Raboty, sobrannye zdes' pod odnoy oblozhkoy, byli napisany v 2004-2007 gg. i posvyashcheny razlichnym aspektam globalizatsionnykh sotsial'nykh protsessov, nablyudavshikhsya nami v khode polevykh issledovaniy yuzhno-rossiyskogo sela. Ya khotela by poblagodarit' Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft i Fond Dzhona i Ketrin Makarturov za finansovuyu podderzhku issledovatel'skikh proektov, v ramkakh kotorykh byli podgotovleny publikuemye stat'i.