Globalization and Transformations of Local Socioeconomic Practices (Routledge Advances in Sociology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415960908 ISBN 13: 9780415960908

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation of socio-economic practices in the global economy. The contributors offer analytical and comparative insights at the world level, with regard to the current socio-economic practices as well as an assessment of the overall economic globalization phenomenon in the global world. Through empirical case studies of different civilizations or cultures that describe situations of intertwining of local socio-economic practices and global economic modernity, this volume assesses the overall situation in the world, looking at the world as an economic system where some countries act as winners, others as losers and some as both winners and losers of economic globalization. This exceptional book will appeal to sociologists, social and cultural anthropologists, and economists interested in development.

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About the Author

Schuerkens is a Lecturer at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415960908
• ISBN 13: 9780415960908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226
• Editor: Schuerkens Ulrike