondiale. Structura volumului este una progresivă, pornind de la definirea proceselor de bază — imperialism, colonialism și dezvoltare — către o explorare a neoliberalismului și a alternativelor neo-marxiste. Ceea ce distinge acest text este utilizarea ingenioasă a metaforelor: autorii descriu globalizarea prin trecerea de la „solid” la „lichid” și „gazos”, explicând astfel cum barierele tradiționale devin permeabile în fața fluxurilor de capital și informație. Credem că noua focalizare pe inegalitățile sistemice și includerea unor perspective din afara spațiului occidental oferă o viziune mult mai echilibrată asupra ordinii mondiale actuale. Acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Globalization – The Essentials 2e de George Ritzer, dar cu o abordare mult mai detaliată și extinsă, fiind calibrată special pentru cursuri semestriale dense. Spre deosebire de The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies, care propune o serie de eseuri independente, lucrarea de față menține o coerență pedagogică superioară, facilitată de grafice, diagrame și rezumate de capitol. Această abordare sistematică reflectă experiența lui Ritzer în teoria sociologică, vizibilă și în lucrări precum Sociological Theory - International Student Edition, unde claritatea expunerii rămâne prioritară.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781119527282
ISBN-10: 1119527287
Pagini: 656
Dimensiuni: 177 x 253 x 33 mm
Greutate: 1.36 kg
Ediția:3. Auflage
Editura: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această ediție studenților și specialiștilor care au nevoie de un cadru teoretic solid pentru a înțelege tensiunile dintre globalizare și mișcările de de-globalizare. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modului în care fluxurile globale produc atât câștigători, cât și perdanți. Este un instrument esențial pentru cursuri de sociologie, economie sau migrație, oferind analize actualizate despre populism și impactul tehnologiei asupra structurilor sociale moderne.

Despre autor

George Ritzer este Distinguished University Professor la Universitatea din Maryland, fiind unul dintre cei mai respectați teoreticieni în domeniul sociologiei la nivel mondial. Este cunoscut publicului larg pentru conceptul de „mcdonaldizare”, dezvoltat în lucrarea sa de referință „The McDonaldization of Society”, care a influențat generații de studenți. Expertiza sa pedagogică a fost recunoscută prin premii prestigioase oferite de American Sociological Association. În colaborare cu Paul Dean, Ritzer își aplică rigoarea analitică exersată în volume precum Classical Sociological Theory sau Handbook of Social Theory pentru a descifra mecanismele complexe ale lumii globalizate contemporane.

Descriere

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in globalization written by leading authors in the field 

In the comprehensively revised Third Edition of Globalization: A Basic Text, distinguished researchers and authors George Ritzer and Paul Dean deliver an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics related to the study of globalization. The book includes accessible and rigorous material on the key theories and major topics in globalization, as well as modern developments like the rise of populism and far-right political groups, Brexit, migration and backlash to it, trade negotiations, social media and the spread of misinformation, climate change, social justice issues, and COVID-19. 

The new edition includes a greater focus on the structures of inequality that encourage or discourage global flows. Additionally, new examples and sources from Central and South America, Africa, and Asia are used to illustrate key concepts, and round out the international coverage of book. Throughout, the authors use clear and helpful metaphors including solids, liquids, gases, and flows to introduce and explain the complex nature of globalization in an engaging and understandable way.  

Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: 

  • A thorough introduction to globalization and related processes, including imperialism, colonialism, development, and westernization 
  • An exploration of neoliberalism, including its roots, principles, criticisms, and Neo-Marxist alternatives 
  • A practical discussion of global political structures and processes, as well as global economic flows of production and consumption 
  • A concise treatment of negative global flows and processes, including dangerous imports, diseases, crime, terrorism, and war 
  • Analysis of the changing nature of globalization and de-globalization, and the social movements and technological developments driving these changes 
  • More images, charts, and graphs to help illustrate and highlight the concepts contained in the book 

Perfect for advanced undergraduates studying globalization across sociology, political science, geography, anthropology, and economics, Globalization: A Basic Text, Third Edition will also be essential reading for students taking courses in culture, economy and inequality, and migration taught from a global perspective. 

Notă biografică

GEORGE RITZER is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, USA. He is Editor-In-Chief of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology from 2007, and author of several books including The McDonaldization of Society (9th ed., 2018) and The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007). PAUL DEAN is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology/Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University, USA. He is an award-winning teacher whose teaching and research focus on globalization, social inequality, economic sociology, social movements, and race and ethnicity. He is coauthor with George Ritzer of Globalization: The Essentials (2nd ed., Wiley Blackwell 2019).

