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Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.: Globalization and Transformations of Local Socioeconomic Practices by Ulrike Schuerkens (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415541352
ISBN-139780415541350
eBay Product ID (ePID)113106042
Product Key Features
Number of Pages226 Pages
Publication NameGlobalization and Transformations of Local Socioeconomic Practices
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
SubjectInternational / Economics, Political Economy, Sociology / General, Globalization, Economics / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorUlrike Schuerkens
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
SeriesRoutledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal303.482
Table Of ContentPreface Ulrike Schuerkens 1 Transformations of Local Socio-economic Practices in a Global World: A Theoretical Approach and Some Empirical Evidence from Different World Regions Ulrike Schuerkens 2 Contradictions of Social Responsibility - (German) Business Elites and Globalization Peter Imbusch 3 Negotiating Neo-liberalism: Free-Market Reform in Central and Eastern Europe Nina Bandelj 4 Mobilizing International Auditing Standards in Arenas of Political and Economic Change in Post-Soviet Russia Andrea Mennicken 5 China's Response to Globalization: Manufacturing Confucian Values Thierry Pairault 6 The Export of Cultural Commodities as Impression Management: The Case of Thailand Frederick F. Wherry 7 Informal and Formal Economy in Caracas: Street Vending and Globalization Mathilde Gauvain 8 Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in Benin and Haiti Dirk Kohnert 9 Rethinking "Free-Trade" Practices in Contemporary Togo: Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Textile Trade Nina Sylvanus 10 Outcomes and Perspectives Ulrike Schuerkens Index
SynopsisThis 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., This innovative volume offers analytical and comparative insights into current socio-economic practices as well as an assessment of the overall economic globalization phenomenon. By looking at empirical case studies of different civilations and cultures, this volume assesses of intertwining of local socio-economic practices and global economic modernity.
LC Classification NumberHF1359.G5843 2012
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