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From Walmart to Al Qaeda explains the fuzzy, complex and seemingly incomprehensible concept of globalization. What is globalization? What are the core topics, theories and competing ideologies? Are we walking towards homogenization or towards a global collision of cultures and identities? The potential risks and challenges for the global economy, corporations and political regimes are acknowledged by most but not fully understood. This book provides a refreshing new look at how society is being shaped by globalization and how these apparently destructive patterns can be both explained and potentially remedied. Globalization is both a concept and a cliché. It is a term that is used to explain an economic system or the state of the world. David Murillo sets out the questions and identifies the interrelationships of different disciplines to both understand the issues and also find solutions. The book discusses globalization and current attempts to con ceptualize and measure it. There are theoretical and ideological debates on whether globalization is inevitable and the various alternatives for interpreting how the world works. This book’s multidisciplinary analysis of globalization is fundamental to better understand the multipolar world in which we now live. Reading it is also essential to appropriately manage this world which, without doubt, is here to stay.
Javier Solana, EU’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, 1999 to 2009
Greenleaf Publishing
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26/02/2015 15:35
to be g the a mucheconomy ntre, as an
ection to
owerful rpiece.
rship o to drive
building onal ve and n.
people s
elf-
er Chair
From Walmart to Al Qaeda explains the fuzzy, complex and seemingly incomprehensible concept of globalization. What is globalization? What are the core topics, theories and competing ideologies? Are we walking towards homogenization or towards a global collision of cultures and identities? The potential risks and challenges for the global economy, corporations and political regimes are acknowledged by most but not fully understood. This book provides a refreshing new look at how society is being shaped by globalization and how these apparently destructive patterns can be both explained and potentially remedied. Globalization is both a concept and a cliché. It is a term that is used to explain an economic system or the state of the world. David Murillo sets out the questions and identifies the interrelationships of different disciplines to both understand the issues and also find solutions. The book discusses globalization and current attempts to con ceptualize and measure it. There are theoretical and ideological debates on whether globalization is inevitable and the various alternatives for interpreting how the world works. This book’s multidisciplinary analysis of globalization is fundamental to better understand the multipolar world in which we now live. Reading it is also essential to appropriately manage this world which, without doubt, is here to stay.
Javier Solana, EU’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, 1999 to 2009
Greenleaf Publishing
Greenleaf PUBLISHING
Walmart_ppc.indd 1
Cover design by Sadie Gornall-Jones
Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street Sheffield S3 8GG, UK Tel: +44 (0)114 282 3475
www.greenleaf-publishing.com
26/02/2015 15:35
