Glocalization

Victor Roudometof is Associate Professor of Sociology with the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus.

'Finally, here is the book that fills an important gap in the growing globalization literature by providing the first comprehensive and in-depth treatment of 'glocalization'--the fusion of the local and the global. Roudometof's historically informed and analytically rich account offers a balanced assessment of the advantages and limitations of a concept that has gained in popularity in recent years'. - Manfred B. Steger, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, USA and RMIT University, Australia 'This book offers a much needed critical introduction to the concept of glocalization, its scholarly and popular genealogies, and what it does and cannot do, analytically speaking, to help us understand the complex interconnected world in which we live.' - Noel B. Salazar, University of Leuven, Belgium'This is a very important and timely book. Ideas of glocalization have been applied intermittently across the social sciences for over two decades. Roudometoff finally provides us with a well-informed and critical assessment of the uses of globalization, its strengths and limitations. This clearly written volume will be valuable to both experts and students alike.' - Robert J. Holton, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 'With scholarly precision Victor Roudometof dissects the concept of glocalisation and assesses its contribution to the sum of knowledge about world-making practices. His expansive coverage and obvious erudition in this regard allows the reader to make an informed judgement about the descriptive and analytical weight of a concept that has for too long played second fiddle to other terms with a global root.' - Barrie Axford, Oxford Brookes University, UK'This is a fine book. Roudometof conceptualizes glocalization as a relatively autonomous phenomenon that cannot be subsumed under any other rubric, and he employs it to ambitiously reconsider core issues of modernity. Rigorous and sophisticated sociological theory.' - Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, USA

• Chapter 1. What is Glocalization? Part I: Introducing GlocalizationChapter 2. The State of the Art Chapter 3: Glocalization and Social Theory: A Critical Review Chapter 4: Glocalization, Glocality, Glocalism Part II EngagementsChapter 5: Space, Modernity, and the GlocalChapter 6: Culture, Glocalization, and Belonging Chapter 7: Transnationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Glocalization 2.0 Chapter 8: The Glocal Turn and Its Limits Appendix: A Guide to Glocalization Literature and Resources