Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures and tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1 What is glocalization?
Origins and definitions
The limits of globalization
The glocal and other contenders
Where do we go from here?
Part I: Introducing glocalization
2 The state of the art
Publications, institutions, and fields
The road not taken
From geographical space to social space
Glocalizing research methods
Conclusions
3 Glocalization and social theory: A critical review
A prelude: The world society perspective
Globalization as glocalization
Glocalization as globalization
Glocalization as cosmopolitanization
A critical assessment
4 Glocalization, glocality, glocalism
Defining glocalization and glocality
Glocal mass communication: Some examples
An excursus on power
The rise of glocalism
Conclusions
Part II: Engagements
5 Space, modernity, and the glocal
From Western modernity to multiple modernities
Glocal modernities
Illustrations: The politics of space
The glocal and area studies
Conclusions
6 Culture, glocalization, and belonging
Culture, economy and the glocal
Corporate glocalization and consumer culture
A post-mortem to the heterogeneity versus homogeneity debate
Glocalization and belonging
Conclusions
7 Transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and glocalization 2.0
From transnationalism to cosmopolitanism
The consequences of glocalization
Cosmopolitanism and social research
The cosmopolitanβlocal continuum
Conclusions
8 The glocal turn and its limits
Mapping the glocal turn
Tentative academic destinations
A theoretical reprise
The limits of glocalization
Epilogue
Appendix: A brief guide to glocalization resources
References
Index