Conceptual Topics - Global Education - EDST 310 - Lovseth, S. - Marshall Brooks Library at Principia College

Very Short Introductions
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Very Short Introductions
The Very Short Introductions titles "provide intelligent and serious introductions to a huge range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable."

Globalization by Manfred B. Steger
ISBN: 9780192803597

Publication Date: 2003
Colonialism-Postcolonialism by Ania Loomba
ISBN: 9780203194911

Publication Date: 2002

Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical and theoretical dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies.
Global Modernization by Alberto Martinelli
ISBN: 9781847871459

Publication Date: 2005

Provides an overview of modernization and modernity as well as classic theoretical perspectives and their critiques
Nationalism by Erika Harris
ISBN: 9780748628513

Publication Date: 2009

This highly original contribution to studies of nationalism focuses on its ideological foundations, tracing its historical beginnings and charting its varied manifestations in world politics today.Its broad theoretical and empirical inquiry explores the dynamics of nationalism and its theories and also considers the role of 'the nation' in political processes taking place beyond states.
Neoliberalism by Manfred B. Steger; Ravi K. Roy
ISBN: 9780199560516

Publication Date: 2010