European Glocalization in Global Context

This book consists of a collection of essays that deal with glocalization in Europe, including the idea of Europeanization as glocalization. The contributors deal with a range of topics including migration, media, football, beauty, Christianity, democracy and the European Union.

Autorentext
Roland Robertson University of Pittsburgh, US and University of Aberdeen, UK Paolo Demuru, Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil Andrea Esser, Roehampton University, UK Debra Gimlin, University of Aberdeen, UK Christopher Kollmeyer, University of Aberdeen, UK Ewa Morawska, University of Essex, UK Victor Roudometof, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Franciscu Sedda, University of Rome, Italy

Inhalt
Roland Robertson; Prologue 1. Roland Robertson; Europeanization as Glocalization 2. Forms of the World: Roots, Histories, and Horizons of the Glocal; Franciscu Sedda 3. The Glocalisations of Christianity in Europe: A Global-Historical Perspective; Victor Roudometof 4. European Television Programming: Exemplifying and Theorizing Glocalization in the Media; Andrea Esser 5. Glocalization Effects of Immigrants' Activities on the Host Society: An Exploration of a Neglected Theme; Ewa Morawska 6. From Football to Futebol: A Glocal Perspective on the Influence of Europe on Brazilian Football (and Vice-Versa); Paolo Demuru 7. Exploring the Glocal Flow of Beauty: From Euro-America to the World?; Debra Gimlin 8 Glocalization and the Simultaneous Rise and Fall of Democracy at Century's End; Chris Kollmeyer Roland Robertson: Epilogue