Globalization

This edited collection focuses on concepts of globalization, glocalization, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism.

An exploration of the controversies surrounding Singlish and how they illuminate wider issues of identity and language in the context of globalization.

This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship.

The world's systems of higher education (HE) are caught up in the fourth industrial revolution of the twenty-first century.

This innovative volume gathers some of the world's best scholars to analyse the world's collective international efforts to address globalised threats through global security governance.

This book discusses the feasible breakthrough of emerging economy enterprises in participating the international division of labor led by developed countries and gradually standing at the top end(s) of the value chain based on a deep understanding of the practice and upgrading opportunities of Chinese enterprises.

The late-twentieth century is often portrayed as an 'Age of Democratisation', with democracy heralded as the best of all political systems.

Entdecken Sie Taiwan, die aufstrebende Inselnation, die sich zu einem Zentrum globaler Innovation und wirtschaftlicher Exzellenz entwickelt hat.

This edited volume analyzes national security issues with maritime implications, and, specifically, naval projects and postures of main South Atlantic countries: Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Aktuell steht die Weltbevölkerungen vor vielen entscheidenden Herausforderungen, die es zu bewältigen gilt.

The paradox of 'globalization' is that it both weakens and activates social forces of resistance.

This book investigates the macroacquisition of Chinese - its large-scale acquisition and adoption for various purposes by individuals, governments and organisations - and the implications of this process for the future of English as a global language.

This concise text focuses squarely on the issues facing marketers in an increasingly global world.

The Blue Economy is emerging on the global scene as a powerful and persuasive new concept for sustainable development based on economic activities associated with the ocean.

This collection of essays comprises a number of case studies from key wine-growing regions and countries around the world.

This book investigates the political implications of country promotion through practices of 'nation-branding' by drawing on contemporary examples from the sports, urban development and higher education sector in Kazakhstan and Qatar.

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development.

With the process of a "e;wider Europe"e; (EU-Commission President Romano Prodi's "e;ring of friends"e;) that extends from Marrakech in Morocco to St.

This volume addresses and seeks to answer a number of questions on the current issues facing small states/powers in Europe.

This book proposes a cosmopolitan ethics that calls for analyzing how economic and political structures limit opportunities for different groups, distinguished by gender, race, and class.

This book brings together a series of contributions by international legal scholars that explore a range of subjects and themes in the field of international economic law and global economic governance through a variety of methodological and theoretical lenses.

This volume examines the transmission, reception, and reproduction of new cinematic styles, meanings, practices, and norms in early twenty-first-century Asia.

The book examines, compares, and contrasts the African American and Oromo movements by locating them in the global context, and by showing how life chances changed for the two peoples and their descendants as the modern world system became more complex and developed.

L'Union Africaine et certaines organisations comme le NEPAD ont élaboré des politiques pour le développement de l'Afrique jusqu'à ce jour.

As both an extra-terrestrial and a terrestrial migrant, the alien provides a critical framework to help us understand the interactions between cultures and to explore the transgressive force of travel over geographical, cultural or linguistic borders.

A 2011 analysis of the rise of Brazilian multinationals, examining their competencies and competitive strategies in a variety of different settings.

Entrepreneurs, technical experts, professionals, international students, writers, and artists are among the most highly mobile people in the global economy today.

The prevailing Western paradigm is modernity: a model focused on individual liberty, secularism, and the scientific control of nature.

Südafrika bietet ein dynamisches und vielfältiges Geschäftsumfeld, das sowohl Chancen als auch Herausforderungen bereithält.

Development studies is in a state of flux.

New Tools for Succeeding GloballyWhy do so many global strategies fail--despite companies' powerful brands and other border-crossing advantages?

A collaboration between indigenous leaders, social activists and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, In the Way of Development explores the current situation of indigenous peoples enmeshed in the remorseless expansion of the modern economy.

This book examines the transformation of the state in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism and adoption of market oriented reform in the early 1990s, exploring the impact of globalization and economic liberalization on the region's states, societies and political economy.

The 'globalisation' concept has become ubiquitous in British politics, as it has in many countries of the world.

This undergraduate textbook captures the dynamic nature of business ethics in the era of globalization.

This book examines theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of middle powers with reference to South Korea's bilateral relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

As the 15-year Millennium Development Goals approach their conclusion, we can now measure their larger successes and failures in more than 'snapshot fashion; and we can begin to consider how best to shape the international development agenda for the coming decades based on what we have learned.

The Organic Globalizer is a collection of critical essays which takes the position that hip-hop holds political significance through an understanding of its ability to at once raise cultural awareness, expand civil society's focus on social and economic justice through institution building, and engage in political activism and participation.

How to better manage systemic risks-from cyber attacks and pandemics to financial crises and climate change-in a globalized worldThe Butterfly Defect addresses the widening gap between the new systemic risks generated by globalization and their effective management.

This 2007 text examines the problem of national identity formation in the context of globalization.

A new generation of political science scholars who are comfortable employing intersectional analysis are emerging and their work hones in directly on the complexity of politics, governance and policy making in an increasingly small, technologically connected, ideologically nuanced, global Public Square.

How ought scholars and students to approach the rapidly expanding and highly multidisciplinary study of international economic law?

This book propounds the thesis that it was the dysfunction of globalization and liberalism that prompted the rise of nationalism and populism.

Many East Asian states have undergone profound economic transformations over the last two decades.

One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization, One World.

The global financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 has blasted livelihoods, inspired protests, and toppled governments.

Showcasing an original, interdisciplinary approach, this text examines the effect of migration on the domestic politics of individual states and how they are eroding the distinctions between the domestic and foreign policy, the 'inside' and 'outside' components of politics and law.

Globalization and Resistance brings together cutting-edge theory and research about how global economics and politics alter the way ordinary people engage in contentious political action.