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Rethinking civilizational analysis /
Although the concept of 'civilization' has deep roots in the social sciences, there is an urgent need to re-think it for contemporary times. Rethinking Civilizational Analysis points to an exhaustion in using 'the nation state' and 'world system' as the basic macro-unit...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
2004.
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| Collection: | Sage studies in international sociology ;
52. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Although the concept of 'civilization' has deep roots in the social sciences, there is an urgent need to re-think it for contemporary times. Rethinking Civilizational Analysis points to an exhaustion in using 'the nation state' and 'world system' as the basic macro-units of social analysis because they do not get to grips with the 'soft power' variable of cultural factors involved in global aspects of development. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1412901839 9781412901833 9781412931342 1412931347 9781446215739 1446215733 1280371064 9781280371066 9786610371068 6610371067 |