Although humans are caught up in profound globalizing processes which create shared insecurities, most people across the Global North and South demonstrate only a limited awareness of their situation and remain predominantly absorbed and diverted by the pull of their local lives. A shared global consciousness is urgently needed but thinly spread. Drawing on global theory and many case studies this book explores both the continuing local roots of globalization and the central role of micro-relationships in helping, often unintentionally, to shape – and sometimes challenge - its associated transformations.
- The book provides an in-depth exploration of the contradiction between the continuing pull of local lives in the face of sometimes threatening global transformations
- It provides both a rigorous investigation and a partial critique of recent globalization theory
- At the same time it explores an impressive range of empirical research drawn from the real, everyday experiences of people across the world
- The discussion brings sharply into focus the hitherto relatively neglected role of intimate, micro-relationships in shaping, ignoring and sometimes challenging globalizing processes.
