Place, identity and everyday life in a globalizing world
Thorns, David C.
Perkins, Harvey
How do our everyday experiences and environments inform who we are? Covering current topics, from virtual spaces to migration, this book connects daily life and identity with broader structural and global processes. With vivid examples highlighting the interdependence of place and society, it is a key text across the social sciences. DAVID THORNS Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social Science Research Centre at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has over 30 years experience as an urban researcher and has published many books, including 'The Transformation of Cities' (2002). . HARVEY PERKINS Professor of Human Geography at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has over 20 years experience as anurban and regional researcher and consultant throughout the UK and USA. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK - Place, Identity and Everyday Life - Everyday Life in a Globalizing World - PART II: ORGANIZINGAND LIVING IN OUR EVERYDAY WORLDS - Cities and Region - Houses and Homes - Virtual Places and Spaces - Places of Consumption - PART III: A FINITE WORLD? - Sustaining the Places in which we Live - Sustainable Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities - Place, Identity and Everyday Life in a Globalizing World Revisited
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57591-2
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés