Glocal Town

<p>This book presents a novel theoretical and methodological approach to understanding the emerging “glocal” realities of (sub)urban space. Beginning with a study of a suburb of Athens it illustrates the dynamic interaction between the local and the global charting a range of radical social changes as this locality adapts itself to processes of globalization. Moving beyond the Athenian context it shows how the various traditions of suburban enclaves interact with and confront the impact of external yet pervasive elements of the global(ized) world – for instance through the adoption of events and practices observed in societies across the globe such as Earth Day or International Holocaust Remembrance Day or the use of the global calendar – as the polis transforms into a cosmopolis. With explorations of this kind <i>A Glocal Town </i>advances a three- stage interpretative scheme that enables us to frame “glocality” more broadly and better understand the global– local interaction wherever it occurs. As such it will appeal to scholars of sociology geography and urban studies interested in globalization and its interaction with the local in (sub) urban locales.</p>