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Perhaps the most secular nation in the world, Netherlands houses a large Islamic population. That population is the fruit of globalization, and the Dutch response to the shift shows the changing nature of national identity in the age of globalization. This book explains how globalization calls forth very particularistic and localist responses.

Written in a lively and accessible style, Globalization: The Making of World Society shows how globalization affects everyday experience, creates new institutions, and presents new challenges. With many examples, Lechner describes how the process unfolds in a wide range of fields, from sports and media to law and religion. While sketching the outlines of a world society in the making, the book also demonstrates that globalization is inherently...