The Globalization of Nothing 2

Contributor(s):

Ritzer, George [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Pine Forge Press, 2007Description: xi + 249 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781412940214

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Contents:

Includes index. 1. Globalization: A New Conceptualization-- 2. Nothing (and Something): Another New Conceptualization-- 3. Meet the Nullities: Nonplaces, Nonthings, Nonpeople, and Nonservices-- 4. Nothing: Caveats and Clarifications-- 5. The Globalization of Nothing-- 6. Theorizing Glocalization and Grobalization-- 7. The Globalization of Consumer Culture--and Global Opposition to It-- 8. Loss Amidst Monumental Abundance--and Global Strategies for Coping With It--

Summary: The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated Second Edition. In this reconceptualized volume, author George Ritzer focuses his attention squarely on the processes of globalization and how they relate to Mc Donaldization. This revision is shorter, more concise, and spends much less space on the Nothing-Something continuum that he introduced in the First Edition.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TBS Barcelona Libre acceso	JZ1318 RIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B04057

The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and completely updated Second Edition. In this reconceptualized volume, author George Ritzer focuses his attention squarely on the processes of globalization and how they relate to Mc Donaldization. This revision is shorter, more concise, and spends much less space on the Nothing-Something continuum that he introduced in the First Edition.