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Literature Guide: Globalization

Timothy Skinner, MLS, is a member of Frontier Ventures.

WCIU Journal: Area Studies Topic

October 20, 2021

Compiled by Timothy Skinner, MLS 

(Note: An asterisk indicates an e-book in Latourette Library.)

Library of Congress Classification:

JZ 1317.5 – JZ 1324  (International relations)

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Architecture and Globalization

Art and globalization

Education and globalization

Globalization

Music and globalization

Periodicals

Globalization

Reference Books with Relevant Articles

Encyclopedia of the Developing World (2006)

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (2008)

Books

*Ahmed, Akbar S. 2007. Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Appadurai, Arjun. 2001. Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

*Bhagwati, Jagdish N. 2007. In Defense of Globalization. New York: Oxford University Press.

*Binnie, Jon. 2004. The Globalization of Sexuality. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

*Boyd-Barrett, Oliver, and Terhi Rantanen. 1998. The Globalization of News. London: SAGE.

*Cardwell, Jason H. 2010. Financial Globalization. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

*DeNardis, Laura. 2009. Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

*DeSombre, Elizabeth R. 2006. Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

*Harrison, Ann E. 2007. Globalization and Poverty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

*Hasselblatt, Cornelius. 2011. Language Contact in Times of Globalization. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

*Herting, Sandra. 2012. Globalization. Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag.

Jameson, Fredric, and Masao Miyoshi. 1998. The Cultures of Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

*Kelly, Philip K. 2000. Landscapes of Globalization: Human Geographies of Economic Change in the Philippines. New York: Routledge.

Klein, Naomi. 2002. Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate. London: Flamingo.  

Lechner, Frank J., and John Boli. 2020. The Globalization Reader. 6th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

*Mayo, Marjorie. 2005. Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalization.  New York: Zed Books.

*Parker, Barbara. 2005. Introduction to Globalization and Business: Relationships and Responsibilities. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

*Rantanen, Terhi. 2005. The Media and Globalization. London: SAGE.

*Rao, C. P. 2000. Globalization and Its Managerial Implications. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.

Roberts, Anthea, and Nicolas Lamp.  2021. Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses,  and Why It Matters. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Rupp, George. 2006. Globalization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community. New York: Columbia University Press.

Sachs, Jeffrey D. 2020. The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions. New York: Columbia University Press.

*Schirato, Tony, and Jen Webb. 2003. Understanding Globalization. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

*Steger, Manfred B. 2017. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford  University Press.

Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2002. Globalization and Its Discontents. New York: Norton.

Waters, Brent. 2016. Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization.  Westminster John Knox Press.

*Went, Robert. 2000. Globalization: Neoliberal Challenge, Radical Responses. Sterling, VA: Pluto Press with the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE).

*Yearley, Steven. 1996. Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization: Reinventing the Globe. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

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