Globalism, Localism and Identity: New Perspectives on the Transition of SustainabilityTaylor & Francis, 2010 M09 23 - 272 páginas Global economic and social forces are affecting everyone, everywhere. However, their influence is shaped by local communities' interpretation of these forces and responses to them. Social identities provide a guide; they are the product of history, culture, economy, patterns of governance and degree of community cohesion. How the global and the local connect and reconfigure at various scales and through different cultures is explained in this forward-looking volume. The book's thesis, namely that localism is the crucial complement to globalism, is supported by a range of European case studies. Local responses to globalizing forces depend on the nature of the interlinkages in governance from international structures, through multilateral organizations to nation states, regions and localities, as these are mediated through social-local identity. The contributors draw on numerous themes in examining the interaction between the global and the local, such as decay and revitalization, local identity and empowerment, opportunism through sustainability and governance for the transition. This is a pioneering publication utilizing an innovative person-centred methodology. It makes an original and important contribution to the study of contemporary societies and is aimed at anyone interested in the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental implications of any move towards sustainability. |
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... Localism and Identity Fresh Perspectives on the Transition to Sustainability Edited by Tim O'Riordan Earthscan Publications Ltd, London and New York EARTHSCAN First published in the UK and USA in 2001 by Globalism, Localism and Identity.
... Localism and Identity Fresh Perspectives on the Transition to Sustainability Edited by Tim O'Riordan Earthscan Publications Ltd, London and New York EARTHSCAN First published in the UK and USA in 2001 by Globalism, Localism and Identity.
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... London, E5 9RU. E-mail: cjchurch@geo2. poptel.org.uk HEATHER VOISEY Heather Voisey was formerly a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment at the University of East Anglia ...
... London, E5 9RU. E-mail: cjchurch@geo2. poptel.org.uk HEATHER VOISEY Heather Voisey was formerly a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment at the University of East Anglia ...
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... London, SW7 2PE. E-mail: j.cherni@ic.ac.uk MARIA KOUSIS Maria Kousis is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Gallos Campus, Rethimno 74100, Greece. E-mail: kousis@social.soc.uoc.gr GEOFFREY GOOCH ...
... London, SW7 2PE. E-mail: j.cherni@ic.ac.uk MARIA KOUSIS Maria Kousis is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Gallos Campus, Rethimno 74100, Greece. E-mail: kousis@social.soc.uoc.gr GEOFFREY GOOCH ...
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... London) There are urban communities in the midst of economic and social flux where sustainability has yet to appear in a recognizable form, but where social–local identify could provide the basis for the transition. The ten case studies ...
... London) There are urban communities in the midst of economic and social flux where sustainability has yet to appear in a recognizable form, but where social–local identify could provide the basis for the transition. The ten case studies ...
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... London have seen major changes take place in which traditional forms of employment have disappeared and led to repopulation of the area by new ethnic groups. As can be seen by the preceding section, the criteria that there should be ...
... London have seen major changes take place in which traditional forms of employment have disappeared and led to repopulation of the area by new ethnic groups. As can be seen by the preceding section, the criteria that there should be ...
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