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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.

History of Eastern Europe --- Russian Federation --- Kazakhstan --- Azerbaijan --- #SBIB:328H263 --- Instellingen en beleid: andere GOS-staten --- Russia --- Globalization --- Group identity --- Youth --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Social conditions --- Social conditions. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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It is often argued that globalization fosters 'hybridity', as some cultural imports are accepted, while others are 'localized', and others still are rejected outright. Yet we know relatively little about the social processes and mechanisms involved in cultural globalization. This book offers an empirically rich and theoretically compelling analysis of how cultural globalization occurs, including the structural conditions, personal meanings and social interactions associated with various outcomes. Providing a detailed analysis of the experiences of young people from Kazakhstan who lived in the United States temporarily, the author asks, how do return migrants react to cultural differences in America, and what changes do they try to incorporate into their lives back in Kazakhstan? What kinds of negotiations ensue, and what explains their success or failure? In answering these questions, Douglas W. Blum combines insights from sociology and anthropology along with specialized research on globalization, migration and post-Soviet studies.

Globalization --- Return migration --- Return migrants --- Emigration and immigration --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Migrant returnees --- Migrants, Return --- Migrants, Reverse --- Returnee migrants --- Returnees (Immigrants) --- Reverse migrants --- Immigrants --- Migration, Return --- Repatriation --- Social aspects. --- Social conditions. --- Emigration and immigration.

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