Global complexity / John Urry.
Global complexity / John Urry.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Oxford :bBlackwell Publishers ; Malden, MA : Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Date
2003.
Call Numbers
N327.10118/ 1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 172 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. 'Societies' and the Global -- 2. The Complexity Turn -- 3. Limits of 'Global' Analyses -- 4. Networks and Fluids -- 5. Global Emergence -- 6. Social Ordering and Power -- 7. Global Complexities.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Oxford :bBlackwell Publishers ; Malden, MA : Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"This book combines new theory with many illustrations of how global processes operate. Urry distinguishes between 'global networks' and 'global fluids', and shows how forms of global emergence develop from the complex relationships between these networks and fluids. He draws out the implications of global complexity for our understanding of social...
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Global complexity / John Urry.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N327.10118/ 1
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74VvyWVlqgxb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyWVlqgxb
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ISBN
0745628176
9780745628172 (hbk.)
0745628176 (hbk.)
9780745628189 (pbk.)
0745628184 (pbk.)
9780745628172
DDC
327.1011857
MMS ID
991016156449702626
