World Culture: Origins and Consequences

This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining two of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture – the world polity approach and globalization theory – the book traces the development of world culture from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day. It includes extensive illustrations of key issues and empirical research, gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture, and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies.
This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs.

Spis treści:
List of Tables.
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

Nota biograficzna:
Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published numerous papers on global change, fundamentalism, secularization, and sociological theory. He is co–editor, with L. van Vucht–Tijssen and J. Berting, of The Search for Fundamentals (1995).

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).

Okładka tylna:
This book explores the development, content, and impact of world culture. Combining two of the most fruitful theoretical perspectives on world culture – the world polity approach and globalization theory – the book traces the development of world culture from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day. It includes extensive illustrations of key issues and empirical research, gives a historical treatment of the development of world culture, and assesses the complex impact of world culture on people, organizations, and societies.
This is a provocative, synthetic, and grounded interpretation of world culture that is essential for any student or scholar of globalization and world affairs.