Sociology in Times of Glocalization

This book offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways 'the global' impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Glocalization and Its Epistemological Challenges; From Localities to "Non- Places"?; The (In)visible Worlds of the Economy; Of "Global Objects" and "Traveling Methods"; From Mobility to "Liminality" and Blockage; Running in the City, Capturing Urban Life; Glocal Palimpsests; New Technologies Everywhere?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Christian Karner is Professor of Sociology at the University of Lincoln. His expertise includes the sociology of ethnicity, nationalism and globalization, as well as memory studies.

Summary

This book offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways ‘the global’ impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Karner, Karner Christian
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781785274121
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-412-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social research and statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity