'...there is... no lack of ambition in this book. And yet, unlike
much of what today comes as sociology, it is fun to read, written
in a way that combines the very abstract and the very concrete, the
principles of general theories and the anecdotes of specific
histories, in ways that are enlightening and entertaining at the
same time. Those who take the book to heart will find themselves in
possession of a language that can speak about 'globalization' in a
non-sensationalist manner without, however, in any way detracting
from its significance - in fact, quite to the contrary. They will
much better and more systematically understand the lasting
significance of the local in a world whose horizons of action are
expanding.' From the Foreword by Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck
Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne The rhetoric of
internationalization and globalization often suggests an inexorable
move away from domestic cultural and institutional differences. Yet
the development of internationalization within individual nations
has been shaped by those very domestic institutions and cultures,
as 'best practice' or other kinds of international learning have
been translated into established practice and knowledge. In this
important study, Arndt Sorge presents a sociological theory of the
development of human societies to explain how business systems
evolve and change, and how internationalization works to specify
and change societal identities within nations. Examining changes in
work, organization, corporate governance, and human resources,
Sorge shows how this interaction is a pattern that has been
followed over centuries. Indeed, amongst the cases Sorge presents,
he concentrates on the example of Germany, a supposedly highly
homogeneous and closed society, as evidence for the universality of
shifting borders, expanding horizons, local adoption and adaptation
of global practices, and the hybridization of systems and
standards, as the normal course of social evolution. Arndt Sorge's
analysis of globalization combines rigorous theoretical reasoning
with empirically-grounded analysis, and deliberately adopts a
general social science approach, drawing on research from Business
and Management Studies, Sociology, Political Science, and History.
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