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Author:   Ulrich Beck (Institüt für Soziologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Germany)) ,  Natan Sznaider ,  Rainer Winter
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780853239284

ISBN 10:   0853239282
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 March 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

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Theoretical perspectives: rooted cosmopolitanism - emerging from a rivalry of distinctions, Ulrich Beck; Assessing McDonaldization, Americanization and globalization, George Riter and Todd Stillman; culture, modernity and immediacy, John Tomlinson. National case studies: hyperpower exceptionalism - globalization the American way, Jan Nederveen Pieterse; debating Americanization - the case of France, Richard Kuisel; consumption, modernity and Japanese cultural identity - the limits of Americanization?, Gerard Delanty; Americanization, westernization, sinification - modernization or globalization in China?, Yu Keping. Transnational processes: techno-migrants in the network economy, Aihwa Ong; The Americanization of memory - the case of the Holocaust, Natan Sznaider. (Part contents).

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