Globalization: A Basic Text

✍ Scribed by George Ritzer

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 601
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies. Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the worldIntegrated use of a wide array of materials – empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etcMakes extensive use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalizationIncludes a glossary of key termsDesigned to work either on its own or as a package with an accompanying cross-referenced reader constructed around the basic concepts of globalizationVisit www.wiley.com/go/globalization for additional student and instructor resources.