Global Connectivity and Local Transformation

A Micro Approach to Studying the Effect of Globalization on Shanghai

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Increasing overseas traveling, booming Internet and electronic communication, and expanding global social ties are primary features of intensifying global connectivity and integration. 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. People with stronger and more extensive global connectivity with a net of other social economic characteristics make significant differences in terms of cultural adaptation in local society. By employing the empirical study method, this study features detailed quantitative analyses to measure global connectivity in an innovative and compelling way.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-02-07
Mått153 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt245 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor164
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761840084

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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.

Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 ForewordPart 3 PrefaceChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Literature ReviewChapter 6 The Methodology, Hyoptheses, and Study SettingChapter 7 A Historical and Contemporary Macro OverviewChapter 8 Global Connectivity and Residential DifferentiationChapter 9 Global Connectivity and Community SatisfactionChapter 10 Global Connectivity and Globally-Oriented ConsumptionChapter 11 Global Connectivity and Value OrientationsChapter 12 Conclusions, Limitations, and Future ResearchPart 13 EndnotesPart 14 BibliographyPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Author