Globalization Urbanization and Civil Society

<p><em>Globalization Urbanization and Civil Society</em> is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context.</p><p>The establishment of civil society is essential for urbanism and the global community because it is the sense and essence of development concerning what humankind is as a collective entity on the globe. This thought-provoking book covers the multidimensional aspects issues challenges and consequences of geopolitics and globalization on civil society including freedom in the public sphere alienation neo-fascism social cohesion racial inequality political narcissism political-economic exceptionalism Islamic radicalism social justice and resistance. The author brings a fresh and essentially non-Western critical perspective to bear on the fundamental challenges faced by civil society as a result of the globalization of corporate capitalism in the Digital Age as well as providing a rich perspective on colonialism.</p><p>This book will appeal to scholars and graduate students of geopolitics and globalization global development sociology international relations cultural studies psychology and philosophy as well as practitioners and policymakers who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the field of global studies.</p>