Network power : the social dynamics of globalization / David Singh Grewal.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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CCQ - Lusail Female Library
JZ1318
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CCQ - Lusail Male Library
JZ1318
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Description
x, 405 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-393) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Defining network power -- The power of sociability -- English and gold -- Power and choice in networks -- Evaluating network power -- Countering network power -- Network power in technology -- Global trade and network power -- Gl
Summary
"David Singh Grewal's remarkable and ambitious book draws on several centuries of political and social thought to show how globalization is best understood in terms of a power inherent in social relations, which he calls network power. Using thi