Customer Reviews

Real World Globalization: A Reader in Business, Economics and Politics, 9th Edition

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This book offers critical perspectives (without the conservative bias) on the rapidly changing globalized world. An important read for anyone interested in economics, political philosophy, political science, or global justice!

This is a great book for anyone looking for concise, understandable literature on the economic and social issues surrounding globalization. The book is organized into specialized sections that have 6-10 articles about various topics related to the section. It is a great source for both beginners and advanced students of globalization.

This book might be for you, it was not for me. I suppose you should take the title literally. It is stock full of 'real world' data, i.e. everything bad thats happened in the world, and then they take some aspect of neoliberal policy to blame it on. My major concern is that it is completely lacking in any sort of theory, direct cause and effect relationships. But I give it two stars because it is stock full of discussions of happenings around the world, which can be interesting. But be forewarned, extremely biased against neoliberalism and the material doesn't even try to explain itself.