Social Changes in a Global World

• IntroductionChapter 1: Social Transformations and Development(s) in a Globalized WorldChapter 2: The Sociological and Anthropological Study of Globalization and LocalizationChapter 3: Transformations of Local Socio-economic Practices in a Global WorldChapter 4: Globalization and the Transformation of Social InequalityChapter 5: Transnational Migrations and Social TransformationsChapter 6: Socio-economic Impacts of the Global Financial crisisChapter 7: Communication, Media, Technology, and Global Social ChangeChapter 8: Global Social Change and the EnvironmentChapter 9: Conflict, Competition, Cooperation, and Global ChangeChapter 10: Globalization and Social Movements: Human Agency and Mobilizations for ChangeChapter 11: Final Remarks: Social Change in a Global WorldReferences

Schuerkens draws from a truly global array of systems writers writing in a variety of languages....there are emphases on complexity, on multiplicity of outcomes, on consequential interactions between local cultures and international structures, and on persistent and enduring global pathologies that do not disappear. All of this is refreshing.