Ebook: Globalization: A Very Short Introduction

Rather than forcing such a complex social phenomenon into a single conceptual framework, Manfred Steger presents globalisation in plain, readable English as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional and local aspects of social life.;Globalization : a contested concept -- Globalization in history : is globalization a new phenomenon? -- The economic dimension of globalization -- The political dimension of globalization -- The cultural dimension of globalization -- The ecological dimension of globalization -- Ideologies of globalization : market globalism, justice globalism, religious globalisms -- The future of globalization.