Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Giddens -- individualization and globalization

http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/Publications/1ReithLecturesGlobalisation.pdf

Globalizing processes invades local culture. Forces us to live in a more open, reflexive, and individualized way.
tradition and custom are declining
we create identities (liberating and frightening)
women now choose (e.g., birth rate 1.2)