At the heart of globalization
E-Mail A new, federally funded, international research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich will study globalization from an unusual angle. It will consider the complexities of worldwide networks of mutual dependency in terms of the dynamics of "dis:connectivity". On the surface, globalization promises more of everything - more speed, more efficiency, more internationalism - an inexorably increasing degree of networking and concentration. "But this is an overly simplistic view," says Roland Wenzlhuemer, Professor of Modern and Contemporary history at LMU. "Globalization...
Source: eurekalert.org