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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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Themes for the 21st Century Series |
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Themes for the 21st Century Series
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Time and Class; Absentee landlords, mark II; Freedom of movement and the self-constitution of societies; New speed, new polarization; 2. Space Wars: a Career Report; The battle of the maps; From mapping space to the spatialization of maps; Agoraphobia and the renaissance of locality; Is there life after Panopticon?; 3. After the Nation-state -- What?; Universalizing -- or being globalized?; The new expropriation: this time, of the state; The global hierarchy of mobility; 4. Tourists and Vagabonds |
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Being a consumer in a consumer societyDivided we move; Moving through the world vs. the world moving by; For better or worse -- united; 5. Global Law, Local Orders; Factories of immobility; Prisons in the post-correction age; Safety: a tangible means to an elusive end; The out of order; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the mist that surrounds the term. Alongside the emerging planetary dimensions of business, finance, trade and information flow, a 'localizing', space-fixing process is set in motion. What appears as globalization for some, means localization for many others; signalling new freedom for some, globalizing processes appear |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Freedom of movement.
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International economic relations.
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Internationalism.
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Social mobility.
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects
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Social Mobility
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internationalism.
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social mobility.
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Freedom of movement
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International economic relations
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Internationalism
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects
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Social mobility
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780745656953 |
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0745656951 |
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