Transnational connections : Culture, people, places af Ulf Hannerz (Bog)

Forfattere: Roger M. Keesing, Andrew Strathern Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 565 Forlag: Wadsworth Publishing Company Udgivelsesår: 1998 Cultural Anthropology is a sophisticated synthesis of social and cultural anthropology. Keesing was concerned with the political and ethical implications of anthropological research and the 85 up-dated case studies illustrate this. Titel: Cultural Anthropology Forfatter: Andrew J. Strathern Udgave: 3. udgave Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: The book is a sophisticated synthesis of social and cultural anthropology, including new material on gender studies and contemporary societies. Type: Hardcover

Summary: "In recent years, a large number of theoretical models have been developed to try and make sense of today's complex global society. This text identifies eight distinct models of global studies, such as Americanization, Homogenization, Balkanization and Creolization, enabling the reader to make sense of the full range of global issues and contending views on the existing world order. Within each module, present theoretical literature and key current issues are addressed with boxed case studies. Paying particular attention to human rights, the book provides students with the theoretical grounding and practical knowledge necessary for an understanding of globalization. This book explains the challenges and redefines the core theories of globalization. Using fascinating case studies to illustrate how each model works in practice, the chapters look at society, culture, politics and e

Discourses of Identity in Multi-ethnic London A vivid 1996 ethnographic account of an aspect of contemporary British life, and a challenge to the conventional discourse of community studies. Forlag: Cambridge University Press Udgivelsesår: 1996 Sider: 240 Sprog: Engelsk

Psychological Reactions to Unfamiliar Environments Forlag: Other Udgivelsesår: 1986 Sider: 298 Sprog: Engelsk

This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of `society′ and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit of analysis flows through time and across space. Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted `postmodern condition′ but also a growth in reflexivity. In exploring this new reflexive world, the authors argue that today′s economies are increasingly ones of signs - information, symbols, images, desire - and of space, where both signs and social subjects - refugees, financiers, tourists and fl[ci]aneurs - are mobile over ever greater distances at ever greater speeds. Af forfatterne til The End of Organized Capitalism Sociology Cu

'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as a genuinely global economy? Globalization in Question investigates this notion, providing a very different account of the international economy and stressing the possibilities for its continued and extended governance. The new edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new issues which have become salient in the period since the first and second editions were published. Several new chapters have

Assesses current theories and approaches in anthropology and envisages future directions of the discipline. Contributors include: Clifford Geertz, Roy Rappaport and Eric Wolf. Contemporary theory is emphasized in the text. Forfatter: Robert Borofsky Forlag: McGraw-Hill Udgivelsesår: 1994 Sider: 644 Sprog: Engelsk

The fully updated fourth edition of this lively and accessible book argues for the central role of media in understanding and shaping globalization. By breaking down the economic, cultural, and political impact of media, and through a rich set of case studies, Jack Lule describes a divided global village, its destiny shaped by strife Titel: Globalization and media : Global village of Babel Udgave: 4th edition Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: The fully updated fourth edition of this book argues for the central role of media in understanding and shaping globalization, offering an engaging narrative on the economic, cultural, and political impact of media. Type: Paperback