Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives

by Anthony Giddens

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Completely updated with a new chapter, this book is about global change and its impact on every aspect of our lives - and people's lives in very different parts of the world. The changes are broadly positive, liberating women, spreading democracy and creating new wealth.

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Anthony Giddens, a British sociologist, was educated at Hull, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge, and is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His interests have been varied, but they tend to focus on questions related to the macro-order. Much of his theoretical writing deals with stratification, class, and modernity. Although he has show more concentrated on dynamic issues of social structure, he has also examined how social psychological concerns are part of this broader order of human relations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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1999

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Economics, Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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306.2Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial Behavior - Dating, Marriage, DivorcePolitical institutions
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JZ1318 .G53Political ScienceInternational relationsInternational relationsScope of international relations. Political theory.
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