Gillian Youngs

Globalization, 3rd Edition: Theory and Practice Gillian Youngs 3.º edición

<div> This fully revised and updated textbook focuses on the major topics of globalization today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span> These include the impact of migration, relations between the northern and southern hemispheres, how gender and power plays into the globalization process, and the politics and economics of freedom of movement in the world. Two new chapters on the impact of technology on global communications and the effect of the emerging economies of India and China bring the book fully up to date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span> Further current issues such as the debate concerning environmental security, natural disasters, the broad spectrum between women's empowering impact in the marketplace and the continued exploitation of women in the sex and service trade are also examined. Eleanor Kofman and Gillian Youngs have edited an excellent and comprehensive collection essential for both undergraduate and graduate students trying to gain an understanding of theories and practices driving globalization as we enter into the twenty-first century. </div>>