Cultural transformations and globalization : theory, development, and social change - Ervin, Alexander M. [ (Alexander MacKay)] (Boulder, Colorado : Paradigm Publishers, 2015)
1. Introduction: the constant river of change -- 2. Cultural materialism and political ecology -- 3. Process and agency -- 4. World systems approaches to cultural change -- 5. Modernity, modernization, and development -- 6. Modernity, modernization, and development -- 7. Globalization -- 8. Networks, social systems, and change -- 9. Social movements and collective agency -- 10. Complexity and emergence -- 11. Complexity and emergence in sociology and anthropology -- 12. Applied anthropology and change -- 13. Summary, conclusion, and hints of synthesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index
Keywords: Cultural diffusion; Culture and globalization; Social evolution