Globalization: The Making of World Society

Globalization: The Making of World Society is a stimulating, state-of-the-art text for any student of globalization, beginner or advanced.

• Makes a big, abstract topic very accessible through illustration with everyday experience
  
  
• Thorough and scholarly but written in an approachable style
  
  
• Delves into timely and controversial issues and debates, including the impact of migration, global inequality, and cultural homogeneity
  
  
• Combines several perspectives for new interpretation
  
  
• Includes chapter outlines and suggestions for further reading
  
  

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Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta. Among his publications dealing with globalization are World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli) (Blackwell, 2005) and The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008) as well as an edited volume, The Globalization Reader (with John Boli) (third edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). He has also written extensively about religion and social theory.