by Leo Mc Cann (Author)
In Globalization, the author explores the various intermingled aspects that make up the processes and controversies of globalization; he discusses the history and rise of the concept, sceptical and critical ideas about it, the debates around a global culture, and the implications of globalization for work, business, management and organizations.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the `Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Suitable for students of international business and anybody interested in the concept of globalization.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 27 Feb 2018
ISBN 10: 1473919118
ISBN 13: 9781473919112
Leo McCann has managed to produce an accessible, entertaining, informative text on globalization that is infused with both scholarly heft and a healthy analytical distance, successfully navigating the treacherous divide between laudatory apologia and criticism for its own sake. This is a valuable resource for teachers, academics, and interested publics of all stripes.
-- Stephanie L. MudgeThis book makes a beneficial introduction to a field of literature...after deconstructing the myth and hype of globalization McCann proceeds with critically examining the fields in which the concept has been most commonly drawn upon. Culture, economics and politics receive attention, focusing both on the most positive and most negative interpretations of globalization processes in these fields.
For the Organization Studies reader, the most interesting chapter [is] the chapter on global organizations. It is here that McCann's vast knowledge on the topic of globalization is most strongly manifested.
-- Adrienne Soerbom