The Globalization of Nothing 2 [Hardcover]

The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated Second Edition. In this reconceptualized volume, author George Ritzer focuses his attention squarely on the processes of globalization and how they relate to McDonaldization. This revision is shorter, more concise, and spends much less space on the Nothing-Something continuum that he introduced in the First Edition.The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated Second Edition. In this reconceptualized volume, author George Ritzer focuses his attention squarely on the processes of globalization and how they relate to McDonaldization. This revision is shorter, more concise, and spends much less space on the Nothing-Something continuum that he introduced in the First Edition. This edition is a shorter, tighter, and more focused book that deals focally and directly with globalization, at least as it relates to nothing and something. Readers will come away from this revision with not only a new way of looking at globalization but also a sense of the problems posed by the globalization of nothing and the need to find ways to deal with its pernicious aspects. The book perfectly fits when speaking about global trends of consumption and global consumer culture. For this course, the following chapters are essential: Chapter 3 - Meet the Nullities: Nonplaces, Nonthings, Nonpeople, and Nonservices (obligatory reading for course part about Consumer culture) and Chapter 7: The Globalization of Consumer Culture - and Global Opposition to it (obligatory reading for course part about Consumer culture).Very interesting book, but too specific for the more general Global Busines Environment course that I was teaching. Will consider for subsequent classes. A very interesting, accessible and comprehensive book.Perfect for any contemporary theory surroulc'