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Beskrivning
The aim of this book is to conduct a critical survey of the main tools devised for the synthetic measurement of globalization processes. Given these premises, the book presents the principal tools employed in attempts to measure globalization, starting with those whose unit of analysis is the state.
Contents.- Introduction.- 1. Globalization: in search of definition of a controversial concept.- 2. Measuring complexity.- 3. Measuring globalization: the state-based approach.- 4. Globalization indices based on states: a comparism and some criticism.- 5. Alternative approaches and conclusions.