This handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of globalization and its far-reaching impacts on societies, economies, cultures, and individuals around the world. Bringing together 29 chapters authored by leading scholars and experts, it examines both the opportunities and challenges created by increasingly interconnected global systems. The volume addresses key themes including globalization, inequality, and development, highlighting how global economic and political processes shape patterns of prosperity, exclusion, and social change across diverse regions and communities.

The collection also explores issues of migration, culture, governance, social justice, and the experiences of young people in a rapidly changing world. Contributors analyze the movement of people across borders, the transformation of cultural identities, and the evolving role of institutions in promoting equity and democratic participation. In addition, the handbook considers the implications of globalization for education, youth development, and psychosocial well-being, offering critical perspectives on the challenges facing younger generations. Together, the chapters provide a multidisciplinary and globally informed examination of some of the most pressing social, political, and developmental issues of the contemporary era.