Globalization in the 21st Century - Paperback
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In this accessible appraisal of contemporary globalization, Steger draws on global theory and history to engage pressing issues such as digitization, ideological polarization, education, demographics, development, and the environment. This big-picture view supports the practical efforts of setting the globe on a more equitable and sustainable path.
Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6th ed. (Oxford UP 2023).
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