Globalisation Books

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1. Language in Late Capitalism: Pride and Profit

   Edited by Alexandre Duchene, Monica Heller

   There is marked variation in the forms taken by the relationships between globalization and localization, between linguistic and cultural dimensions of social practice and its discursive legitimation, and among competing ideologies of language and identity. The goal of this book is to explore...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-88859-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Global China

   By Lash Scott, Michael Keith, Jakob Arnoldi, Tyler Rooker

   Dominant theorists of globalization take on the assumptions of a 'Washington Consensus' which presumes the centrality of neo-liberal American individualism. For them America's globalization is at stake. Scott Lash and his colleagues argue that there is a new global driving force: a new logic...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-49706-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora: Revisiting the Boatpeople in Hong Kong

   Edited by Yuk-Wah Chan

   Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands. These refugees, mainly the Vietnamese, fled from war and strife in search of a better life elsewhere By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia this book sheds new light on refugee settlement and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-61310-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. The Futures of the City Region

   Edited by Angela Hull, Michael Neuman

   The focus of this book is whether and how the 'city region' constitutes a new departure in urbanisation and, if so, what are the key elements of that difference. The realities of the urban are complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by supranational administrations both...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-58803-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Globalisation and the Quest for Social and Environmental Justice: The Relevance of International Law in an Evolving World Order

   Edited by Shawkat Alam, Natalie Klein, Juliette Overland

   There are few topics as controversial as globalisation. It is meant to bring economic growth and solve a range of social, cultural and humanitarian problems. However, there are significant debates in relation to the extent that the reality of globalisation reflects this idealized vision. In...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-49910-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Literature and Globalization: A Reader

   Edited by Liam Connell, Nicky Marsh

   "[I] wonder how we have managed without such a text." - Rita Raley, UCSB, USA Globalization has had a huge impact on thinking across the humanities, redefining the understanding of fields such as communication, culture, politics, and literature. This groundbreaking reader is the first...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-49668-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. The South Asian Diaspora: Transnational networks and changing identities

   Edited by Rajesh Rai, Peter Reeves

   The South Asian Diaspora numbers just under 30 million people worldwide, and it is recognized as the most widely dispersed diaspora. It is, moreover, one which of late has seen phenomenal growth, both due to natural increase and the result of a continued movement of professionals and labourers in...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-59616-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. The Meaning of the Local: Politics of Place in Urban India

   Edited by Geert de Neve, Henrike Donner

   By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers in this volume redress a recurrent asymmetry in contemporary debates about globalisation. In much literature, the global is associated with transnationalism,...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-59623-7 | Paperback (UCL Press)
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   Handbook of Cultural Sociology

   Edited by John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-cheng Lo

   The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-47445-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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    Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

    By Boike Rehbein

    Incorporating original fieldwork carried out over a period of more than ten years, combined with innovative theoretical argument, Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos presents one of the first sociological investigations into modern Laos. Boike Rehbein gives a fascinating overview of...

    July 2010 | 978-0-415-59218-5 | Paperback (Routledge)