The concept of 'identity'is central to much contemporary sociology, reflecting a crisis that
manifests itself in two ways. Firstly, there is a view that identity is both vital and problematic …

In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic
policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization …

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted
to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main …

While the literature on framing has importantly expanded our understanding of frame
creation and contests from an interpretive point of view, previous studies have largely …

Many accounts of globalization and social policy accept thestrong'globalization thesis in
emphasizing the naturalistic, inevitable nature of globalization, the external constraints …

How do African urban residents, who are conventionally assumed to operate within
parochial, highly localized confines, operate at larger scales? How do they reach a “larger …

Universities and Globalization: To Market, To Market examines the operations of power and
knowledge in international education under conditions of globalization, with a focus on the …

This article is about debates concerning the 'postcolonial'. The term bears a variety of inter-
related sets of meanings. In the first place 'postcolonial'has been used in reference to a …

here seems to be general agreement that global capitalism is here to* stay. The rapid
integration of the world into one economic space through Ithe internationalization of goods …

This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global
providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It examines how the term …