Updated interdisciplinary framework for understanding globalization and deglobalization together Does globalization persist alongside increasing fragmentation, or have we entered genuine deglobalization? Now in its Third Edition, Globalization: The Essentials uses a distinctive framework of liquids, flows, and solids to help readers visualize abstract global processes and build evidence-based arguments. This extensively revised edition presents updated research showing nuanced ways that globalization and deglobalization coexist, moving beyond simplistic claims in either direction. New to this edition is expanded coverage of AI's role within globalization, nationalist populism, migration and its critics, fake news and social media manipulation, climate change, information warfare, and transnational social movements. The book features increased emphasis on Global South examples from Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. New visual images, charts, and graphs build data literacy skills throughout. Readers will also find: New "Globalization and You" chapter boxes inviting readers to reflect on their personal connections to global structures, flows, and processesAnalysis of misinformation, disinformation, deep fakes, and AI woven throughout discussions of economic, political, and cultural globalizationA flexible pedagogical structure that supports integration with instructor-selected course materials across multiple social science disciplinesConcrete examples and wide-ranging source material designed to encourage classroom discussion and promote independent study and analysisBalanced interdisciplinary coverage spanning economic, political, and cultural dimensions rather than focusing narrowly on a single aspect of globalization Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses across sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, economics, and other social science fields, Globalization serves both general globalization courses and topical seminars on global inequality, cultural globalization, economic globalization, and global problems. Its coherent narrative and accessible metaphors make abstract processes concrete for diverse learners.
