Beschreibung
Globalization is usually seen as a uniform force producing similar social consequences across all societies affected.
The contributions in this volume challenge this notion by demonstrating that reactions to the same global changes vary
across different parts of the world. In particular, this volume examines the crucial role of economically and politically
integrated regions as mediators between global challenges and local responses. To the extent that different regional
reactions to global change retroact on their global context, global social transformation becomes a highly complex
phenomenon.
