A. & Ev Mooney, "Globalisation: The Key Concepts "
Routledge; 1 edition (April 17, 2007) | ISBN: 041536860X | 302 pages | PDF | 1,1 Mb
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:
homogenization
neo-Liberalism
risk
knowledge society
time-space compression
reflexivity.
With extensive cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential resource for students and interested readers alike as they navigate the literature on globalization studies.
Globalization is a buzzword of the moment, within universities, government and society. The power of the word itself, and all that it brings with it, is immense (e.g. Bourdieu 1999). Some tell us that globalization is inevitable, that it entails specific events and others that it is something that should be defeated.
In academic circles, there are many definitions of and approaches to globalization simply because it is not a field of study that is restricted to any one discipline. Globalization scholars belong to fields as diverse as cultural studies, sociology, economics, international relations, political theory, art and linguistics. This cross-disciplinary nature of globalization is perhaps one of its defining features. Hence, it is a field that borrows a significant number of terms and concepts from existing lexicons. The result is that what globalization means is always in dispute. In the end, globalization concerns a field of inquiry defined more by the questions it asks and its object of study: the world as a whole and parts of it in relation to this whole.
Among nonacademics, however, recent research indicates something of a consensus as to the meaning of globalization (Garrett, Evans and Williams, forthcoming). When asked what “globalization” made them think of, respondents tended to focus on economic issues including capitalism, money, big business, and the expansion of large corporations. The prominence of multinational corporations as increasingly present and powerful players in contemporary society was often noted.
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