Ulrich Beck 
What Is Globalization? 

This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate.
Das E-Book What Is Globalization? wird angeboten von John Wiley & Sons und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
Gesellschaftstheorie, Political Philosophy & Theory, Political Science, Politikwissenschaft, Politische Philosophie u. Politiktheorie, Social Theory, Sociology, Soziologie

Tabela de Conteúdo

Foreword.

Introduction.

Vitual Tax-Payers.

The National State Caught between World Economy and
Individualization: What is to be Done?.

The Globalization Shock: A Belated Discussion.

Part I: Dimensions, Controversies, Definitions: .

1. The World Horizon Opens Up: On the Sociology of
Globalization.

2. Transnational Civil Society: How a Cosmopolitan Vision is
Emerging.

3. Contours of World Society: Rival Perspectives.

Part II: Perspectives:.

4. Errors of Globalism.

5. Responses to Globalization.

6. Europe and Globalization.

Conclusion: Decline a la Carte: The Brazilianization of
Europe.

Further Reading.

Index.

Sobre o autor

Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.