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This book introduces the concept of global modernity as a paradigm for the analysis of the contemporary era. Building on Parson's distinction between social,... Læs mere
In striving to become cosmopolitan, global cities aim to attract highly-skilled workers while relying on a vast underbelly of low-waged, low status migrants.
Imagining Time and Space in Universities presents critical theorizations of time and space to analyze discourses and practices of globalization... Læs mere
Hamed El-Said investigates Counter-de-Rad programmes in Muslim majority and Muslim... Læs mere
This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the world, including many sport lovers, there are more important... Læs mere
Global university rankings are now more than a decade old and this book uses the data they have produced to examine how the international landscape of universities has changed over the years.
The North Atlantic continues to be an area of international strategic significance regionally and globally. This study explores the strong processes of sovereignty, as well as new independent states and micro-proto-states that are forming in the region.
Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements examines our collective moral and political maps, dotted with symbols shaped by political dynamics beyond their local or national origin and offers the first systematic sociological treatment of this important phenomenon.
Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives.
This book explores how the kinds of world-wide restructurings of higher educationand research work... Læs mere
Building on contemporary efforts to theorize conflicts related to borders, migration, and belonging, this book transforms existing analyses in... Læs mere
This book analyzes the effects of economic, social, and political disruptions that have come with integration into the global economy for countries in five different regions and the developing world as a whole.