New Book 'Re-Drawing the Atlas'
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New Book 'Re-Drawing the Atlas'

Published: 04 Jan. 2003, 18:44
The crossing of capital, pollutants, people and information from country to country is a phenomenon that has received vast amounts of attention during the past 10 years. This flow is named globalization.
However, the fact that globalization in Korea is only regarded in an economical sense, and that 'globalization' only means strengthening economic power in the global market still holds true.
'Re-drawing the Atlas' discusses a vast ranges of topics from politics and business to society and culture, and even to the environment. By doing this, the book tries to give a total understanding of what globalization truely is.
This book is composed of compositions in different fields written by 10 scholars, domestic and foreign.
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