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An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our
time and, even more, of our childens. Goeran Therborn is University
Professor of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and Professor
and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. Arguably
the most important and certainly the most ambitious book of recent
sociology. Bryan Turner, Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of
Sociology. Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and
communications, and private space travel are all means in which
outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society's
projects. But what are the political implications of society not
only being globalized, but becoming 'cosmic'? Our ideas about
society have long affected, and been affected by, our understanding
of the universe: large sections of our economy and society are now
organized around humanity's use of outer space. Our view of the
universe, our increasingly 'cosmic' society, and even human
consciousness are being transformed by new relations with the
cosmos. As the first sociological book to tackle humanity's
relationship with the universe, this fascinating volume links
social theory to classical and contemporary science, and proposes a
new 'cosmic' social theory. Written in a punchy, student-friendly
style, this timely book engages with a range of topical issues,
including cyberspace, terrorism, tourism, surveillance and
globalization.
Contents: Acknowledgements. Questions in a crisis: The contested meanings of globalisation in the Asia Pacific. Phillip Kelly and Kris Olds. Global Discourses. Reflections on golobalisation and its (il)logic(s). Bob Jessop. Globalism and the politics of place. Arif Dirlik. The globaisation of the system of business knowledge. Nigel Thrift. Resisting Globalisation: Environmental politics in Eastern Asia. James H. Mittelman. Regional reformations. The political economy of globalisation in East Asia: The Salience of 'Region Building'. Richard Higgott. INvesting in the future: East and Southeast Asian firms in the global economy. Peter Dicken and Henry Wai-chung Yeung. Rethinking globaisation: Re-articulating the spatial scales and temporal horizons of trans-border spaces. Ngai-Ling Sum. Reterritorializing the state. Servicing the global economy: reconfigures states and private agents. Saskia Sassen. Globalisation and the limits to national economic management. Cayetano Paderanga Jr. Global Lives. Class formation, hybridity and ethnification in declining global hegemonies. Jonathan Friedman. Citizens in Transnational nation-states: The Asian experience. Nina Glick Schiller. Globalisation, transmigration nd the renegotiation of ethnic identity. Lily Kong. Globalisation, Postcolonialism and new represenations of the pacific Asia Metropolis. Dean Forbes. References. Index.
Most books that analyse the crucial subject of globalisation only look at it from a western perspective. This is the first detailed study to look at globalisation specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. An impressive collection of leading, interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation, and their relationship to development processes in the region.
One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis
is that no-one has a clear pictue of what is taking place.
Environmental problems are real enough but they bring home the
inadequacy of our knowledge. How does the natural world relate to
the social world? Why do we continue to have such a poor
understanding? How can ecological knowledge be made to relate to
our understanding of human society? The book argues that the
division of labour is a key but neglected factor underlying
people's inability to adequately understand and relate to the
natural world. The argument extends Marx's theory of alienation to
account for inadequate knowledge and therefore inadequate concern
for nature. Using recent developments in "critical realist"
philosophy, the book aims to find ways of reorganising knowledge in
the light of ecological consciousness. It also corrects the
emphasis of much environmental literature by focusing on production
rather than consumption.
This study places the British middle classes in their historical
and regional contexts in order to explain how they exercise a
powerful impact in British society. It develops a theoretical
perspective on the middle classes, criticizing theories of "the
service class", and draws upon the works of Ohlin-Wright and
Bourdieu to develop a theoretical realist perspective which is
sensitive to the variety of ways in which middle class formation
takes place. It argues that the British middle class have been
split between a cohesive and well-established professional middle
class, and an insecure and marginal managerial and self-employed
middle class. This text argues that recent changes in economic
restructuring have enabled the professional middle class to
consolidate its position of dominance. The managerial middle class
are however becoming more marginal and insecure. The book explores
the implications of this position by analyzing processes of social
and spatial mobility, cultural practices and political
mobilization.
An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our
time and, even more, of our childens. Goeran Therborn is University
Professor of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and Professor
and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. Arguably
the most important and certainly the most ambitious book of recent
sociology. Bryan Turner, Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of
Sociology. Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and
communications, and private space travel are all means in which
outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society's
projects. But what are the political implications of society not
only being globalized, but becoming 'cosmic'? Our ideas about
society have long affected, and been affected by, our understanding
of the universe: large sections of our economy and society are now
organized around humanity's use of outer space. Our view of the
universe, our increasingly 'cosmic' society, and even human
consciousness are being transformed by new relations with the
cosmos. As the first sociological book to tackle humanity's
relationship with the universe, this fascinating volume links
social theory to classical and contemporary science, and proposes a
new 'cosmic' social theory. Written in a punchy, student-friendly
style, this timely book engages with a range of topical issues,
including cyberspace, terrorism, tourism, surveillance and
globalization.
Global Shift is - quite simply - the definitive work on economic
globalization. The extensive use of graphics, lack of jargon, and
clear definition of terms has made it the standard work for the
social sciences. The Seventh Edition has been completely updated
using the latest available sources. It maps the changing centres of
gravity of the global economy and explains the global financial
crisis. Each chapter has been extensively rewritten and new
material introduced to explain the most recent empirical
developments; ideas on production, distribution, consumption; and
corporate governance. Global Shift provides: The most comprehensive
and up-to-date explanation of economic globalization available,
examining the role of transnational corporations, states, labour,
consumers, organizations in civil society, and the power relations
between them. A clear guide to how the global economy is being
transformed through the operation of global production networks
involving transnational corporations, states, interest groups and
technology. Extended discussion of problems and institutions of
global governance in the context of the global economic crisis and
of the role of corporate social responsibility. A suite of
extensive online ancillaries for both students and lecturers,
including author videos, case studies, lecture notes, and free
access to specially selected journal articles related to each
chapter. There is only one definitive guide to economic
globalization for the social sciences: and that's Peter Dicken's
Global Shift.
