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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Polity Pr
Publication date
August 13, 1998
Pages
136
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780745620138
ISBN-10
0745620132
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.36 lbs.
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$24.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Demonstrates that globalization develops through its local consequences. Helping to clarify the understanding of the phenomenon of globalization and its contradictions, and contributing to the debate about globalization. Aimed at students and professionals in sociology, human geography and cultural studies.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The word "globalization" is used to convey the hope and determination of order-making on a worldwide scale. It is trumpeted as providing more mobility -of people, capital, and information -and as being equally beneficial for everyone. With recent technological developments -most notably the Internet -globalization seems to be the fate of the world. But no one seems to be in control. As noted sociologist Zygmunt Bauman shows in this detailed history of globalization, while human affairs now take place on a global scale, we are not able to direct events; we can only watch as boundaries, institutions, and loyalties shift in rapid and unpredictable ways. Who benefits from the new globalization? Are people in need assisted more quickly and efficiently? Or are the poor worse off than ever before? Will a globalized economy shift jobs away from traditional areas, destroying time-honored national industries? Who will enjoy access to jobs in the new hierarchy of mobility? From the way the global economy creates a class of absentee landlords to current prison designs for the criminalized underclass, Bauman dissects globalization in all its manifestations: its effects on the economy, politics, social structures, and even our perceptions of time and space. In a chilling analysis, Bauman argues that globalization divides as much as it unites, creating an ever-widening gulf between the haves and the have-nots. Rather than the hybrid culture we had hoped for, globalization is creating a more homogenous world. Drawing on the works of philosophers, social historians, architects, and theoreticians such as Michel Foucault, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alfred J. Dunlap, and Le Corbusier, presents a historical overview of the methods employed to create and define human spaces and institutions, from rural villages to sprawling urban centers. Bauman shows how the advent of the computer translates into the decline of truly public space. And he explores the dimensions of a world in which -through new technologies -time is accelerated and space is compressed, revealing how we have arrived at our current state of global thinking. Bauman´s incisive methods of inquiry make an excellent antidote to the exuberance expressed by those who stand to benefit from the new pace and mobility of the modern life.
Editions
Hardcover
from Columbia Univ Pr (October 1, 1998)
9780231114288 | details & prices | 136 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $68.50
from Polity Pr (August 25, 1998)
9780745620121 | details & prices | 136 pages | 5.70 × 7.92 × 0.65 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $54.95
Paperback
from Columbia Univ Pr (September 1, 2000)
9780231114295 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $25.00
The price comparison is for this edition
from Polity Pr (August 13, 1998)
9780745620138 | details & prices | 136 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Demonstrates that globalization develops through its local consequences.
About: Demonstrates that globalization develops through its local consequences.
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