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Globalization demystifies the rhetoric surrounding one of the most hotly debated topics among scholars, commentators, and policymakers.
Presenting arguments for and against globalization, this brief text examines a wide range of views on the economic, political, cultural, and environmental dimensions of globalization and exposes their underlying frameworks, methodologies, and expectations. Throughout, Globalization compares rhetoric and reality and argues that there is no one way to understand this complex phenomenon. Salient Features
• Examines the challenge of global integration and increases in wealth and income.
• Questions the loss of sovereignty and the spread of democracy.
• Explores concerns over the erosion of local cultural identities.
• Analyzes the tension between creating sustainable environments and climactic catastrophe.
• Reviews pro-globalization and anti-globalization perspectives in the "Reality Check" section of every chapter.
• Explains the implications of the pro-globalization and anti-globalization perspectives in the "Debunking the Myths" section of every chapter. ISBN - 9788131776476
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Pages : 176
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