Flusty De-Coca-Colonization

Making the Globe from the Inside Out
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-94333-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

A novel theoretical account of globalization, De-Coca-Colonization argues that we must move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are locked out of power structures create "globalities" of their own.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flusty, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
I: From the World to the City to the Street, and Back Again
1: The World Defined
2: The World in the City
3: The World on the Street

II: Hard City, Soft Planet
4: The City Hardens
5: Planet Softeners
6: Miscege-Nation

III: The Clash of Globalizations
7: The Limits of Coca-Colonization
8: De-Coca-Colonization Classic
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Flusty is Lecturer of Geography and Research Associate and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.