Sociology in times of glocalization / by Christian Karner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karner, Christian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2023.

Summary:

This text offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways 'the global' impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Glocalization and Its Epistemological Challenges

1. From Localities to "Non-Places"?

2. The (In)visible Worlds of the Economy

3. Of "Global Objects" and "Traveling Methods"

4. From Mobility to "Liminality" and Blockage

5. Running in the City, Capturing Urban Life

6. Glocal Palimpsests

7. New Technologies Everywhere?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 3, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Karner, Christian Sociology in Times of Glocalization

ISBN:

9781785274138

1785274139

9781785274145

1785274147