Re-Globalization New Frontiers of Political, Economic, and Social Globalization.

• Author: Kalemci, R. Arzu

Re-Globalization New Frontiers of Political, Economic, and Social Globalization

Edited by Roland Benedikter, Mirjam Gruber, and Ingrid Kofler

New York: Routledge, 2022, 325 pages, [pounds sterling]130.00, ISBN: 9780367642846

An edited book titled Re-Globalization New Frontiers of Political, Economic, and Social Globalization was born from the 2019 and 2020 "Understanding Globalization" conference series held at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano (Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Italy). This edited volume by Roland Benedikter, Mirjam Gruber, and Ingrid Kofler is a novel collection of a number of publications focusing on responses to the question "What is re-globalization?" This book discusses reglobalization from a broader economic, political, and social viewpoint, reflecting the perspectives of different disciplines. One of the most important features of the book is that it deals with re-globalization from a socio-geographical point of view and offers predictions for the future course of this process. Therefore, this book will be of great interest to students, academics, and researchers and it is a worthy addition to any library. Although the book covers the re-globalization process in a broad context, basically, the authors of the book identify the driving result of re-globalization as the COVID-19 process.

The messages about the construction and future of the re-globalization process are consistent and clear in the book, although the authors reflect the perspectives of different disciplines such as technology, global security, global studies, health, climate, and environmental sciences. The sequencing of issues involving the consideration of re-globalization is logical and easy to follow. This book is organized into four parts: (i) economics, politics, and society, (ii) communication, technology, and artificial intelligence, (iii) global security, education, and work and (iv) world regions and international relations. Below is a summary of key points from each section.

In the first chapter, "Re-Globalization--Aspects of a Heuristic Umbrella Term Trying to Encompass Contemporary Change," Roland Benedikter discusses the changes that have taken place in the globalization model that the world has witnessed since the early 1990s and the main reasons that led to these changes. In this context, the author refers to the nationalist policies of some countries in the world and claims that these policies cause the differentiation of modern societies. Regarding the future, the author states that the existing historical and current developments show that states are too small to solve global problems and too big to solve local problems. According to the author, the future of re-globalization lies in contextualization, scaling, and glocalization rather than the...