Local Lives and Global Transformations: Towards World Society

by Paul Kennedy

Book Overview

Globalization is widely accepted as being a defining process of our modern society. But to what extent do individuals think, feel or act in a way that takes account of the whole world? Do globalization processes really affect us in our everyday lives? And, if so, where are the boundaries between local and global society?

This book investigates how local and global studies overlap and interact by examining how real, local lives function under...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230224776
• ISBN13: 9780230224773
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"