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Record Nr.

UNISA996197720203316

Titolo

The limits of globalization : cases and arguments / / edited by Alan Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-84584-7

1-134-84585-5

1-280-32025-7

0-203-42622-3

0-203-29917-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

372p

Collana

International library of sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottAlan <1956->

Disciplina

306

337

Soggetti

International economic relations - Social aspects

International relations - Social aspects

Cultural relations

Intercultural communication

Internationalism

International economic relations

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 (p. 327-349) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Contesting global forces -- pt. 2. Homogenized culture or enduring diversity? -- pt. 3. The national, the international and the global -- pt. 4. Theoretical reflections : social theory, cultural subjectivism and disembedded markets.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the concrete manifestations of the globalizing forces operating in the world today. It unpicks the rhetoric of globalization in political analysis, cultural theory and urban and economic sociology.