{"product_id":"globalization-roland-robertson-9780803981874","title":"Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture","description":"A stimulating appraisal of a crucial contemporary theme, this comprehensive analysis of globalizaton offers a distinctively cultural perspective on the social theory of the contemporary world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis perspective considers the world as a whole, going beyond conventional distinctions between the global and the local and between the universal and the particular. Its cultural approach emphasizes the political and economic significance of shifting conceptions of, and forms of participation in, an increasingly compressed world. At the same time the book shows why culture has become a globally contested issue - why, for example, competing conceptions of  world order′ have political and economic consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roland Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803981872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803981874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.49d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roland Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465470923007,"sku":"9780803981874","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d476119a-3c85-41e0-9d60-1a1d28d026e4.jpg?v=1736346341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/globalization-roland-robertson-9780803981874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}