Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture

'Robertson's approach is multidimensional, complex, well-grounded in sociological theory, and centred on culture...the theme of globalization is developed in relation to the cultural turn, world-systems theory, the civilizing process, modernity and postmodernity, nostalgia politics and fundamentalism..... his contribution is original, probes deeply and is highly stimulating.' - Political Studies

Author: Roland Robertson
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 08/28/1992
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780803981874

About the Author
Robertson, Roland: - Roland Robertson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His books include International Systems and the Modernization of Societies (with J P Nettl, 1968) The Sociological Interpretation of Religion (1970) Meaning and Change: Explorations in the Cultural Sociology of Modern Societies (1978), Religion and Global Order (co-edited with William R Garrett, 1991) and Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity (co-edited with Bryan S Turner