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  • Globalization:A Very Short Introduction

    by Manfred Steger ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic - and this Very Short Introduction has been fully updated for 2009, to include developments in global politics, the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Populism and Globalization

    ProtoSociology Volume 37

    by Barrie Axford, Manfred Steger ...
    Series Book 37 - ProtoSociology - An International Journal of Indisciplinary Research
    The narrative of populism as a "rising tide" has enjoyed currency at least since the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the success of the "Leave" campaign in the UK referendum on membership of the EU earlier in that year. And yet, on the eve of what proved to be President Trump's election defeat some four years later, the British journalist Nick Cohen felt able to muse "(w)e're endlessly told ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Ideologies and Urban Landscapes

    Edited by Anne McNevin, Manfred Steger ...
    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    How do political ideologies and urban landscapes intersect in the context of globalization? This volume illuminates the production of ideologies as both discursive and spatial phenomena in distinct contributions that ground their analysis in cities of the Global North and South. From Sydney to Singapore, Hong Kong to Hanoi, Las Vegas to Macau, conventional public spaces are in decline as sites of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • What Is Global Studies?

    Theory & Practice

    by Amentahru Wahlrab, Manfred Steger ...
    What is Global Studies, and how does it relate to globalization? Responding to this frequently asked question, Manfred B. Steger and Amentahru Wahlrab provide the first comprehensive overview of this emerging field.Authoritative and accessible, this primer speaks to students and instructors interested not only in key theories but also in applied teaching and learning programs designed to educate ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Globalization: The Career of a Concept

    Edited by Manfred Steger, Paul James ...
    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    One of the keywords of our time, ‘globalization’ frames how we understand our interconnected world. An ambiguous signifier carrying multiple meanings, the term is usually used to refer to the extension and intensification of social relations across the world. Many works have been authored that deal with various aspects of globalization. However, it is surprising that no critical history of the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Grassroots Zen

    Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century

    by Perle Besserman, Manfred Steger ...
    Grassroots Zen envisions a socially engaged Buddhism where zazen is integrated each day with work, family, and social obligations.Though both authors have practiced traditional Zen for decades here they eschew the militaristic, patriarchal tendencies of Zen in favor of "an egalitarian community of socially mobile members who place less emphasis upon transmission and hierarchy than on individual ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Transnationalizing the Public Sphere

    by Nancy Fraser ...
    Is Habermas’s concept of the public sphere still relevant in an age of globalization, when the transnational flows of people and information have become increasingly intensive and when the nation-state can no longer be taken granted as the natural frame for social and political debate? This is the question posed with characteristic acuity by Nancy Fraser in her influential article ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • The Radical Imagination

    Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity

    by Doctor Alex Khasnabish, Max Haiven ...
    The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our own immediate space and time, it also allows us to envision the future, as individuals and as collectives. The radical imagination, then, is that spark of difference, desire and discontent that can be fanned into the flames of social change. Yet what precisely is the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Cultural Sociology

    An Introduction

    by Les Back, Andy Bennett, Laura Desfor Edles, Margaret Gibson, David Inglis, Ron Jacobs, Ian Woodward ...
    Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • Theories of Globalization

    by Barrie Axford ...
    Theories of Globalization offers students and scholars a comprehensive and critical introduction to the concept of globalization. Barrie Axford expertly guides readers through the full range of perspectives on the topic, from international political economy to geography, global anthropology to cultural and communication studies. In so doing he draws out the common threads between competing ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • An Analysis of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice

    by Filippo Dionigi, Jeremy Kleidosty ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    John Rawls's A Theory of Justice is one of the most influential works of legal and political theory published since the Second World War. It provides a memorably well-constructed and sustained argument in favour of a new (social contract) version of the meaning of social justice. In setting out this argument, Rawls aims to construct a viable, systematic doctrine designed to ensure that the process ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Rethinking Racial Capitalism

    Questions of Reproduction and Survival

    by Gargi Bhattacharyya ...
    Series series Cultural Studies and Marxism
    How has capitalism created or enhanced racism? In what ways do the violent histories of slavery and empire continue to influence the allocation of global resources?Rethinking Racial Capitalism: Questions of Reproduction and Survival proposes a return to analyses of racial capitalism – the capitalism that is inextricably linked with histories of racist expropriation – and argues that it is only by ... Read more

    $42.09 USD