Globalization East and West

by Bryan S. Turner, Habibul H. Khondker, Habibul Haque Khondker, et al.

Book Overview

Do we confuse globalization for Americanization? What are the distinctive elements in the interplay of the local and the global?

This much needed book is the first full length text to examine globalization from the perspective of both the West and the East. It considers globalization as a general social and economic process, and the challenges it presents for Western social science.

The meaning of a global perspective is explored through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412928532
• ISBN13: 9781412928533
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"