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Globalization in Practice (Hardcover)
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Globalization in Practice (Hardcover)
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The concept of globalization has become ubiquitous in social
science and in the public consciousness and is often invoked as an
explanation for a diverse range of changes to economies, societies,
politics and cultures - both as a positive liberating force and as
a wholly negative one. Whilst our understanding of the politics,
economics, and social resonance of the phenomenon has become
increasingly sophisticated at the macro-level, this book argues
that globalization too often continues to be depicted as a set of
extra-terrestrial forces with no real physical manifestation,
except as effects. The essays challenge this dominant understanding
of 'globalization from above' through explorations of the mundane
means by which globalization has been achieved. Instead of a focus
on the meta-political economy of global capitalism, the book
concentrates on the everyday life of capitalism, the
not-so-'little' things that keep the 'large' forces of
globalization ticking over. With its eye on the mundane, the book
demonstrates that a series of everyday and, consequently, all but
invisible formations critically facilitate and create the
conditions under which globalization has flourished. The emphasis
is on concrete moments in the history of capitalism when these new
means of regular reproduction were invented and deployed. Only by
understanding these infrastructures can we understand the dynamics
of globalization. In short, punchy essays by distinguished
researchers from across a range of disciplines, this book provides
a new way of understanding globalization, moving away from the
standard accounts of global forces, economic flows, and capitalist
dynamics, to show how ordinary practices and artefacts are crucial
elements and symbols of globalization.
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