Journal article
The Strategic Manipulation of Transnational Temporalities
Abstract
While it is now widely recognized that globalization is socially constructed, time is often still seen as a natural unalterable force. Drawing on the literature on the social construction of time, we explore the role of human agency in the interaction of time and globalization by developing the concept of temporal systems. These systems are assemblages that bring together temporal artefacts such as clocks and schedules, the temporalities of the …
Authors
Porter T; Stockdale L
Journal
Globalizations, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 270–284
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
May 3, 2016
DOI
10.1080/14747731.2015.1056497
ISSN
1474-7731