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Borderlines in a Globalized World
. Ed(S): Preyer, Gerhard; Bos, Mathias (Institut Fur Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universit T Heidelberg, Germany)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Preyer, Gerhard; Bos, Mathias (Institut fur Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universit t Heidelberg, Germany). Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCM; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Scholars of different schools have extensively analyzed world systems as networks of communication under the fashionable heading `globalization.' Our collected new research pushes the argument one step further. Globalization is not a homogenization of all social life on earth. It is a heterogeneous process that connects the global and the local on different levels. To understand these contemporary developments this book employs innovative concepts, strategies of research, and explanations. Globalization is a metaphor for different borderstructures, new borderlines, and conditions of membership, which emerge in a global world-system. As a world-system expands it incorporates new territories and new peoples. The ... Read more
Scholars of different schools have extensively analyzed world systems as networks of communication under the fashionable heading `globalization.' Our collected new research pushes the argument one step further. Globalization is not a homogenization of all social life on earth. It is a heterogeneous process that connects the global and the local on different levels. To understand these contemporary developments this book employs innovative concepts, strategies of research, and explanations. Globalization is a metaphor for different borderstructures, new borderlines, and conditions of membership, which emerge in a global world-system. As a world-system expands it incorporates new territories and new peoples. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Series
Social Indicators Research Series
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048159796
SKU
V9789048159796
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