World culture : origins and consequences /
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Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishing,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the Olympic Games and the meaning of world culture
- Analyzing world culture: alternative theories
- Tracing world culture: a brief history
- Constructing world culture: UN meetings as global ritual
- Sustaining world culture: the infrastructure of technology and organizations
- Differentiating world culture: national identity and the pursuit of diversity
- Transforming world culture: the antiglobalization movement as cultural critique
- Expanding world culture: Pentecostalism as a global movement
- Opposing world culture: Islamism and the clash of civilizations
- Instituting world culture: the International Criminal Court and global governance
- Epilogue: reflections on world culture