De-Coca-colonization: making the globe from the inside out

In this theoretical account of globalization, geographer and urbanist Flusty argues that we must move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are locked out of power structures create "globalities" of their own. Taking us on a kaleidos...

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Main Author: Flusty, Steven (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Routledge 2004
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Summary:In this theoretical account of globalization, geographer and urbanist Flusty argues that we must move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are locked out of power structures create "globalities" of their own. Taking us on a kaleidoscopic tour through the worlds of ordinary people and their deceptively prosaic commodities, with examples ranging from Los Angeles to Nike and the Zapatistas, the author demonstrates that the little-g globalization is where much of the action reconstituting global social life is happening.--From publisher description.
Physical Description:VII, 235 S.
ISBN:0415945372
0415945380

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