Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization. Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization is an outstanding guide to often encountered thinkers whose ideas have shaped defined and influenced this new and rapidly growing field. The authors clearly and lucidly survey the life work and impact of fifty of the most important theorists of globalization including: Manuel Castells Joseph Stiglitz David Held Jan Aart Scholte Each thinkers contribution to the field is evaluated and assessed and each entry includes a helpful guide to further reading. Fully cross referenced throughout this remarkable reference guide is essential reading for students of politics and international relations economics sociology history anthropology and literary studies. Cover Title Copyright Contents Alphabetical List of Entries Acknowledgements Introduction FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON GLOBALIZATION Janet Abu Lughod Samir Amin Arjun Appadurai Giovanni Arrighi Zygmunt Bauman Ulrich Beck Walden F. Bello Fernand Braudel Neil Brenner Manuel Castells Philip G. Cerny Dipesh Chakrabarty Rey Chow John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff Robert W. Cox Arif Dirlik Arturo Escobar Richard A. Falk Anthony Giddens Ulf Hannerz Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri David Harvey David Held Eric Helleiner Paul Hirst Grahame Thompson and Simon Bromley A. G. Hopkins Rhoda E. Howard Hassmann Naomi Klein Kelley Lee Anne McClintock Walter D. Mignolo Aihwa Ong Roland Robertson Dani Rodrik James N. Rosenau Arundhati Roy John Ruggie Edward Said Boaventura de Sousa Santos Saskia Sassen Jan Aart Scholte Amartya Sen Vandana Shiva Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Joseph Stiglitz Susan Strange Peter J. Taylor John Tomlinson Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Linda Weiss Index.