Globalization: Theory & Practice

Second Edition.

Globalisation, and connected issues of power and identity, have become central to the concerns of international studies, whether viewed from political economy, spatial of human perspectives.

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary group of international scholars to interrogate common assumptions about globalisation in theory and practice. Gender, identity, citizenship and migration are major themes, and contributors investigate, from contrasting perspectives, the changing nature of the state and implications for theorizing about it.

This second edition includes a new introduction by the editors indicating the current state of globalisation studies and introducing key themes such as technology, social movements and migration issues. It contains revised and completely updated versions of the more theoretical chapters from the first edition, and several substituted chapters by existing authors to bring in new themes including the internet, social movements, environmental security and world cities.