National Identity and Globalization
：Youth, State, and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Publication subTitle ：Youth, State, and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Author： Douglas W. Blum;
Publisher： Cambridge University Press
Publication year： 2007
E-ISBN: 9781316977026
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521876193
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780521876193
Subject： C913.5 adolescent problems
Keyword： 政治、法律
Language： ENG
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Description
This 2007 text examines the problem of national identity formation in the context of globalization. Is globalization in danger of diluting national identities and cultures? This 2007 book studies three states and cities in post-Soviet Eurasia to examine how they respond to globalization. The author explores how cultures, particularly youth cultures, attempt to embrace aspects of modernism and liberalism without losing their sense of national identity. Is globalization in danger of diluting national identities and cultures? This 2007 book studies three states and cities in post-Soviet Eurasia to examine how they respond to globalization. The author explores how cultures, particularly youth cultures, attempt to embrace aspects of modernism and liberalism without losing their sense of national identity. Is globalization in danger of diluting national identities and 'transnationalizing' cultures? How can societies attempt to manage globalization and become developed while maintaining a viable national identity? In this 2007 study of three globalizing states and cities in post-Soviet Eurasia - Russia (Astrakhan), Kazakhstan (Almaty), and Azerbaijan (Baku) - Douglas W. Blum provides an empirical examination of national identity formation, exploring how cultures, particularly youth cultures, have been affected by global forces. Blum argues that social discourse regarding youth cultural trends - coupled with official and non-official approaches to youth policy - complement patterns of state-society relations and modes of response to globalization. His findings show that the nations studied have embraced certain aspects of modernity and liberalism, while rejecting others, but have also reasserted the place of national traditions. Introduction; 1. Global responses to globalization; 2. Theoretical assumptions and methods; 3. The discourse of globalization and youth culture; 4. National youth identity policy; 5. Collaborative entrepreneurship; 6. Shaping national youth identity on the ground; 7. Conclusions. Review of the hardback: 'This is a theoretically wide-ranging and methodologically ambitious study of the ways states and societies mediate the effects of cultural globalization. Blum incorporates insights from diverse literatures and regions to create a useful three-fold typology of absorption, rejection, and assertion. It serves well to explain how cultural entrepreneurs help fashion a hybrid identity from the confrontation between the hegemonic influences associated with the United States and invented or adapted local and national traditions. Blum combines methods of discourse analysis, interviews, and focus groups conducted during his field research to produce a convincing analysis of youth culture and national identity in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. His study contributes to our understanding not only of the post-Soviet space but of the process of globalization more broadly.' Matthew Evangelista Professor of Government and Director, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University Review of the hardback: 'In this empirically rich and theoretically wide-ranging exploration of national identity construction in Baku, Astrakhan, and Almaty, Blum shows how states and societies struggle to come to grips with the imperatives of globalization while using the same to advance their own constructed interests in maintaining their fundamental uniqueness. Far beyond the former Soviet space, Blum's arguments will help readers reflect upon globalization a
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