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Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies

ISBN: 978-0-745-63211-7

April 2007

Polity

288 pages

Description
This is the fourth volume in the highly acclaimed Global Transformations series. It follows in the footsteps of Global Transformations, The Global Transformations Reader and Governing Globalization. All these volumes have been widely adopted in courses on globalization and global governance across the world, and Globalization Theory will find a place alongside these texts.


This book focuses on elucidating leading theoretical approaches to understanding and explaining globalization, in both its current form and potential future shapes. It is divided into two parts: the first examines competing explanatory theories of globalization in its contemporary form, and the second looks at competing prescriptions for the future of globalization.


The book’s contributors are world-renowned experts in their field, including : Chris Brown, Alex Callinicos ,Michael Doyle, David Held, G. John Ikenberry, Andrew Kuper, Anthony McGrew, Layna Mosley, Thomas Pogge, Thomas Risse, Saskia Sassen and John Tomlinson.


This book is designed for courses on globalization and global governance at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. It will be of interest to students in politics, international relations, social geography, and sociology.

About the Author
David Held is Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Anthony McGrew is Professor of International Relations at Southampton University.

Features

  • A fourth volume in the hugely successful and highly acclaimed ‘Global Transformations’ series
  • Features contributions from world renowned experts in the field, including Thomas Pogge, G. John Ikenberry, Alex Callinicos and David Held
  • First section deals with competing views of globalization in its current state
  • Second section deals with different normative analyses of the future of globalization
  • Will be invaluable to students on a wide-range of courses