Global Identities

A commodity chain refers to “a network of labor and production processes whose end result is a finished commodity.” The attention given to this concept has quickly translated into ...

Covering the period from 200 BCE to 600 CE, this book describes important aspects of identity formation processes within early Judaism and Christianity, and shows how negotiations ...

This article examines evidence from social psychology and comparative social science on the trust-related effects of having a national identity. The starting hypothesis is that ide...

In recent years historians in many different parts of the world have sought to transnationalize and globalize their perspectives on the past. Despite all these efforts to gain new ...

The introduction outlines the central questions and arguments of the book. It summarizes the main, conflicting interpretations of the role of class in late twentieth-century Englan...

In recent decades global business has created unprecedented growth in the global economy. The increase in world population and the number of nations since the middle of the twentie...

In recent decades, the long arm of US politics has reached the intimate lives of women all over the world. Since 1984, healthcare organizations in developing countries have faced m...

The conclusion summarizes the overall arguments of the book, examining how vernacular discourses of class changed between 1968 and 2000, and what the implications were for politics...