Frank J. Lechner & John Boli 
World Culture [PDF ebook] 
Origins and Consequences

List of Tables vi

Acknowledgments vii

List of Abbreviations viii

1 Introduction: The Olympic Games and the Meaning of World Culture 1

2 Analyzing World Culture: Alternative Theories 30

3 Tracing World Culture: A Brief History 60

4 Constructing World Culture: UN Meetings as Global Ritual 81

5 Sustaining World Culture: The Infrastructure of Technology and Organizations 109

6 Differentiating World Culture: National Identity and the Pursuit of Diversity 135

7 Transforming World Culture: The Antiglobalization Movement as Cultural Critique 153

8 Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement 173

9 Opposing World Culture: Islamism and the Clash of Civilizations 191

10 Instituting World Culture: The International Criminal Court and Global Governance 215

11 Epilogue: Reflections on World Culture 234

References 241

Index 261

Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published numerous papers on global change, fundamentalism, secularization, and sociological theory. He is co-editor, with L. van Vucht-Tijssen and J. Berting, of The Search for Fundamentals (1995).
John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, citizenship, and state power and authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989) and Constructing World Culture (with George M. Thomas, 1999).
They are the co-editors of The Globalization Reader (2nd edition, Blackwell, 2003).