Book Series

Rethinking Globalizations

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Rethinking Civilization

Resolving Conflict in the Human Family

By Majid Tehranian

Rethinking Civilization offers an alternative view of human civilization in a globalizing age. Majid Tehranian analyses the transition from nomadic, to agrarian, commercial, industrial, and…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77069-9 (Routledge)

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Global Activism

By Ruth Reitan

This comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77036-1 (Routledge)

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Globalization and Contestation

The New Great Counter-Movement

By Ronaldo Munck

Globalization is undoubtedly the great overarching paradigm of our era. However, there is still little agreement on what globalization actually ‘is’ and some do not…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37656-3 (Routledge)

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Globalization and Global History

Edited by Barry K. Gills, William Thompson

Globalization and Global History argues that globalization is not an exotic and new phenomenon. Instead it emphasizes that globalization is something that has been with…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-70136-5 (Routledge)

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Whither Globalization?

The Vortex of Knowledge and Ideology

By James H. Mittelman

Globalization is usually said to be about markets, power, and culture. This innovative book goes further, arguing that globalization may also be understood as a…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34152-3 (Routledge)

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Edited by: Barry Gills, University of Newcastle, UK

This series is designed to break new ground in the literature on globalization and its academic and popular understanding. Rather than perpetuating or simply reacting to the economic understanding of globalization, this series seeks to capture the term and broaden its meaning to encompass a wide range of issues and disciplines and convey a sense of alternative possibilities for the future.

Forthcoming Titles:

The World Trade Organisation and Protest Movements: Altering World Order?
By William B. Paterson
To be published February 1st 2010

Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity
Edited by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg
To be published June 30th 2010

Power and Global Activism
Edited by Thomas Olesen
To be published October 10th 2010

Mythology, Globalization and World Order: Power, and Deception in the Global Political Economy
By Mark Bailey
To be published November 1st 2010