Runaway World How Globalization Is Reshaping Our Lives 2nd Anthony Giddens by Anthony Giddens 9781861974297, 1861974299 instant download after payment.

'Before the current global era it is impossible to imagine that comparable events [like September 11] could have occurred, reflecting as they do our new-found interdependence. The rise of global terrorism, like world-wide networks involving in money-laundering, drug-running and other forums of organized crime, are all parts of the dark side of globalisation.' From the new Preface: This book is based on the highly influential BBC Reith lecture series on globalisation delivered in 1999 by Anthony Giddens. Now updated with a new chapter addressing the post-September 11th global landscape, this book remains the intellectual benchmark on how globalisation is reshaping our lives. The changes are explored in five main chapters: Globalisation; Risk; Tradition; Family; and, Democracy.