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Lechner, Frank J.; Boli, John

 
9780631226765: World Culture: Origins and Consequences
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631226761 ISBN 13: 9780631226765
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining several of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture, including the world polity approach and globalization theory, the book gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies. This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs.

  • Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to the present day
  • Includes numerous illustrations of key issues and empirical research
  • Written in lively, accessible language for the student and general scholar

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published numerous papers on global change, fundamentalism, secularization, and sociological theory. He is co-editor, with L. van Vucht-Tijssen and J. Berting, of The Search for Fundamentals (1995).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, citizenship, and state power and authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989) and Constructing World Culture (with George M. Thomas, 1999).

They are the co-editors of The Globalization Reader (2nd edition, Blackwell, 2003).

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This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining two of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture – the world polity approach and globalization theory – the book traces the development of world culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It includes extensive illustrations of key issues and empirical research, gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture, and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies.

This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs.

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This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining two of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture – the world polity approach and globalization theory – the book traces the development of world culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It includes extensive illustrations of key issues and empirical research, gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture, and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies.

This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0631226761
ISBN 13 
9780631226765
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
275
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