De-Coca-Colonization: Making the Globe from the Inside Out

ISBN-13: 9780415945387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 235 str.

Steven Flusty

Opis

De-Coca-Colonization is a novel theoretical account of globalization, one that has the potential to shake up the very large field of globalization studies. Steven Flusty argues that, in studying the phenomenon, we have to move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are by and large locked out of the power structure create other 'globalities' on their own. He contrasts 'Globalization' with little-g 'globalization', maintaining that the latter is where much of the action that is transforming global social life is happening. He closes with a consideration of emergent 'alternate globalities', including not only the protesters in Genoa and Seattle, but al-Qaeda as well. In all, De-Coca-Colonization has the potential to be a classic, a book that is viewed by scholars as an entirely original way to think about globalization

Recenzje

"Flusty has distinguished himself in the past a shrewd, original, and generative analyst of culture and space...this promises to be engaging, accessible, and widely read." -- George Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

Spis treści

Introduction I: From the World to the City to the Street, and Back Again 1: The World Defined 2: The World in the City 3: The World on the Street II: Hard City, Soft Planet 4: The City Hardens 5: Planet Softeners 6: Miscege-Nation III: The Clash of Globalizations 7: The Limits of Coca-Colonization 8: De-Coca-Colonization Classic Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

Steven Flusty is Lecturer of Geography and Research Associate and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.