Edited by Christian Karner, University of Innsbruck, Austria and Dirk Hofäcker, Professor of Quantitative Research Methods, Institute for Social Work and Social Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

• Contents:The sociology of globalization 1Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerPART I HISTORY/SOCIOLOGY1 When did globalization start? 16Zinovia Lialiouti2 Methodological dilemmas or promises? The sociological imaginationand globalization 25Magali PeyrefittePART II (INFRA)STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS3 Work and employment in a globalizing age 34David Pick4 Global commodity circuits 45Craig Martin and Giovanni Marmont5 Global networks and hybrid cities 60Kristian Kloeckl6 Global risks 72Jean-Christophe Le Coze7 Global waste 83Zsuzsa GillePART III FLOWS AND FRICTIONS8 Globalization and forced migration 97Inka Stock9 Global tourism 108Esther Bott10 Globalization as an extension of the triple movement: care workers’struggles for emancipation 117Bernhard Weicht11 Human rights as ends or means of a global moral horizon 127José Julián López12 Memory for the global age 142Marcin Napiórkowski13 The globalization of religion as a multilayered phenomenon 151Ugo Dessì14 The gendered dynamics of migration deterrence and anti-traffickinginterventions: the case of Nigerian sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana 164Sam Okyere15 Glocalized subjectivities: Egyptian female identities 174Amal Treacher Kabesh16 The American guitar in the global market: worldwide flows of people,commodities and symbols 186Frédéric MoulènePART IV POLITICS17 Globalization: opportunity or threat to the European Union? 196Robert Kissack18 Cosmopolitans versus communitarians? Or something altogether morenuanced? 206Christian Karner19 Alternative globalization 217Luke Martell20 The rise of racism and antisemitism in the age of globalization 225Gerald J. Steinacher21 The globalization of extremism: An odd paradox 238Joshua Skoczylis and Matthew Leavesley22 From multiculturalism to superdiversity and (in)hospitality? Shiftingpolicy responses to global migratory flows in the UK 248Sureyya Sonmez EfePART V GLOBALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE23 Globalization, uncertainty and changing life courses in modern societies 263Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Gwendolin Josephine Blossfeld24 Does a higher minimum salary protect youth from in-work poverty?Cross-national evidence from the EU 274Kadri Täht, Marge Unt and Thomas Biegert25 Globalization and the transition from education to employment in theMENA region 287Michael Gebel26 Reimagining globalization through a gender lens 297Esuna Dugarova27 Pension governance in a globalizing world 307Bernhard Ebbinghaus28 Globalization and the transition from work to retirement 318Dirk Hofäcker, Stefanie König and Moritz HeßPART VI METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL LESSONS,EMERGING QUESTIONS29 Global – and local – commodity circuits 328Dawn Lyon30 Travelling methods 338Caroline KnowlesEpilogue 347Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerIndex

‘This Research Handbook dynamically energizes the discipline of sociology while enriching our understanding of the global. The volume opens up discussion of globalization as a study of structured relationships, interactions and interdependencies between people, from the everyday life of individuals to the macro level. Highly recommended to anyone interested in this global reality in which we all somehow live.’

Edited by Christian Karner, University of Innsbruck, Austria and Dirk Hofäcker, Professor of Quantitative Research Methods, Institute for Social Work and Social Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

• Contents:The sociology of globalization 1Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerPART I HISTORY/SOCIOLOGY1 When did globalization start? 16Zinovia Lialiouti2 Methodological dilemmas or promises? The sociological imaginationand globalization 25Magali PeyrefittePART II (INFRA)STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS3 Work and employment in a globalizing age 34David Pick4 Global commodity circuits 45Craig Martin and Giovanni Marmont5 Global networks and hybrid cities 60Kristian Kloeckl6 Global risks 72Jean-Christophe Le Coze7 Global waste 83Zsuzsa GillePART III FLOWS AND FRICTIONS8 Globalization and forced migration 97Inka Stock9 Global tourism 108Esther Bott10 Globalization as an extension of the triple movement: care workers’struggles for emancipation 117Bernhard Weicht11 Human rights as ends or means of a global moral horizon 127José Julián López12 Memory for the global age 142Marcin Napiórkowski13 The globalization of religion as a multilayered phenomenon 151Ugo Dessì14 The gendered dynamics of migration deterrence and anti-traffickinginterventions: the case of Nigerian sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana 164Sam Okyere15 Glocalized subjectivities: Egyptian female identities 174Amal Treacher Kabesh16 The American guitar in the global market: worldwide flows of people,commodities and symbols 186Frédéric MoulènePART IV POLITICS17 Globalization: opportunity or threat to the European Union? 196Robert Kissack18 Cosmopolitans versus communitarians? Or something altogether morenuanced? 206Christian Karner19 Alternative globalization 217Luke Martell20 The rise of racism and antisemitism in the age of globalization 225Gerald J. Steinacher21 The globalization of extremism: An odd paradox 238Joshua Skoczylis and Matthew Leavesley22 From multiculturalism to superdiversity and (in)hospitality? Shiftingpolicy responses to global migratory flows in the UK 248Sureyya Sonmez EfePART V GLOBALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE23 Globalization, uncertainty and changing life courses in modern societies 263Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Gwendolin Josephine Blossfeld24 Does a higher minimum salary protect youth from in-work poverty?Cross-national evidence from the EU 274Kadri Täht, Marge Unt and Thomas Biegert25 Globalization and the transition from education to employment in theMENA region 287Michael Gebel26 Reimagining globalization through a gender lens 297Esuna Dugarova27 Pension governance in a globalizing world 307Bernhard Ebbinghaus28 Globalization and the transition from work to retirement 318Dirk Hofäcker, Stefanie König and Moritz HeßPART VI METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL LESSONS,EMERGING QUESTIONS29 Global – and local – commodity circuits 328Dawn Lyon30 Travelling methods 338Caroline KnowlesEpilogue 347Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerIndex

