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Globalization : The Making of World Society

ISBN: 9781405169059 | 1405169052
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 3/9/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Written in a lively and accessible style, Globalization: The Making of World Society shows how globalization affects everyday experience, creates new institutions, and presents new challenges.With many examples, Lechner describes how the process unfolds in a wide range of fields, from sports and media to law and religion. While sketching the outlines of a world society in the making, the book also demonstrates that globalization is inherently diverse and contentious. In this concise analysis of a complex subject, Lechner presents some of the be... MORE
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List of Platesp. vii
List of Figuresp. ix
List of Tablesp. xi
List of Boxesp. xii
Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
List of Acronymsp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Global Experiencep. 11
Global Food and the History of Globalizationp. 13
Global Sports and the Direction of Globalizationp. 34
Global Media and the Varieties of Globalizationp. 56
Global Institutionsp. 77
The Global Economy and the Power of the Marketp. 79
Global States and the Specter of Retreatp. 103
Global Governance and the Prospects of World Lawp. 124
Global Civil Society and the Voices of Changep. 148
Global Religion and the Impact of Faithp. 168
Global Problemsp. 193
Global Migration: How New People Change Old Placesp. 195
Global Inequality: Winners and Losers in Globalizationp. 219
The Global Environment: Saving the Planet?p. 243
Global Justice: Is Another World Possible?p. 266
Glossaryp. 285
Referencesp. 288
Indexp. 311
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Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta. Among his publications dealing with globalization are World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli) (Blackwell, 2005) and The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008) as well as an edited volume, The Globalization Reader (with John Boli) (third edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). He has also written extensively about religion and social theory.


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