Globalization : capitalism and its alternatives Oxford 2002 /​ Leslie Sklair

Title

• Globalization : capitalism and its alternatives / Leslie Sklair.

Also Titled

• Sociology of the global system.

Author

• Sklair, Leslie.

Other Authors

• Sklair, Leslie. Sociology of the global system.

Edition

• 3rd ed.

Published

• Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Content Types

• text

Carrier Types

• volume

Physical Description

• xvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Capitalism.
• Summary

• This title focuses on alternatives to global capitalism, arguing strongly that there are other alternative futures that retain and encourage the positive aspects of globalization whilst identifying what is wrong with capitalism.
• In this book Leslie Sklair focuses on alternatives to global capitalism, arguing strongly that there are other alternative futures that retain and encourage the positive aspects of globalization whilst identifying what is wrong with capitalism.[publisher]

Contents

• Introduction
• Thinking about the global
• From development to globalization
• Transnational corporations and capitalist globalization
• Transnational practices : corporations, class, and consumerism
• Transnational practices in the Third World
• The culture-ideology of consumerism
• Capitalist globalization in China
• Challenges to capitalist globalization
• From capitalist to socialist globalization through the transformation of human rights
• Conclusion : the end of capitalist globalization and alternative futures.

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references ([p. 327]-369) and index.
• Self-Renewing 2017
• "Third edition" -- Cover.

Language

• English