Globalization and Belonging - The Politics of Identity in a Changing World

This book examines how globalization shapes the construction of socio-cultural and political attachments and their implications for citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity, and gender. Topics include the commodification of citizenship, the spread of nationalist populism, the rise of ISIS, and women's transnational activism.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Globalization, Belonging, and the State
Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Citizenship
Chapter 3. Making and Re-Making Nations
Chapter 4. Constructed Clashes, Invented Ethnicities
Chapter 5. Gendering Globalization, Globalizing Gender
Chapter 6. Future Belongings

About the author

Sheila L. Croucher is Distinguished Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University of Ohio. Her teaching awards include Miami University Distinguished Professor Award (2013), College of Arts and Science Distinguished Educator Award (2009), and the Miami University Associated Student Government Outstanding Teacher Award (1998).

Summary

This book examines how globalization shapes the construction of socio-cultural and political attachments and their implications for citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity, and gender. Topics include the commodification of citizenship, the spread of nationalist populism, the rise of ISIS, and women’s transnational activism.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Croucher, Sheila L. Croucher
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781538101650
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0165-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: New Millennium Books in International Studies; New Millennium Books in Intern; New Millennium Books in International Studies; New Millennium Books in Intern
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations