This text uses sociological perspectives to examine the various dimensions of globalization, and the issues of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale. The opening chapter summarizes the fundamental debates and issues associated with globalization, and vivid examples from everyday life show readers how their lived experiences are interconnected with global forces and processes.
Scott Sernau (Ph.D. Cornell University) is Professor of Sociology at Indiana University South Bend where he regularly teaches courses on globalization, social and international inequalities, family, urban society, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change, Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight, Bound: Living in the Globalized World, andWorlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a Global Economy. He has won numerous campus and statewide teaching awards and serves on the IU Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching.