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  • Cosmopolitan Spaces

    Europe, Globalization, Theory

    by Chris Rumford ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Cosmopolitan Spaces: Europe, Globalization, Theory endeavors a highly innovative reading of both globalization theory and contemporary European transformations. Interpreting cosmopolitanism as a politics of space, Rumford positions his analysis at the intersection of two exciting currents in contemporary social science research: the ‘spatial turn’ in the social sciences and the renewed interest in ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Europe

    Social Theory and the Implications of Europeanization

    Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford argue that we need a theory of society in order to understand Europeanization. This book advances the case that Europeanization should be theorized in terms of:globalizationmajor social transformations that are not exclusively ... Read more

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  • New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations

    Edited by Chris Rumford ...
    This book makes the case for looking afresh at Turkey-EU relations in order to appreciate the richness and complexity of a relationship which is now more than 50 years old and is still not close to reaching fulfilment. The contributors challenge conventional attempts to understand Turkey-EU relations, revealing that EU integration studies has been rather poor at understanding the global context ... Read more

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  • Citizens and borderwork in contemporary Europe

    Edited by Chris Rumford ...
    The extent to which ordinary people can construct, shift, and dismantle borders is seriously neglected in the existing literature. The book explores the ability of citizens to participate in the making of borders, and the empowerment that can result from this bordering and debordering activity. ‘Borderwork’ is the name given to the ways in which ordinary people can make and unmake borders. ... Read more

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  • Europe and World Society

    Europe and World Society offers a distinctive critical approach to understanding European transformations, exploring both the progress and limitations of integration on various key policy areas such as agricultural policy, education reform, migration, and external relations, as well as the relationship between European regionalism and globalization. Due to its innovative theoretical framework, ... Read more

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  • Re-Living the Global City

    Global/Local Processes

    Edited by John Eade, Chris Rumford ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Global and Transnational Politics
    Living the Global City (1996) was a landmark text in the field of Global Studies, offering an analysis of globalization and global/local processes by focussing on specific issues and themes which include community, culture, milieu, socioscapes and sociospheres, microglobalization, poverty, ethnic identity and carnival. In this new collection Eade and Rumford draw together scholars whose work has ... Read more

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  • Twenty20 and the Future of Cricket

    Edited by Chris Rumford ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    Cricket is a sport which is currently undergoing a rapid and dramatic transformation. Traditionally thought of as an English summer game, limited in appeal to Britain and its Commonwealth, cricket has, in the past a few years, achieved a global profile. This is largely due to the development of a new TV-friendly format of the game: Twenty20 cricket. Indeed, through the economic and media interests ... Read more

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  • Gender and Migration

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    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access short reader offers a critical review of the debates on the transformation of migration and gendered mobilities primarily in Europe, though also engaging in wider theoretical insights. Building on empirical case studies and grounded in an analytical framework that incorporates both men and women, masculinities, sexualities and wider intersectional insights, this reader provides an ... Read more

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  • Globalization: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:homogenizationneo ... Read more

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  • Theories of Globalization

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  • The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

    Series Book 39 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field.Global in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenshipThe majority of chapters are new, ... Read more

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