Second Edition
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First published in 2010 by Polity Press
This edition first published in 2017 by Polity Press
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-8980-7
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Names: Martell, Luke, author.
Title: The sociology of globalization / Luke Martell.
Description: Second edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016010247 (print) | LCCN 2016016175 (ebook) | ISBN 9780745689760 (hardcover: alk. paper) | ISBN 0745689760 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780745689777 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 0745689779 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780745689791 (mobi) | ISBN 9780745689807 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Globalization--Social aspects.
Classification: LCC JZ1318 .M37 2016 (print) | LCC JZ1318 (ebook) | DDC 303.48/2--dc23
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For this second edition I have edited through the book for style and repetition. The data has been updated throughout.
I have expanded the section on gender inequality and globalization in chapter 8. I have also expanded the section on the rise of China in the chapter on American power and China (chapter 12). Updates to other chapters reflect the rise of developing Asia.
There is a new section on globalization and the environment in the chapter on global politics (chapter 10). Climate change is discussed at points throughout the book. I have included a discussion of global cities (chapter 2). I have added a case study on the localization of McDonaldization to the chapter on culture (chapter 4). I have revised discussions of the Internet.
I have added sections on the sociological theorist Pierre Bourdieu to the second chapter on media and culture (chapter 4) and the chapter on globalization and the state (chapter 9). There is an extra section on work and workers in the chapter on the economy (chapter 7). In the chapter on the state (chapter 9) I have included a discussion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
There is a new section in the chapter on anti-globalization (chapter 11) on recent anti-capitalism and global protest. I have included a section on the aftermath of the financial crisis, austerity and alternatives to austerity in the chapter on the global economy (chapter 7).
In the first chapter on migration (chapter 5) I have added a section on the sociological theorist Zygmunt Bauman. I have rewritten most of the chapter on the effects of migration (chapter 6), updating it and expanding especially on brain drain and open borders.
Themes such as racism and international organizations are discussed not in separate sections but throughout the book. There is some extra material in this edition that relates to these areas.
I have updated recommended reading. I have added more up-to-date references.
To make space for additions the publisher asked me to remove the chapter on war, so I have done this. However, this is an important area, often neglected by sociologists, and this chapter is available in the first edition.
I hope that the book will read better, be more up to date, and be more challenging for some at higher levels, and that the new sections will improve the coverage of the book and its interest for readers.