Anthony Giddens is the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and been an advisor to both Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. A cofounder of Polity Press, he is the author of many books including the international bestseller The Third Way. He has seven honorary degrees and has taught at Cambridge, Boston, Harvard, New York and Stanford universities and the University of California, Berkeley and the Sorbonne.

"Intellectually vigorous.full of epigrammatic arguments backed up with just enough evidence." -- Jack Beatty, Atlantic Unbound"A brilliant primer on a complex subject." -- NewarkStar-Ledger"An accessible look at the aftereffects of globalization." -- Publishers Weekly

• Preface to the second edition, Preface to the first edition, Introduction, 1. Globalisation, 2. Risk, 3. Tradition, 4. Family, 5. Democracy, Selected reading, Index

Anthony Giddens is the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and been an advisor to both Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. A cofounder of Polity Press, he is the author of many books including the international bestseller The Third Way. He has seven honorary degrees and has taught at Cambridge, Boston, Harvard, New York and Stanford universities and the University of California, Berkeley and the Sorbonne.

"Intellectually vigorous.full of epigrammatic arguments backed up with just enough evidence." -- Jack Beatty, Atlantic Unbound"A brilliant primer on a complex subject." -- NewarkStar-Ledger"An accessible look at the aftereffects of globalization." -- Publishers Weekly

• Preface to the second edition, Preface to the first edition, Introduction, 1. Globalisation, 2. Risk, 3. Tradition, 4. Family, 5. Democracy, Selected reading, Index

Anthony Giddens is the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and been an advisor to both Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. A cofounder of Polity Press, he is the author of many books including the international bestseller The Third Way. He has seven honorary degrees and has taught at Cambridge, Boston, Harvard, New York and Stanford universities and the University of California, Berkeley and the Sorbonne.

"Intellectually vigorous.full of epigrammatic arguments backed up with just enough evidence." -- Jack Beatty, Atlantic Unbound"A brilliant primer on a complex subject." -- NewarkStar-Ledger"An accessible look at the aftereffects of globalization." -- Publishers Weekly

• Preface to the second edition, Preface to the first edition, Introduction, 1. Globalisation, 2. Risk, 3. Tradition, 4. Family, 5. Democracy, Selected reading, Index