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New media, development and globalization are the key terms through
which the future is being imagined and performed in governance,
development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet
these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural
and ideological contexts. In using them, we risk promoting
over-generalized and seemingly unchallengeable frameworks for
action and knowledge production which can blind us to the complex
global patterns and promise of social reality. This compelling book
forces us to look at these terms afresh. Drawing on more than ten
years of ethnographic fieldwork in Latin America, West Africa and
South Asia, Don Slater seeks to challenge these terms as voicing
specific northern narratives rather than universal truths, and to
see them from the perspective of southern people and communities
who are equally concerned to understand new machines for
communication, new models of social change and new maps of social
connection. The central question the book poses is: how we can
democratize the ways we think and practise new media, development
and globalization, opening these terms to dialogue and challenge
within North-South relations? Rooted in sociological debates, New
Media, Development and Globalization will also be a provocative
contribution to media and cultural studies, studies of digital
culture, development studies, geography and anthropology.
This book brings together studies of Americanization and American
imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as
the "American Century." The collection comprises new contributions
exploring the "geographic dialogues" that arise as the result of
the projection of American power and culture in the world. The book
provides a critical evaluation of the extent of the diffusion and
adoption of the "American way of life" and the very concept of
"America" itself.
The contributors focus on the effects of the projection of
American society from the perspective of the "receivers," both as
beneficiaries and as victims. The sections examine three main forms
of American power: economic, political and cultural. Topics covered
include the role of US corporations; financial power; overseas
service investments; American promotion of democracy; the Cold War
and the Third World; Hollywood and the American dream; global
Disney; the globalization of media; and the influence of American
music. The book concludes by looking forward to ask if we are
entering a second American century.
New media, development and globalization are the key terms through
which the future is being imagined and performed in governance,
development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet
these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural
and ideological contexts. In using them, we risk promoting
over-generalized and seemingly unchallengeable frameworks for
action and knowledge production which can blind us to the complex
global patterns and promise of social reality. This compelling book
forces us to look at these terms afresh. Drawing on more than ten
years of ethnographic fieldwork in Latin America, West Africa and
South Asia, Don Slater seeks to challenge these terms as voicing
specific northern narratives rather than universal truths, and to
see them from the perspective of southern people and communities
who are equally concerned to understand new machines for
communication, new models of social change and new maps of social
connection. The central question the book poses is: how we can
democratize the ways we think and practise new media, development
and globalization, opening these terms to dialogue and challenge
within North-South relations? Rooted in sociological debates, New
Media, Development and Globalization will also be a provocative
contribution to media and cultural studies, studies of digital
culture, development studies, geography and anthropology.
Highlighting the contribution of key thinkers from the Third World,
"Geopolitics and the Post-colonial" examines the dynamic nature of
spatial power and cultural representation. This book is unique in
the way it reconceptualizes geopolitical analysis from a
post-colonial perspective. A key motif concerns tracing the
historical impact of the United States on the societies of the
South and especially the Latin South. Throughout the text, ideas
and events, interventions and representations are woven together in
a critique of the effects of Western power.
This book brings together studies of Americanization and American
imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as
the "American Century." The collection comprises new contributions
exploring the "geographic dialogues" that arise as the result of
the projection of American power and culture in the world. The book
provides a critical evaluation of the extent of the diffusion and
adoption of the "American way of life" and the very concept of
"America" itself.
The contributors focus on the effects of the projection of
American society from the perspective of the "receivers," both as
beneficiaries and as victims. The sections examine three main forms
of American power: economic, political and cultural. Topics covered
include the role of US corporations; financial power; overseas
service investments; American promotion of democracy; the Cold War
and the Third World; Hollywood and the American dream; global
Disney; the globalization of media; and the influence of American
music. The book concludes by looking forward to ask if we are
entering a second American century.
This is the first in a series of colouring books for people of all
ages. The images are collages of Opera characters, sets, costumes.
The designs were taken from a set of drawings I produced at the
Opera, in complete darkness.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
"Market Society" provides an original and accessible review of
changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The
book considers markets as social institutions rather than simply
formal models, arguing that modern ideas of the market are based on
critical notions of social order, social action and social
relations. Examining a range of perspectives on the market from
across different social science disciplines, "Market Society"
surveys a complex field of ideas in a clear and comprehensive
manner. In this way it seeks to extend economic sociology beyond a
critique of mainstream economics, and to engage more broadly with
social, political and cultural theory.
The book explores historical approaches to the emergence of a
modern market society, as well as major approaches to the market
within modern economic theory and sociology. It addresses key
arguments in economic sociology and anthropology, the relation
between markets and states, and critical and cultural theories of
market rationality. It concludes with a discussion of markets and
culture in a late modern context.
This wide-ranging text will be of interest to undergraduate and
postgraduate students in sociology, economic theory and history,
politics, social and political theory, anthropology and cultural
studies.
Highlighting the contribution of key thinkers from the Third World,
"Geopolitics and the Post-colonial" examines the dynamic nature of
spatial power and cultural representation. This book is unique in
the way it reconceptualizes geopolitical analysis from a
post-colonial perspective. A key motif concerns tracing the
historical impact of the United States on the societies of the
South and especially the Latin South. Throughout the text, ideas
and events, interventions and representations are woven together in
a critique of the effects of Western power.
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