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Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature
Abstract
The sociological, economic, political, and anthropological literatures are devoting increasing attention to globalization. This chapter discusses the various connotations of the term and puts it in historical perspective. Existing theoretical and empirical research on globalization is organized around five key issues or questions: Is it really happening? Does it produce convergence? Does it undermine the authority of nation-states? Is globality different from modernity? Is a global culture in the making? A plea is made for a comparative sociology of globalization that is sensitive to local variations and to how agency, interest, and resistance mediate in the relationship between globalization causes and outcomes. The bulk of the earth must not only be spherical, but not large in comparison with the size of other stars. —Aristotle (384–322 BC), as quoted by Dreyer ( 1953 , p. 118)
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- Authors
- Guillén, M. F.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2001-08
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 235-260
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- OpenAlex
- W2100310745
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- 823
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 27.62
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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