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Book cover image of Globalization, Second Edition by Malcolm Waters

Authors: Malcolm Waters
ISBN-13: 9780415238533, ISBN-10: 0415238536
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2000
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Malcolm Waters

Book Synopsis

In this extensively revised and restructured new edition of Globalization , Malcolm Waters provides a user-friendly introduction to the main arguments about the globalization process.

Booknews

The 1995 edition is here updated and rearranged, and Waters, (sociology, U. of Tasmania) includes a new chapter setting out and refuting objections to globalization. He explains some of the fundamental ideas and impacts of international trade and investment becoming the norm rather than the aberration. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
List of Abbreviations
1A world of difference
2Trading places: the international economy
3Open spaces: the globalizing economy
4States of flux: international politics
5Wither the state? Globalizing politics
6Clashing civilizations: international cultures
7New world chaos: globalizing cultures
8Real world arguments
References
Index

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