Globalization in the 21st Century

Globalization in the 21st Century
by: Manfred Steger (Author)
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 12 Jan. 2024
Language:English
Print Length:230 pages
ISBN-10:1538179733
ISBN-13:9781538179734
Book Description
In this accessible appraisal of contemporary globalization, Steger draws on global theory and history to engage pressing issues such as digitization, ideological polarization, education, demographics, development, and the environment. This big-picture view supports the practical efforts of setting the globe on a more equitable and sustainable path.
About the Author
Review As a leading theorist of globalization, Steger provides an encompassing map of scholarly thinking about the production and impacts of globalization over the past 25 years. For anyone interested in analyzing globalization’s histories, ideologies, contradictions, imaginings, and negative ramifications, as well as how to envision more just and sustainable futures in light of unfolding planetary crises, this book is an absolute must read.–Eve Darian-Smith, University of California IrvineIn this comprehensive sweep of global history from antiquity to the present, Manfred Steger shows once again why he is considered the sage of global studies. Even in today’s era of antiglobal neo-nationalisms, he reveals that globalization is alive in myriad forms. The concept and its many manifestations are deftly analyzed in these lucid essays, displaying the problems and prospects that will continue to challenge the global world to come.–Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State and editor of Thinking Globally: A ReaderStudents, faculty, and the general public will love Globalization in the 21st Century. In this superbly researched book, Manfred Steger offers a critical analysis that illuminates a path toward a just world order. Truly a landmark work!–James H. Mittelman, Distinguished Research Professor, American University, and author of The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and ResistanceThink the debate on globalization is over? Read this book and think again. Here is a blockbuster study by one of the world’s foremost scholars of the past, present, and future of globalization and the political, economic, social, and cultural processes to which it refers. Erudite yet accessible, this book is bound to become a classic for students and scholars of the field. Beyond the academy, it will appeal to a public trying to make sense of the burning issues of our day.–William I. Robinson, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara Book Description A comprehensive assessment of the shifting processes of globalization in the 21st century from a leading thinker in the field. About the Author Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6th ed. (Oxford UP 2023). Read more