Readings in Globalization: Key Concepts and Major Debates [Paperback]

• Introduces globalization through its basic concepts, rather than thematically;?a distinctive approach that provides students with a better grasp of what social science has to offer on the topic
• Utilizes concepts from interdisciplinary sources, bringing together work from key figures across a number of fields -?from Weber and Marx, to contemporary figures in the field, including Beck, Bauman, Castells, and Homi Bhabha
• Includes excerpts to illustrate ideas, all at an appropriate level of difficulty for an undergraduate audience
• Offers all of this in the dynamic context of major debates surrounding the basic concepts and the fundamental realities of globalization
• Designed so it can be used independently, or alongside Ritzers Globalization: A Basic Text?for a complete student resource

Introduction to the Book 1

1 Introduction to Globalization Debates 3

1 Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature 4
Mauro F. Guill?n

Part I Political Economy 19

2 Civilizations 21

2 The Clash of Civilizations? 23
Samuel P. Huntington

3 Global Utopias and Clashing Civilizations: Misunderstanding the Present 29
John Gray

4 Can Civilizations Clash? 34
Jack F. Matlock, Jr

5 History Ends, Worlds Collide 36
Chris Brown

6 If Not Civil“Ý