Abstract:Abstract Academic discourse in diverse fields over the past two decades has been dominated by a new lexicon surrounding the notion of “globalization,” understood generally as the integration of societ...Abstract Academic discourse in diverse fields over the past two decades has been dominated by a new lexicon surrounding the notion of “globalization,” understood generally as the integration of societies and economies across the world into one system, and by a new globalist approach to analysis. The defining features of this approach is that it takes the “world” rather than “society” bound within the nation‐state, or a sub‐unit of this “society” (local communities, for example), as the fundamental unit of analysis, as the setting and context for analysis. This approach has been particularly popular in development economics and political economy, with a focus on the structure and dynamics of capitalist development and international relations. The globalist approach has also been the prevailing trend in the study of development in its many diverse permutations and dimensions – economic, social, political, cultural, and ecological. In effect, the globalist approach has provided for new forms of analysis of processes that transcend the nation‐state – that unfold on a global scale – processes that have been analyzed and theorized in terms of ‘globalization’.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-29
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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