‘This Research Handbook dynamically energizes the discipline of sociology while enriching our understanding of the global. The volume opens up discussion of globalization as a study of structured relationships, interactions and interdependencies between people, from the everyday life of individuals to the macro level. Highly recommended to anyone interested in this global reality in which we all somehow live.’

Edited by Christian Karner, University of Innsbruck, Austria and Dirk Hofäcker, Professor of Quantitative Research Methods, Institute for Social Work and Social Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

• Contents:The sociology of globalization 1Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerPART I HISTORY/SOCIOLOGY1 When did globalization start? 16Zinovia Lialiouti2 Methodological dilemmas or promises? The sociological imaginationand globalization 25Magali PeyrefittePART II (INFRA)STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS3 Work and employment in a globalizing age 34David Pick4 Global commodity circuits 45Craig Martin and Giovanni Marmont5 Global networks and hybrid cities 60Kristian Kloeckl6 Global risks 72Jean-Christophe Le Coze7 Global waste 83Zsuzsa GillePART III FLOWS AND FRICTIONS8 Globalization and forced migration 97Inka Stock9 Global tourism 108Esther Bott10 Globalization as an extension of the triple movement: care workers’struggles for emancipation 117Bernhard Weicht11 Human rights as ends or means of a global moral horizon 127José Julián López12 Memory for the global age 142Marcin Napiórkowski13 The globalization of religion as a multilayered phenomenon 151Ugo Dessì14 The gendered dynamics of migration deterrence and anti-traffickinginterventions: the case of Nigerian sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana 164Sam Okyere15 Glocalized subjectivities: Egyptian female identities 174Amal Treacher Kabesh16 The American guitar in the global market: worldwide flows of people,commodities and symbols 186Frédéric MoulènePART IV POLITICS17 Globalization: opportunity or threat to the European Union? 196Robert Kissack18 Cosmopolitans versus communitarians? Or something altogether morenuanced? 206Christian Karner19 Alternative globalization 217Luke Martell20 The rise of racism and antisemitism in the age of globalization 225Gerald J. Steinacher21 The globalization of extremism: An odd paradox 238Joshua Skoczylis and Matthew Leavesley22 From multiculturalism to superdiversity and (in)hospitality? Shiftingpolicy responses to global migratory flows in the UK 248Sureyya Sonmez EfePART V GLOBALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE23 Globalization, uncertainty and changing life courses in modern societies 263Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Gwendolin Josephine Blossfeld24 Does a higher minimum salary protect youth from in-work poverty?Cross-national evidence from the EU 274Kadri Täht, Marge Unt and Thomas Biegert25 Globalization and the transition from education to employment in theMENA region 287Michael Gebel26 Reimagining globalization through a gender lens 297Esuna Dugarova27 Pension governance in a globalizing world 307Bernhard Ebbinghaus28 Globalization and the transition from work to retirement 318Dirk Hofäcker, Stefanie König and Moritz HeßPART VI METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL LESSONS,EMERGING QUESTIONS29 Global – and local – commodity circuits 328Dawn Lyon30 Travelling methods 338Caroline KnowlesEpilogue 347Christian Karner and Dirk HofäckerIndex

‘This Research Handbook dynamically energizes the discipline of sociology while enriching our understanding of the global. The volume opens up discussion of globalization as a study of structured relationships, interactions and interdependencies between people, from the everyday life of individuals to the macro level. Highly recommended to anyone interested in this global reality in which we all somehow live.’