Machine generated contents note: 1. Global change and local belonging -- 2. limits of local attachment -- 3. Parenting, education and elective belonging -- 4. Suburbia and the aura of place -- 5. ambivalence of urban identity : 'Manchester, so much to answer for' -- 6. Work cultures and social ties -- 7. Mediascapes in the mediation of the local and the global
Summary
Drawing on long-term empirical research into cultural practices lifestyle and identities, this volume explores how far-reaching global changes are articulated locally. The authors address key sociological issues of stratification as analysis alongside 'cultural' issues of identity, difference, choice and lifestyle
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and indexes
