Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Social Theory

Edited by Gert Verschraegen, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp and Raf Vanderstraeten, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium

• Contents1 Introduction: Global social theory in the twenty-first century 1Raf Vanderstraeten and Gert VerschraegenPART I RECONFIGURING SOCIAL THEORY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT2 America in theory 6Frank J. Lechner3 Civilizations and globalizations 11Johann P. Arnason4 Colonial modernity 18Sujata Patel5 Global modernity 25Volker H. Schmidt6 Modernity in world history 30Peter Wagner7 Nation-states and social theory 35Daniel Chernilo8 Postcolonial social theory 40Itamar Y. Shachar9 Theorizing in a global world 47Monika Krause10 Theorizing world society 51Boris HolzerPART II GLOBALIZING SOCIAL THEORIES11 Actor-network theory 60Casper Bruun Jensen12 Global sociology ambitions 66Ivan Kislenko13 Governmentality and the global 71Kaat Louckx14 Institutionalism 75Anna Kosmützky and Georg Krücken†15 LGBTQ social theory 80Momin Rahman16 Norbert Elias: Global processes of civilization and decivilization 86Robert van Krieken17 Social network theory 92Nick Crossley18 Sociological systems theory and world society 98Rudolf StichwehPART III GLOBAL SOCIAL THEORY AND REGIONAL TRADITIONS19 American sociology 107Stephen Turner20 Are the social sciences Europeanizing? 114Johan Heilbron21 Chinese society and social theory 119Hon-Fai Chen22 French social theory 125Frédéric Vandenberghe23 Global social problems and public sociology 130Jerry A. Jacobs and Elinore Avni24 Indian sociology and social theory 136Kanhaiya L. Sharmavi elgar encyclopedia of global social theory 25 Latin America and social theory 140Aldo Mascareño26 Multiple modernities 146Chih-Chieh Tang and Feng-Tsan Lin27 Post-Soviet societies and social theory 151Svetlana Bankovskaya and Alexander F. FilippovPART IV KEY TOPICS OF GLOBAL SOCIAL THEORY28 Anthropocene 158Leslie Sklair29 Borders 164Yasmeen Abu-Laban and sasha skaidra30 Citizenship 170Christian Joppke31 Competition 176Tobias Werron32 Cosmopolitanism and global events 181Daniel Chernilo33 Crisis 185Aldo Mascareño and Nicole Gardella34 Empire and nation-state 190Karen Barkey and Cecilia Giancola35 Global culture 196David Inglis36 Global ecology and sustainability 202Luigi Pellizzoni37 Global epidemics 208Frédéric Keck38 Global humanitarianism 214Robin Vandevoordt39 Global ideologies 220Amentahru Wahlrab40 Global imaginary 226Isaac Kamola41 Global law 230Chris Thornhill42 Global protest 237Mohammed Bamyeh43 Glocalization 241Victor N. Roudometof44 Glocal social movements 245Mojtaba Mahdavi45 Human capital theory and the global education revolution 252David P. Baker46 Inequality in world society 257Anja Weiß47 International society 262Jorg Kustermans48 Language 266Mitsuhiro Tada49 Markets 273Patrik Aspers50 Migration 277Laura Cleton51 Mobilities 283Noel B. Salazar52 Organisations in world society 289Stefan Kühl53 Populism and social theory 294Paul Blokker54 Poverty and exclusion 300Jeremy Seekings55 Quantification in global society 306Martin Petzke56 Race and ethnicity 313Tania Das Gupta57 Religion and globalization 318Peter Beyer58 Science 323Tomás Koch59 Slavery and strong asymmetrical dependencies 328Rudolf Stichweh60 Social resilience 335Rafael Wittek61 Sport 342Hans Erik Næss62 Tourism 346Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt and Jonas Larsen63 Transnationalism and diaspora 351Milena Belloni64 World heritage 357Christoph Brumann65 World religions 362Monika Wohlrab-SahrIndex 366

‘This new Encyclopedia is a much-needed contribution toward deprovincializing sociology that will help us better understand the global social order as it presents itself today, as well as the global exchange of ideas which is unfolding under our eyes. It is also a wonderful source of fresh ideas. The authors deliver in spades to help us make sense of the important new social phenomena that are emerging around the world today.’