Globalization of Strangeness

Chris Rumford is Professor of Political Sociology and Global Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of many books including The European Union: A Political Sociology, Rethinking Europe (with Gerard Delanty), The Sage Handbook of European Studies, Cosmopolitanism and Europe, and Cosmopolitan Spaces: Europe, Globalization, Theory.

• PrefaceIntroduction: When Neighbours Become StrangersThe Unchanging Stranger: A Critical Survey of the LiteratureUlrich Beck: A Perspectival Account of StrangenessThe Global Context: Rethinking Strangers and NeighboursThe 'Cricketing Stranger': The London Bombings and the 'Homegrown Terrorist'The Cosmopolitan Stranger: A ThesisRepresenting the Stranger: Film and Television Conclusion

"In this original and highly readable volume, Rumford moves debate beyond the figure of the stranger as an intrusion from outside toward strangeness as a feature of the human condition in an epoch of globalization." - Robert Holton, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland