The globalization of nothing 2
By: George Ritzer.
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781412940214; 9781412940221
Subjects: Globalization; Globalization -- Social aspects; International relations; Nothing (Philosophy)
Other titles: Globalization of nothing two
Description: "The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated edition, with an even greater emphasis on the processes of globalization and how they relate to McDonaldization. As before, this book is structured around four sets of concepts addressing the issues of: "places/non-places," "things/non-things," "people/non-people," and "services/non-services." By drawing upon salient examples from everyday life, George Ritzer invites the reader to examine the nuances of these concepts in conjunction with the paradoxes within the process of the globalization of nothing. Critical questions are raised throughout, and the reader is compelled not only to seek answers to these questions, but also to critically evaluate the questions as well as their answers." "This text can be used in a variety of courses focusing on the principles of sociology, social change, social theory, globalization, consumerism, and the global economy in sociology departments as well as in related courses in departments of political science or economics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization : a new conceptualization; title: Nothing (and something) : another new conceptualization; title: Meet the nullities : non-places, non-things, non-people, and non-services; title: Nothing : caveats and clarifications; title: The globalization of nothing; title: Theorizing glocalization and grobalization; title: The globalization of consumer culture and global opposition to it; title: Loss amidst monumental abundance and global strategies for coping with it.