Societies have always been formed in a relationship with the rest
of the universe. With rapid developments in satellite
communications and imaging, space exploration and tourism, military
space technology, and cosmology itself, relationships with outer
space are changing. These changes have inspired a wave of critical
academic work in recent years, re-examining the history, present
and future of outer space and the place of humans within it. This
handbook provides an in-depth exploration of major themes relating
to society, culture and the universe and will inspire and cultivate
debate in this exciting and burgeoning area of study for future
researchers and theorists. Bringing together scholarship from a
range of disciplines including geography, economics, history,
political science, sociology, philosophy, science and technology
studies, law, cultural astronomy, anthropology, media studies,
literature, psychosocial studies and art, it closely examines how
outer space is socially produced, experienced, perceived and
imagined, and the significance of this for terrestrial social life.
* What is the value of evolutionary thought to social theory - and
vice-versa? * How has human nature evolved and is it realized or
constrained by modern society? * Are there parallels between social
evolution and evolution in the natural world? Social Darwinism is
the extension of Darwin's evolutionary ideas to human society. Over
the past two centuries it has been argued that the 'fittest' in
terms of physical and mental prowess are most likely to survive and
reproduce. It has also been suggested that the increasingly complex
structure of human society mirrors the increasing complexity of
nature. This highly original text examines whether these extensions
from nature to society are justified, and considers how dangerous
they may be in implying the systematic neglect - or even
destruction - of the least 'fit'. It asks what, in any case, is
'fitness' as applied to human beings? It also questions whether
human nature is constrained by modern society and whether people
evolved as essentially competitive or collaborative. Written in a
clear and accessible style, with text boxes to explain key ideas
and little or no biological knowledge required of the reader, this
book suggests a new way in which evolutionary thought and social
theory can be combined. Dickens argues that the difficulties and
prejudices associated with the field can be avoided by combining
historical materialism with aspects of contemporary biology to
create a 'Social Darwinism' for the twenty-first century.
The definitive text on globalization, this book provides an
accessible, jargon-free analysis of how the world economy works and
its effects on people and places. Peter Dicken synthesizes the
latest ideas and empirical data to blaze a clear path through the
thicket of globalization processes and debates. The book highlights
the dynamic interactions among transnational corporations, nations,
and other key players, and their role in shaping the uneven
contours of development. Mapping the changing centers of gravity of
the global economy, Dicken presents in-depth case studies of six
major industries. Now in full color throughout, the text features
228 figures. Companion websites for students and instructors offer
extensive supplemental resources, including author videos, applied
case studies with questions, lecture notes with PowerPoint slides,
discipline-specific suggested further reading for each chapter, and
interactive flashcards. New to This Edition: *Every chapter
thoroughly revised and updated. *All 228 figures (now in color) are
new or redesigned. *Addresses the ongoing fallout from the recent
global financial crisis. *Discussions of timely topics: tax
avoidance and corporate social responsibility; global problems of
unemployment, poverty, and inequality; environmental degradation;
the Eurozone crisis; and more. *Enhanced online resources for
instructors and students.
This book offers a new understanding of society's relations with
the cosmos. Entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk receive
a great deal of publicity, but offer unlikely and implausible
visions of space tourism for the general public. Meanwhile,
asteroids are seen as 'rare materials' which will be extracted and
used to produce untold riches for earthbound citizens. The reality
is rather different. First, there is no evidence that owners of
capital are attempting to extract 'rare' materials in the cosmos.
The costs would be 'out of this world'. But capital, not
governments, is determining how outer space should be used.
Capital's investments in aerospace companies are actively
determining forms of military interventions and the equipment used.
And satellite television pumps out forms of culture aimed at a
global audience. But these are being ignored and subverted by, for
example, indigenous peoples. In short, this book sets out a new
understanding of our relations with the cosmos. The forces of
capital are certainly powerful but at the same time they are being
challenged, subverted and even overturned.
Sociological Theory and the Environment is a comprehensive survey
and assessment of sociological theories of the relations between
societies and their "natural" biophysical environment. This book
touches on and addresses virtually all of the major perspectives,
focal points, and debates in environmental sociology
today--classical and twentieth century social theories, macro-micro
linkage issues, globalization and development, reflexive
modernization, ecological modernization vs. "limits" viewpoints,
modernity and post modernity, risk society,
constructionalism-realism, environmental movements/identities,
consumption and environment, cultural sociologies of the
environment, and so on. At the same time, the book aims to go
beyond an inventory of environmental sociological theory.
Sociological Theory and the Environment stresses how new ground can
be broken in the articulation of environmental sociology with major
classical and contemporary sociological theories.
One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis
is that no-one has a clear pictue of what is taking place.
Environmental problems are real enough but they bring home the
inadequacy of our knowledge. How does the natural world relate to
the social world? Why do we continue to have such a poor
understanding? How can ecological knowledge be made to relate to
our understanding of human society? The book argues that the
division of labour is a key but neglected factor underlying
people's inability to adequately understand and relate to the
natural world. The argument extends Marx's theory of alienation to
account for inadequate knowledge and therefore inadequate concern
for nature. Using recent developments in "critical realist"
philosophy, the book aims to find ways of reorganising knowledge in
the light of ecological consciousness. It also corrects the
emphasis of much environmental literature by focussing on
production rather than consumption.
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