Cuprins

About the Website xi List of Figures xii Preface xiii 1 Globalization I 1 Liquids, Flows, and Structures Some of the Basics 2 From Solids to Liquids (to Gases) 3 Flows 6 Heavy, Light, Weightless 9 Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows 11 Heavy Structures as Barriers to Flows 16 The Winners and Losers of Global Flows 18 On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures 20 Thinking About Global Flows and Structures 21 Chapter Summary 23 2 Globalization II 31 Some Basic Issues, Debates, and Controversies Is There Such a Thing as Globalization? 32 Is it Globalization, Transnationalization, or Regionalization? 35 If There is Such a Thing as Globalization, When Did it Begin? 36 Globalization or Globalizations? 43 What Drives Globalization? 47 Does Globalization Hop Rather than Flow? 48 If There Is Such a Thing as Globalization, Is It Inexorable? 49 Who Controls Globalization? 51 Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? 53 What, if Anything, Can Be Done About Globalization? 57 Chapter Summary 59 3 Globalization and Related Processes 67 Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and Americanization Imperialism 68 Colonialism 72 Development 75 Westernization 77 Easternization 80 Americanization 81 Comparisons with Globalization 92 The Era of the "Posts" 93 Chapter Summary 95 4 Neoliberalism 105 Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives The Historical Context of Neoliberalism 106 Neoliberalism: The Basic Principles 111 Critiquing Neoliberalism 118 Neoliberalism: The Case of Israel 124 The Death of Neoliberalism? 125 Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism 126 Chapter Summary 130 5 Global Political Structures and Processes 139 On Political Processes and Flows 140 The Nation-State 141 "Imagined Community" 147 Changes in Global Nation-State Relations 149 Global Political Developments and Structures 160 Regional Political Organizations 163 Global Governance 164 Civil Society 167 Chapter Summary 173 6 Structuring the Global Economy 181 Before Bretton Woods 182 Bretton Woods and the Bretton Woods System 184 The End of Bretton Woods 194 Regional Economic Integration and Free Trade 199 Other Economic Organizations 207 The Role of Emerging Economies 208 The Multinational Corporation (MNC) 209 The Myth of Economic Globalization? 212 Chapter Summary 213 7 Global Economic Flows 219 Production and Consumption Global Trade Flows 220 Global Value Chains 222 Increasing Competition for Commodities 231 The Economic Impact of the Flow of Oil 232 Race to the Bottom and Upgrading 235 Outsourcing 237 Financial Globalization 239 Corporations, People, and Ideas 243 Consumption 246 Chapter Summary 253 8 Global Culture and Cultural Flows 261 Cultural Differentialism 263 Cultural Hybridization 272 Cultural Convergence 276 Sport: A Case Study for Global Culture 287 Chapter Summary 293 9 High-Tech Global Flows and Structures 301 Technology, Mass Media, the Internet, and Social Media Technology, Time-Space Compression, and Distanciation 302 Mass Media 311 The Internet and Social Media 318 Chapter Summary 332 10 Global Flows of People 341 Migration, Human Trafficking, and Tourism Migrants 342 Migration Flows 345 Human Trafficking 369 Tourism 372 Chapter Summary 374 11 Global Environmental Flows 383 Modernization and Environmental Flows 385 Differences among Nation-States 387 Global Climate Change 388 Other Environmental Problems 399 Global Responses 404 Framing Global Responses 413 From Lightness to Heaviness in Environmental Flows 416 Collapse 416 Chapter Summary 417 12 Negative Global Flows and Processes 427 Diseases, Dangerous Imports, Crime, Terrorism, War Borderless Diseases 429 Dangerous Imports 435 Crime 438 Terrorism 443 War 453 The Impact of Negative Global Flows on Individuals 462 Chapter Summary 463 13 Global Economic Power and Inequality 471 Class Inequalities and Global Cities Class Inequality 472 Global Cities and the Rural-Urban Context 487 Chapter Summary 502 14 Global Power and Inequalities II 509 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Power and Inequality 510 Race and Ethnicity 519 Gender and Sexuality 532 Chapter Summary 543 15 Dealing with, Resisting, and the Futures of, Globalization 553 Dealing with Globalization 554 Resisting Globalization 568 Social Movements and Alter-Globalizations 574 The Futures of Globalization 585 Chapter Summary 588 Appendix 595 Anthropology 596 Sociology 596 Political Science 597 Economics 598 Geography 600 Psychology 601 Literary Criticism (Postcolonial) 602 Other Fields 603 Glossary 607 Index 619