Globalization Key Thinkers [Hardcover]

Globalization: Key Thinkers offers a critical commentary on the leading thinkers in the contemporary globalization debate, as well as new arguments about the future direction of globalization thinking. The book guides the reader through the key arguments of leading thinkers, explaining their place in the wider globalization debate and evaluating their critical reception. Eleven thematic chapters focus on one or two key thinkers covering every aspect of the globalization debate including the theoretical arguments of Anthony Giddens and Manuel Castells, to the positive arguments of Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf and the reforming ideas of Joseph Stiglitz. Other chapters variously address the ideas of Immanuel Wallerstein, Arjun Appadurai, Paul Hirst, Naomi Klein, Grahame Thompson, David Held, Anthony McGrew, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Saskia Sassen and Peter Dicken. Each chapter also provides some carefully selected recommendations for further reading for the thinkers discussed. The book ends with a concluding chapter that examines how thinking about globalization is likely to develop in future. Whilst individual chapters can stand alone, the book is designed as a whole to enhance the reader's understanding of how different thinkers' ideas relate and contrast to each other.Introduction: Thinking About Globalization
Systemic Thinking: Immanuel Wallerstein
Conceptual Thinking: Anthony Giddens
Sociological Thinking: Manuel Castells
Transformational Thinking: David Held and Anthony McGrew
Sceptical Thinking: Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson
Spatial Thinking: Peter Dicken and Saskia Sassen
Positive Thinking: Thomas Friedman and Martin Wolf
Reformist Thinking: Joseph Stiglitz
Radical Thinking: Naomi Klein, George Monbiot and Subcommandante Marcos
Revolutionary Thinking: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Cultural Thinking: ArlS.