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Web Links
| Anthony Giddens's Homepage | | In addition to being a renowned social theorist, Anthony Giddens is the director of the London School of Economics. His Web site includes a set of lectures on the "Runaway World," broadcast by the BBC in 1999.
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http://www.lse.ac.uk/Giddens
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| Introduction to Anthony Giddens | | This is a short introduction to the range of Giddens's thought. It includes entries on structuration and modernity.
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http://www.theory.org.uk/giddens.htm
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| McDonaldization.com | | This site is dedicated to understanding the consequences of the McDonaldization of Society.
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http://www.mcdonaldization.com
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| McSpotlight | | This site provides a running critique of the McDonald's Corporation, including archived coverage of Britain's McLibel trial.
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http://www.mcspotlight.org
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| Business Ethics and Bauman Ethics | | This essay by Rene ten Bos relates Zygmunt Bauman's writings on bureaucracy to contemporary business ethics.
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http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m4339/n6_v18/20421580/p1/article.jhtml
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| The Jurgen Habermas Web Resource | | The Jurgen Habermas Web resource is an introduction to the range of Habermas's thought for students. It includes entries on the public sphere, discourse ethics, and modernity.
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http://www.msu.edu/user/robins11/habermas/
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| The Globalization Website | | The Globalization Web site includes a glossary of terms, a summary of important debates on globalization, a review of theories of globalization, and biographical sketches of such "global actors" as Henry Kissinger and George Soros. It was designed by Frank Lechner.
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http://www.emory.edu/SOC/globalization/index.html
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| The Global Policy Forum | | The Global Policy Forum monitors policymaking at the UN. This site includes commentary on social and economic issues, state sovereignty, and the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
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http://www.globalpolicy.org
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| Douglas Kellner's Website | | This site features frequently updated articles from this prolific commentator on the contemporary social world.
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http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/kellner.html
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