Roland Robertson 
Globalization [PDF ebook] 
Social Theory and Global Culture

Globalization as a Problem
The Cultural Turn
Mapping the Global Condition
World-Systems Theory, Culture and Images of World Power
Japanese Globality and Japanese Religion
The Universalism-Particularism Issue
′Civilization, ′ Civility and the Civilizing Process
Globalization Theory and Civilization Analysis
Globality, Modernity and the Issue of Postmodernity
Globalization and the Nostalgic Paradigm
′The Search for Fundamentals′ in Global Perspective
Concluding Reflections

Roland Robertson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His books include International Systems and the Modernization of Societies (with J P Nettl, 1968) The Sociological Interpretation of Religion (1970) Meaning and Change: Explorations in the Cultural Sociology of Modern Societies (1978), Religion and Global Order (co-edited with William R Garrett, 1991) and Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity (co-edited with Bryan S Turner