1st Edition

Globalization: The Key Concepts

Edited By Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans Copyright 2007
318 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic.  Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:... Read more

Key to contributors  Acknowledgements  Introdiction  Key concepts

Biography

Annabelle Mooney is a Lecturer at Roehampton University. Her research interests include marginal religious movements, the semiotics of law, HIV and quality of life.

Betsy Evans is a Research Associate at Cardiff University. Her research interests include language variation and change and attitudes to varieties of language.

'Mooney (Roehampton Univ.) and Evans (Cardiff Univ.) provide a condensed, single volume that defines over 350 key concepts and terms within the field of globalization studies.' -- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'The concise entries range in length from single to multiple paragraphs. They represent an important starting point in the study of globalization.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice

'This work is a great alternative to multivolume globalization encyclopedias and should be in every reference collection.'-- M. A. LaMagna, Cabrini College, Choice