Runaway World: How Globalisation Is Reshaping Our Lives

ISBN-13: 9780415944878 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 138 str.

Anthony Giddens

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Intellectually vigorous.full of epigrammatic arguments backed up with just enough evidence." -- Jack Beatty, Atlantic Unbound
"A brilliant primer on a complex subject." -- Newark Star-Ledger
"An accessible look at the aftereffects of globalization." -- Publishers Weekly

O autorze

Anthony Giddens is the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and been an advisor to both Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. A cofounder of Polity Press, he is the author of many books including the international bestseller The Third Way. He has seven honorary degrees and has taught at Cambridge, Boston, Harvard, New York and Stanford universities and the University of California, Berkeley and the Sorbonne.