Table of Contents

Introduction: Concepts of Globalization Chapter 1. Perspectives on Globalization: divergence or convergence? Chapter 2. The History of Globalization: pre-modern, modern or postmodern? Chapter 3. Technology, Economy and the Globalization of Culture Chapter 4. The Globalization of Culture: homogeneous or hybrid? Chapter 5. Global Migration: inequality and history Chapter 6. The Effects of Migration: is migration a problem or solution? Chapter 7. The Global Economy: capitalism and the economic bases of Globalization Chapter 8. Global Inequality: is globalization a solution to world poverty? Chapter 9. Politics, the State and Globalization: the end of the nation-state and social democracy? Chapter 10. Global Politics and Cosmopolitan Democracy Chapter 11. Anti-Globalization and Global Justice Movements Chapter 12. The Future World Order: the decline of American power? Chapter 13. War and Globalization Conclusion References

About the Author

Luke Martell is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Reviews

" The Sociology of Globalization is a masterful synthesis of the complex interaction of all the major dimensions of the vast subject of globalization. Luke Martell's exhaustive text is very well written, chock full of highly useful information, and does an impressive job of presenting the key debates on globalization. It will be particularly instructive to an American audience in offering fresh analysis, including excellent analysis of the United States' role in globalization." Ken Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University "Globalization has become a central concept for understanding contemporary social processes and global crises. Martell has written an extremely lucid and comprehensive sociology of globalization that offers a welcome focus on political and economic issues whilst encompassing its cultural dimension. This book enriches our critical understanding of globalization." Larry Ray, University of Kent