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Do we confuse globalization for Americanization? What are the distinctive elements in the interplay of the local and the global?This much needed book is the first full length text to examine globalization from the perspective of both the West and the East. It considers globalization as a general social and economic process, and the challenges it presents for Western social science. The meaning of a global perspective is explored through various concrete examples: religion, migration, medicine, terrorism, global disasters, citizenship, multiculturalism, media and popular culture. Introduced with a forward from Roland Robertson the book is brimming with novel interpretations and fresh insights that will contribute to illuminating the practical realities of globalization.
Globalization of Disasters and Disaster Response
Globalization of Disasters and Disaster Response
Introduction
With their manifold causes and consequences, disasters, defined here as unscheduled events caused by nature or by human interventions, illustrate many aspects of the processes of globalization. This chapter argues that the nature of disasters, their consequences and the responses to them ...
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