Updated and revised to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text provides an approachable and comprehensive introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies. Already widely praised for its balanced and accessible presentation of globalizations major theories and key events, this new edition features the inclusion of several topical global justice issues and a heightened emphasis on recent global movements, along with the latest findings in globalization research and emerging technological trendsincluding Internet surveillance, drone technology, and more. Other topics covered in depth include contemporary concerns surrounding the economyincluding ongoing effects of the global recessionculture, media, population migration, global climate change, global inequalities, and the future of globalization. Complex issues are made more accessible through a series of maps, text boxes, and an extensive glossary of key terms. With its incorporation of major recent global developments, Globalization: A Basic Text, SecondEdition, represents an invaluable and indispensable resource for an understanding of the transformative effects and issues that are shaping todays globalized world.