Globalization in Practice

Synopsis

The Concept Of Globalization Has Become Ubiquitous In Social Science And In The Public Consciousness And Is Often Invoked As An Explanation For A Diverse Range Of Changes To Economies, Societies, Politics And Cultures - Both As A Positive Liberating Force And As A Wholly Negative One. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Travel, Tourism, And Mobility -- 1. Airports / Peter Adey -- 2. Backpacking / Nick Clarke -- 3. Walking / Tim Ingold -- 4. Mobile Phone / Eric Laurier -- 5. Mobility / Peter Merriman -- 6. World Maps / Annemarie Mol -- 7. Airport Security / Harvey Molotch -- 8. Passports / John Torpey -- 9. Sex Workers / Jackie West -- 10. The Gap Year / Alexandra Woolgar -- Pt. Ii Infrastructure And Transport -- 11. Pipelines / Andrew Barry -- 12. Pipes And Wires / Nino Kemoklidze -- 13. Automated Repair And Backup Systems / Stephen Graham -- 14. Road Safety And Traffic Management / Steve Woolgar -- 15. Containers / Susan M. Roberts -- 16. Resisting The Global / Paul Routledge -- 17. The Globalization Of A Labour Market: The Case Of Seafarers / Helen Sampson -- 18. Banal Globalization: The Deep Structure Of Oil And Gas / Michael J. Watts -- 19. Putting Standards To Work: Water And The Taste And Smell Of Globalization / Ragna Zeiss -- Pt. Iii Finance And Business. Contents Note Continued: 20. Flowers / Alex Hughes -- 21. The Bureau De Change / Michael Levi -- 22. Libor / Donald Mackenzie -- 23. Taking Mote Of Export Earnings / Kris Olds -- 24. Filthy Lucre: Urine For Sale / Barbara Penner -- 25. Moody's, Emotions, And Uncertainty In Finance / Jocelyn Pixley -- 26. Credit Rating Agencies / Timothy J. Sinclair -- 27. Globalization's Freelancers, Democracy's Decline: Harvard, The Chubais Clan, And Us Aid To Russia / Janine R. Wedel -- 28. Of Pits And Screens / Caitlin Zaloom -- Pt. Iv Media, Consumption, And Leisure -- 29. Cigarette Packages: The Big Red Chevron And The 282 Little Kids / Franck Cochoy -- 30. Collecting And Consumption In The Era Of Ebay / Rebecca M. Ellis -- 31. The Interaction Order Of Auctions Of Fine Art And Antiques / Christian Heath -- 32. Intellectual Property / Adrian Johns -- 33. The Curvature Of Global Brand Space / Celia Lury -- 34. Bollywood / Vijay Mishra -- 35. Global News (service) Networks / Gerard Toal. Contents Note Continued: 36. How Rounders Goes Around The World / Elizabeth Shove -- Pt. V Health And Nature -- 37. Biodiversity And Globalization / Geoffrey C. Bowker -- 38. Mobility And The Medical Image / Catelijne Coopmans -- 39.e-solutions To Sharing Information In Child Protection: The Rise And Fall Of Contactpoint / Sue White -- 40. Globalizing Of Bananas: Of Rhizomes, Fungi, And Mobility / Mimi Sheller -- Pt. Vi Order And Control -- 41. Forms That Form / Nicholas Gill -- 42. Accounting For The Calculating Self / Peter Miller -- 43. Replaying Society To The World Through Cctv / Daniel Neyland -- 44. The Ak-47 As A Material Global Artefact / Tom Osborne -- 45. Human Rights / Sharyn Roach Anleu -- Pt. Vii Classifications -- 46. Area-based Classifications / Roger Burrows -- 47. First Names: Examples From Germany / Jurgen Gerhards -- 48. One Of My Top Ten Days / Lucy Kimbell -- 49. Barcodes And Rfids / Martin Dodge -- 50. Iso 9000 / Wendy Larner -- 51. Number / Helen Verran. Edited By Nigel Thrift, Adam Tickell, Steve Woolgar, And William H. Rupp. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.