Jiaming Sun

Global Connectivity and Local Transformation

A Micro Approach to Studying the Effect of Globalization on Shanghai

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Produktbeschreibung

Global Connectivity and Local Transformation conceptualizes global connectivity as a powerful but varied mechanism that links local people to the global society. Professor Jiaming Sun explores the massive global connectivity that has been woven in two decades in Shanghai.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780761840084
• ISBN-10: 0761840087
• Artikelnr.: 23486222

Autorenporträt

Jiaming Sun is teaching in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A & M University-Commerce. He was a professor in the Sociology Department, International Politics Department in Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He has published a number of papers on globalization, urban residential life, cultural study, and youth problems in China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom over the last twenty years.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 List of Illustrations Part 2 Foreword Part 3 Preface Chapter 4
Introduction Chapter 5 Literature Review Chapter 6 The Methodology,
Hyoptheses, and Study Setting Chapter 7 A Historical and Contemporary Macro
Overview Chapter 8 Global Connectivity and Residential Differentiation
Chapter 9 Global Connectivity and Community Satisfaction Chapter 10 Global
Connectivity and Globally-Oriented Consumption Chapter 11 Global
Connectivity and Value Orientations Chapter 12 Conclusions, Limitations,
and Future Research Part 13 Endnotes Part 14 Bibliography Part 15 Index
Part 16 About the Author