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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973513303321

Autore

Savage Michael <1959->

Titolo

Globalization and belonging / / Mike Savage, Gaynor Bagnall, Brian Longhurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2005

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2005

London : , : SAGE, , 2005

ISBN

9786610369256

9781412933377

1412933374

9781280369254

1280369256

9780761949855

0761949852

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 233 p.) : maps

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Altri autori (Persone)

BagnallGaynor

LonghurstBrian <1956->

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Group identity

Globalization

Sociology, Urban

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Global Change and Local Belonging -- 2 The Limits of Local Attachment -- 3 Parenting, Education and Elective Belonging -- 4 Suburbia and the Aura of Place -- 5 The Ambivalence of Urban Identity: 'Manchester, so much to answer for' -- 6 Work Cultures and Social Ties -- 7 Mediascapes in the Mediation of the Local and the Global -- 8 Cosmopolitanism, Diaspora and Global Reflexivity -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Interviewees -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on long-term empirical research into cultural practices lifestyle and identities, this volume explores how far-reaching global



changes are articulated locally. The authors address key sociological issues of stratification as analysis alongside 'cultural' issues of identity, difference, choice and lifestyle.