The Coming of Globalization: Its Evolution and Contemporary Consequences
Author: Richard Langhorne
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ISBN: 0333947185
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (April, 2001)
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An Insightful Analysis
In understanding the relationship between nations and information, essentially the relationship between landmasses and the infrastructure mechanisms superimposed upon them, an understanding of globalization is made much easier. Richard Langhorne's scholarly look at both the evolution of globalization and some consequences globalization will have on the world's societies serves to enlighten any reader as to the nature and function of the present world. Langhorne does not pull any punches and is clearly not slanted with a political agenda. He is not afraid to deem the United Nations inadequate to deal with global issues but he also does not advocate disbanding the organization; he actually favors a reeducation and repurposing of the organization so that it may be able to do its tasks well.
Langhorne's structuring of this book makes it suitable for any university or graduate level political science or history course. It correlates smoothly with political science, diplomacy studies, and history as well as it does with current events, making it an important read for any reader seeking a background on globalization as a process or structural affair. Its concise and compact nature belie its plethora of information and topics for discussion. Any political science course can spend an entire semester on this book, as can any radio show host or television program. Likewise, it can be part of a greater number or collection of texts on any number of political or historical topics, chief among them British government figures.
This work is indispensable for any reader wishing to understand how we arrived at a globalized world, or, as may be interpreted from this book, how a globalized world arrived at us. Similar Products
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