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The Globalization of International Society
2017This chapter lays the conceptual and theoretical foundations for the volume. It begins by examining four accounts of the globalization of international society. Of these, only Bull and Watson offer a robust account of how the social order of states became global.
Reus-Smit, Christian, Dunne, Tim
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Civil Society, Globalization, and Global Civil Society
Journal of Civil Society, 2008Recently, there has been much discussion of ‘global civil society’. This concept evidently draws on the more familiar civil society concept as related to national societies. What are the consequences of extending the concept in this way? Is global civil society simply civil society writ large, an extension to the international plane of basically the ...
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2015
Chapter 1 argued that the study of global injustice symbols and global social movements is sociologically important because it enables an empirically grounded discussion of global society. This reflects the Durkheimian foundation of the book, which indicates that the analysis of symbols is, fundamentally, an analysis of society. Symbols and society are
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Chapter 1 argued that the study of global injustice symbols and global social movements is sociologically important because it enables an empirically grounded discussion of global society. This reflects the Durkheimian foundation of the book, which indicates that the analysis of symbols is, fundamentally, an analysis of society. Symbols and society are
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2014
In the foreword to his Sociology , Simmel suggests a way of reading his book. He wants to "give the swinging concept of sociology one univocal content". Simmel expresses a deep concern: Sociology is not a treatise , thus the reader might consider "the entirely fragmented and incomplete nature of the book" whose chapters "have been conceived as ...
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In the foreword to his Sociology , Simmel suggests a way of reading his book. He wants to "give the swinging concept of sociology one univocal content". Simmel expresses a deep concern: Sociology is not a treatise , thus the reader might consider "the entirely fragmented and incomplete nature of the book" whose chapters "have been conceived as ...
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Volcanic threats to global society
Science, 2019Resilience plans for globally impacting cataclysmic eruptions are ...
Papale, Paolo, Marzocchi, Warner
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Global Civil Society or Global Consumer Society?
2008In recent years, optimistic analyses concerning globalization — specifically those forecasting the decline of state authority and the related rise of a progressive global civil society (GCS) — have been pervasive, especially among left-leaning intellectuals and activists.
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International Political Sociology, 2009
The concept of globality is today commonly used to describe a condition characterized by the existence of a single sociopolitical space on a planetary scale. Such a global realm is believed to have resulted from the gradual dissolution of boundaries brought about by intensified exchange and increased interconnectedness between territorially bounded and
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The concept of globality is today commonly used to describe a condition characterized by the existence of a single sociopolitical space on a planetary scale. Such a global realm is believed to have resulted from the gradual dissolution of boundaries brought about by intensified exchange and increased interconnectedness between territorially bounded and
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Global Companies, Global Society
Journal of Management Inquiry, 2002One of the clearest challenges of the 21st century is to create multinational organizations that support an economically vibrant and culturally diverse global society. This article addresses issues raised in September 2001 from the perspective of a Norwegian-based multinational company that is combining its global business strategy with unique ...
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The Global Network Society and the Global Public Sphere
Development, 2003Ingrid Volkmer outlines the new ‘flow’ of political information that enables us to become informed about issues of global, regional as well as local relevance. The new media infrastructure allows an eyewitness view of events taking place in worldwide locations.
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