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Summary of Runaway World by Anthony
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Posted by Realsociology on October 23, 2010
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There has been a considerable amount of research and theorising into globalisation and its consequences over the past decade, yet little of this has filtered down to students of A level
Sociology. This article aims to address this by summarizing
Anthony Giddens’ views on globalisation and its consequences for culture and identity in the West, focusing on the two core
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early retirement blogs themes of risk and detraditionalisation. This article is written with the new AQA AS module in C ulture and Identity in mind, and should be useful to any student who wishes to better understand how Globalisation affects daily life.

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Giddens illustrates how two consequences of Globalisation, namely the rise of a ‘risk consciousness’ and
detraditionalisation,


Bibliography: Giddens, Anthony (2002) Runaway World Giddens, Anthony (1991) Modernity and Self Identity Bauman, Zymunt (2007) Liquid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty Furedi, Frank (2004) Therapy C ulture: C ultivating Vulnerability in an Uncertain Age. This e ntry was poste d on O ctobe r 23, 2010 at 14:42 and is file d unde r Book reviews, summaries and excerpts SHAJI,E. Says: March 30th, 2013 at 12:33 Stringy Says: March 13th, 2014 at 22:48
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