Increasing overseas traveling, booming Internet and electronic communication, and expanding global social ties are primary features of intensifying global connectivity and integration. Global Connectivity and Local Transformation conceptualizes global connectivity as a powerful but varied mechanism that links local people to the global society. Professor Jiaming Sun explores the massive global connectivity that has been woven in two decades in Shanghai. People with stronger and more extensive global connectivity with a net of other social economic characteristics make significant differences in terms of cultural adaptation in local society. By employing the empirical study method, this study features detailed quantitative analyses to measure global connectivity in an innovative and compelling way.

By Jiaming Sun

Part 1 List of Illustrations
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Literature Review
Chapter 6 The Methodology, Hyoptheses, and Study Setting
Chapter 7 A Historical and Contemporary Macro Overview
Chapter 8 Global Connectivity and Residential Differentiation
Chapter 9 Global Connectivity and Community Satisfaction
Chapter 10 Global Connectivity and Globally-Oriented Consumption
Chapter 11 Global Connectivity and Value Orientations
Chapter 12 Conclusions, Limitations, and Future Research
Part 13 Endnotes
Part 14 Bibliography
Part 15 Index
Part 16 About the Author