Many globalizations : cultural diversity in the contemporary world / / edited by Peter L. Berger and Samuel P. Huntington

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823791303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0-19-516882-8; 1-280-48234-6; 9786610482344; 0-19-803453-9; 1-60256-866-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BergerPeter L; HuntingtonSamuel P
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetti: Culture; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: THE CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF GLOBALIZATION ""; ""Part One: Globalization and Alternative Modernities""; ""1 Managed Globalization: STATE POWER AND CULTURAL TRANSITION IN CHINA ""; ""2 Coexistence and Synthesis: CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY TAIWAN""; ""3 Aspects of Globalization in Contemporary Japan""; ""4 ""A Tryst with Destiny: THE INDIAN CASE OF CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION""; ""Part Two: Globalization and Regional Subglobalization""; ""5 Cultural Globalization in Germany""; ""6 Rival Temptations and Passive Resistance: CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION IN HUNGARY""""Part Three: Globalization on the Periphery""; ""7 Globalization, Culture,and Development: CAN SOUTH AFRICA BE MORE THAN AN OFFSHOOT OF THE WEST?""; ""8 Trends toward Globalization in Chile""; ""9 Cultural Globalization in Turkey: ACTORS, DISCOURSES, STRATEGIES""; ""Part Four: The American Vortex""; ""10 In the Vanguard of Globalization:THE WORLD OF AMERICAN GLOBALIZERS""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Many Globalizations' is an attempt to account for the cultural impact of globalization in the lives of ordinary citizens from ten countries. The results of the study portray vast numbers of people intermixing participation in a global economy with indigenous values and lifestyles.