Globalization and transformations of local socioeconomic practices [

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuerkens, Ulrike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , 2008
Series:Routledge advances in sociology ; 34
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Transformations of local socio-economic practices in a global world : a theoretical approach and some empirical evidence from different world regions
  • 2. Contradictions of social responsibility-(German) business elites and globalization
  • 3. Negotiating neo-liberalism : free-market reform in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4. Mobilizing international auditing standards in arenas of political and economic change in Post-Soviet Russia
  • 5. China's response to globalization : manufacturing Confucian values
  • 6. The export of cultural commodities as impression management : the case of Thailand
  • 7. Informal and formal economy in Caracas : street vending and globalization
  • 8. Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in Benin and Haiti
  • 9. Rethinking "free-trade" practices in contemporary Togo : women entrepreneurs in the global textile trade
  • 10. Outcomes and perspectives