Globalisation, Modernity and Social Change - Hotspots of Transition

Uses an innovative conceptual approach to explore the way in which processes of globalization transform and impact upon everyday life. Engaging with a range of theories and concepts, the book provides an accessible discussion of modern issues for students of Globalization and Sociology.>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Theorizing Undefined Society
Urban Worlds and Global Cities
Borders, Border Regions and Post-Socialist Transformations
The Workplace in Transition
Consumption: Money and Identity in the Postmodern World
Politics Beyond the State: New Individualities and Solidarities
Nature, Environment, Milieu: Life in Risk Society
Reconstructing the Social.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

JÖRG DÜRRSCHMIDT is Lecturer of Sociology at Kassel University, Germany.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jorg Durrschmidt, Jorg Taylor Durrschmidt, Jrg Durrschmidt, Jör Dürrschmidt, Jörg Dürrschmidt, DURRSCHMIDT JORG TAYLOR GRAHAM, Graham Taylor
• Verlag: Macmillan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.10.2007
• EAN: 9780333971581
• ISBN: 978-0-333-97158-1
• Seiten: 208
• Serien: Sociology for a Changing World; Sociology for a Changing World
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; B, Economic Sociology, Social Sciences, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology