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World Culture: Origins and ConsequencesJune 2005, ©2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 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
Acknowledments.
List of Abbreviations.
1. Introduction: The Olympic Games and the Meaning of World Culture.
2. Analyzing World Culture: Alternative Theories.
3. Tracing World Culture: A Brief History ..
4. Constructing World Culture: UN Meetings as Global Ritual.
5. Sustaining World Culture: The Infrastructure of Technology and Organizations.
6. Differentiating World Culture: National Identity and the Pursuit of Diversity.
7. Transforming World Culture: The Antiglobalization Movement as Cultural Critique.
8. Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement.
9. Opposing World Culture: Islamism and the Clash of Civilizations.
10. Instituting World Culture: The International Criminal Court and Global Governance.
11. Epilogue: Reflections on World Culture.
References.
Index
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).
- Explores the development, content, and impact of world culture
- 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
"Lechner and Boli have done their homework and the compendium they offer is valuable in itself."
The International History Review
"This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives. Whilst as a source of multiple departures it should be of interest to an equally broad ranging audience, for those particularly curious about the often-neglected ways in which extreme ideologies seek to construct and reconstruct understandings of cities there is much to consider." Andrew Inch, Oxford Brookes University
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