This book explores the development, content, and impact of worldculture. Combining several of the most fruitful theoreticalperspectives on world culture, including the world polity approachand globalization theory, the book gives a historical treatment ofthe development of world culture and assesses the complex impact ofworld culture on people, organizations, and societies. This is aprovocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of worldculture that is essential for any student or scholar ofglobalization and world affairs. Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to thepresent dayIncludes numerous illustrations of key issues and empiricalresearchWritten in lively, accessible language for the student andgeneral scholar