Cosmopolitanism in practice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Magdalena Nowicka, Maria Rovisco

• Pubblicazione: Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Cosmopolitanism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NowickaMagdalena RoviscoMaria
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction Making Sense of Cosmopolitanism; Part I Mobilities; 1 The Middle Class Cosmopolitan Journey: The Life Trajectories and Transnational Affiliations of Skilled EU Migrants in Manchester; 2 Ethnic Groups Unbound: A Case Study of the Social Organization of Cosmopolitanism; 3 Looking at the Practice of UN Professionals: Strategies for Managing Differences and the Emergence of a Cosmopolitan Identity; Part II Memories; 4 Cosmopolitan Openings and Closures in Post-Yugoslav Antinationalism ; 5 Europe's Evolving Public Space: Cosmopolitan Engagements through the Lens of American Mass Culture 6 Cosmopolitanization of Memory: The Politics of Forgiveness and Restitution; Part III Tensions; 7 An Accented Radio: Fostering Cosmopolitanism through Media in Berlin; 8 Cosmopolitanism and Feminism in the Age of the 'War on Terror': A Twenty-first Century Reading of Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas; 9 Cosmopolitan Capital or Multicultural Community? Reflections on the Production and Management of Differential Mobilities in Germany's Capital City ; 10 Religion and the Challenges of Cosmopolitanism: Young Portuguese Volunteers in Africa Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The volume provides empirical research to show how people actually embrace cosmopolitan ideas and attitudes. It studies 'cosmopolitanism in practice', looking at the social and institutional environments in which cosmopolitanism shapes everyday life experiences and identities. Contributors to the volume include Ulrich Bech, Stephen Vertovec, Rob Kroes and Natan Sznaider. Their research draws on a variety of intellectual disciplines, international contexts and methodological traditions from a range of local/global sites.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cosmopolitanism in practice
• ISBN: 1-317-15906-3; 1-281-96880-3; 9786611968809; 0-7546-8962-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453799203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global connections (Ashgate (Firm))