The Globalization Reader [with The Making of World Society]

by Frank J. Lechner, John Boli

The Globalization Reader makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debates. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. The editors have replaced several abstract articles from the first edition with livelier, more accessible essays that reflect the current scholarship. With new case studies, and a more international focus, this second edition is an even better introduction to globalization studies.

Fully revised and updated - includes 30 new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements.
Wide-ranging - across economic, political, cultural, and experiential dimensions of social change.
Inclusive - covering a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and capturing some of the fault lines in current debates.
Stimulating - not only by including well-written, provocative, and contemporary works but also by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting themes.

Genres: Sociology, Economics, Politics, Nonfiction, International Relations, Textbooks, Anthropology

856 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 1999

Reviews

[Ashley C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a pretty good book. Read the 6th edition for my Globalization graduate level course. The only thing I found a little challenging about the book is that many of the chapters pulled from other authors who's work is pretty outdated. I hope their next version has more recent studies (2015 and forward). I learned a TON from this book.

[Victoria · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️’s
Forgot to update this as “read” after I finished my globalization class!
I really did learn a lot from this (even if I did just skim most of our assigned readings), but a lot of it is also pretty dull and confusing because it’s a whole bunch of essays.

[Kevin Nobel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book gives the reader a great sense of the state of the world and globalization's impact on every part of it...just mostly for twenty years ago.

[Bianca]

read 4th edition (2011).

[Nanto]

Kompilasi sejumlah tulisan mengenai globalisasi. globalisasi dipandang dari sejumlah kajian: politik, budaya, dll. beberapa tulisannya sudah banyak dikenal the clash of civilization-nya huntington, the end of history-nya fukuyama, dan yang termasuk klasik di HI adalah the complex of interdependence-nya Keohane dan Nye.

[Alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one from that geography class. Probably kept it because it was interesting, but I can't really remember.

[Nicolas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required reading for school.