Globalization East and West.
Do we confuse globalization for Americanization? What are the distinctive elements in the interplay of the local and the global?This much needed book is the first full length text to examine globalization from the perspective of both the West and the East. It considers globalization as a general soc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Sage Publications,
2010.
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| Summary: | Do we confuse globalization for Americanization? What are the distinctive elements in the interplay of the local and the global?This much needed book is the first full length text to examine globalization from the perspective of both the West and the East. It considers globalization as a general social and economic process, and the challenges it presents for Western social science. The meaning of a global perspective is explored through various concrete examples: religion, migration, medicine, terrorism, global disasters, citizenship, multiculturalism, media and popular culture. Introduced wit. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857026705 0857026704 9781412928526 1412928524 9781412928533 1412928532 9781446242858 1446242854 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |