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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Rennie Short |
ISBN: | 1861891024 9781861891020 |
OCLC Number: | 995218322 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages). |
Contents: | Global Dimensions Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 The Dialectics of Globalization; 2 What Time is this Place?; 3 Does a Global Polity Mean the End of the Nation-State?; 4 A Global Economy?; 5 Global Cultures; 6 Border Spaces; 7 The Annihilation of Space, the Tyranny of Time; 8 Democratizing Globalization; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations. |
Series Title: | RB-Focus on Contemporary Issues (FOCI) |
Other Titles: | Focus on Contemporary Issues |
Abstract:
John Rennie Short disagrees with the common, negative stereotype of globalization, arguing that the world today actually thrives on local differences and that a global polity tends to reinforce - not repress - the power of individual nation-states.
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