1st Edition

Cultures of Globalization Coherence, Hybridity, Contestation

160 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Much has been written about the economic and political implications of the contemporary process of globalization. Much less has been written about the specific cultural implications. Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations , this book seeks to add to our knowledge of the latter by bringing together researchers from different disciplines with the common goal of exploring the... Read more

Chapter 1 – Culture and Globalization – Kevin Archer, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Martin Bosman, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Mark Amen, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida; and Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida  Chapter 2 - Banal Cosmopolitanism and the Authoritatrian Construction of Identity – Roland Robertson, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen  Chapter 3 - Globalization and Multiculturalism – Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois  Chapter 4 - Sites, Practices and Connectivities: Reconceptualizing Globalizaiton, Urbanization and Culture – Sallie Marton, Keith Woodward and JP Jones, III – Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona  Chapter 5 – The Global Trope and the New Urban Governmentality: Reality and Impacts – David Wilson, Department of Geography, University of Illinois  Chapter 6 - Globalization, Globalizing Cities, Culture and Creativity – Peter Marcuse – Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Columbia University  Chapter 7 – Whose Culture? Globalism, Localism and the Expansion of Tradition: the Case of the Hnahnu of Hidalgo, Mexico and Clearwater, Florida, Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida  Chapter 8 - Calle Ocho: Global Hustle and Flow, or Close Encounters on an American Streetscape? – Patricia Price, Department of International Relations, Florida International University  Chapter 9 - The Grounding of Cultures in a Globalizing World - Kevin Archer, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Martin Bosman, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Mark Amen, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida; and Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida

Biography

Kevin Archer is Associate Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. degree from The Johns Hopkins University., M. Martin Bosman is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. (Geography) from the University of Kentucky in 1999.