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Global Ethnography: Forces, Connections, and Imaginations in a Postmodern World

By Zsuzsa Gille , Michael Burawoy , Joseph A. Blum , Sheba George , Millie Thayer , Teresa Gowan , Lynne Hane

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0520222164, 0520222156
Google Books ID
9umOdByD8JAC
Open Library ID
OL15482903M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10236143 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
212\212
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this follow-up to the highly successful Ethnography Unbound, Michael Burawoy and nine colleagues break the bounds of conventional sociology, to explore the mutual shaping of local struggles and global forces. In contrast to the lofty debates between radical theorists, these nine studies excavate the dynamics and histories of globalization by extending out from the concrete, everyday world. The authors were participant observers in diverse struggles over extending citizenship, medicalizing breast cancer, dumping toxic waste, privatizing nursing homes, the degradation of work, the withdrawal of welfare rights, and the elaboration of body politics. From their insider vantage points, they show how groups negotiate, circumvent, challenge, and even re-create the complex global web that entangles them. Traversing continents and extending over three years, this collaborative research developed its own distinctive method of "grounded globalization" to grasp the evaporation of traditional workplaces, the dissolution of enclaved communities, and the fluidity of identities. Forged between the local and global, these compelling essays make a powerful case for ethnography's insight into global dynamics.

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