This book seeks to provide a critical introduction to the under-theorized concept of
Glocalization. While the term has been slowly diffused into social-scientific vocabulary, to …

In recent years, sociological research on cosmopolitanism has begun to draw on Pierre
Bourdieu to critically examine how cosmopolitanism is implicated in stratification on an …

Cosmopolitanism increasingly features as a reference to describe contemporary structures
of a globalized world. This article adds a critical examination of micro-level dimensions of …

People who see themselves as and feel citizens of the world are often regarded as
cosmopolitans. Sociology further distinguishes cosmopolitans by a set of particular …

A major problem with the emerging sociological literature on cosmopolitanism is that it has
not adequately theorized mechanisms that mediate the presumed causal relationship …

Nous sommes ici fort éloignés de la 'double absence'et de la 'souffrance'des travailleurs
migrants 'temporaires' de l'ère fordiste–des Gastarbeiter, figure longtemps imprimée dans …

While some studies have examined the impact of globalization on national identity 'from
below', their findings are inconclusive, some arguing that national identity is less important …

Zunehmende Mobilisierungsanforderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt machen das Pendeln
zwischen Wohnorten erforderlich. Dieses auch als Multilokalität bezeichnete Phänomen …

Cosmopolitanism represents a way of dealing with difference and similarity within changing
societies in a globalized world. Amongst other things, cosmopolitan theory claims that the …

The urban/rural divide constitutes a socially pervasive lived space, corresponding to what
Cresswell calls a moral geography. In modern society, the symbolic association of urbanism …