About the Book
Globalization: Key Thinkers offers a critical commentary on the leading thinkers in the contemporary globalization debate, as well as new arguments about the future direction of globalization thinking. The book guides the reader through the key arguments of leading thinkers, explaining their place in the wider globalization debate and evaluating their critical reception.
Eleven thematic chapters focus on one or two key thinkers covering every aspect of the globalization debate from the theoretical arguments of Anthony Giddens and Manuel Castells to the positive arguments of Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf and the reforming ideas of Joseph Stiglitz. Other chapters variously address the ideas of Immanuel Wallerstein, Arjun Appadurai, Paul Hirst, Naomi Klein, Grahame Thompson, David Held, Anthony McGrew, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Saskia Sassen and Peter Dicken, among others. Each chapter also provides some carefully selected recommendations for further reading for the thinkers discussed. The book ends with a concluding chapter that examines how thinking about globalization is likely to develop in future. Whilst individual chapters can stand alone, the book is designed as a whole to enhance the reader’s understanding of how different thinkers’ ideas relate and contrast to each other.
Contents
1. Introduction: Thinking About Globalization
2. 1systemic Thinking: Immanuel Wallerstein
3. Conceptual Thinking: Anthony Giddens
4. Sociological Thinking: Manuel Castells
5. Transformational Thinking: David Held and Anthony Mcgrew
6. Sceptical Thinking: Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson
7. Spatial Thinking: Peter Dicken and Saskia Sassen
8. Positive Thinking: Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf
9. Reformist Thinking: Joseph Stiglitz
10. Radical Thinking: Naomi Klein, George Monbiot and
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11. Revolutionary Thinking: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
12. Cultural Thinking: Arjun Appadurai13. Conclusion: Rethinking Globalization (Again)
About the Author / Editor
Andrew Jones is Reader in Economic Geography at Birkbeck College, University of London.
