Globalization

Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices.

Since the explosion of the buzzword ';globalization' in academic and public discourse more than thirty years ago, theoretical explorations of worldwide interconnectivities and mobilities have proliferated across major academic disciplines.

This book explores how resurgent nationalism across the globe demands re-examination of many of the theories and practices in applied linguistics and language teaching as political forces seek to limit the movement of people, goods, and services across national borders and, in some cases, enact violence upon those with linguistic and/or ethnic backgrounds that differ from that of the dominant culture.

Seaports, as part of urban centers, play a major role in the cultural, social and economic life of the cities in which they are located, and through the links they provide to the outside world.

This book examines the timely topic of controlling the borders of the European Schengen Area.

This book explores the phenomenon of soft power in international relations.

Geopolitics refers to the confluence of factors such as geography, economics and demography on the politics and policies of governments, states and other key global actors.

Geopolitics refers to the confluence of factors such as geography, economics and demography on the politics and policies of governments, states and other key global actors.