Globalization

Managing in a Globalized EconomyIn this collection of essays, renowned management thinker and teacher Peter F.

Theorising Media and Conflict brings together anthropologists as well as media and communication scholars to collectively address the elusive and complex relationship between media and conflict.

Cosmopolitanism is often discussed in a critical and disapproving manner: as a concept complicit with the interests of the powerful, or as a notion related to Western political supremacy, the ills of globalization, inequality, and capitalist economic penetration.

Combining theoretical and empirical discussions with shorter thick description case studies, this book offers an anthropological exploration of the emergence in Malaysia of lifestyle bloggers precursors to current social media microcelebrities and influencers.

Faked in China is a critical account of the cultural challenge faced by China following its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001.

An examination of how the postwar United States twisted its ideal of "e;the free flow of information"e; into a one-sided export of values and a tool with global consequences.

Almost unknown to the rest of the globe, Xiaomi has become the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer.

Is there an alternative to the neoliberal globalization that is ravaging our planet?

This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses.

War is one of the most lucrative job markets for an increasingly global workforce.

A journey into de facto state-building based on ethnographic and archival research in the Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusWhat is de facto about the de facto state?

Chinese Labor in a Korean Factorydraws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs.

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

Global media and advances in technology have profoundly affected the way people experience events.

Social media and smartphones are criticised for being addictive, destroying personal relationships, undermining productivity, and invading privacy.

In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank.

There is intense competition among emerging markets to capture their share of the global economy.

From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in its turn an impressive visual culture.

This book brings a rich and nuanced analysis of selfie culture.

This book explores the struggles over the mediated construction and projection of the image of the nation at times of social unrest.

Economics has failed us .

'This is an impressive piece of sustained research that brings much to the field.

This book addresses the politics of borders in the era of global art by exploring the identification of Chinese artists by location and exhibition.

This book is about how kids become engaged with brands, and how their relationship with them changes over time as they mature as consumers.

How global organized crime shapes the politics of borders in modern conflictsSeparatism has been on the rise across the world since the end of the Cold War, dividing countries through political strife, ethnic conflict, and civil war, and redrawing the political map.

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned.

A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "e;copycat"e; production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets?

How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithmsIn the revolutionary excitement of the 1960s, young people around the world called for a radical shift away from the old industrial order, imagining a future of technological liberation and unfettered prosperity.

A study of the structure, growth, and future of transnational human travel and communicationIncreasingly, people travel and communicate across borders.

Many prominent critics regard the international financial system as the dark side of globalization, threatening disadvantaged nations near and far.

This introduction to the politics of poststructuralism focuses on two interrelated themes: the culture of Western Marxism and contemporary neoliberal capitalism.

Proposing a new way of understanding the relationship between the city and personal identity, The City is Me argues that there is no longer a distance between the two.

An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology.

This highly-acclaimed, bestselling textbook, quickly established itself as one of the leading texts on the subject worldwide in its first edition.

This book examines the contribution of the European Commission to the process of transformation of EU borders.

The International Criminal Court claims authority over Americans for actions that the United States does not define as crimes.

The third edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank.

Rather than reaching the ';end of ideology' predicted only three decades ago, we find ourselves in the throes of an intensifying ideological struggle over the meaning and direction of globalization.

This book sets out to re-examine the foundations of Thomas Hobbes's political philosophy, and to develop a Hobbesian normative theory of international relations.

Offering a discussion of translation and social media through three themes, theory, training and professional practice, this book builds on emerging research in Translation Studies, including references citing recent translation and social media industry data.

Globalization is in retreat, but history tells us that this is but a temporary reversal.

- What role do humanitarian organizations play in crises such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East?

This book provides a global overview of the challenges and opportunities faced by Public Service Media (PSM) organizations, including the increasing power of digital platforms, changing consumption habits, and reforms on funding models.

This book aims to develop a critical understanding of multistakeholder governance in Internet Governance through an in-depth analysis of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition, the process through which the U.

This book explores the evolving roles of energy stakeholders and geopolitical considerations, leveraging on the dizzying array of planned and actual projects for solar, wind, hydropower, waste-to-energy, and nuclear power in the region.

This textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts of social processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a wide range of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art, populism and political economy.

This book examines how digital communications technologies have transformed modern societies, with profound effects both for everyday life, and for everyday crimes.

This book takes food parcels as a vehicle for exploring relationships, intimacy, care, consumption, exchange, and other fundamental anthropological concerns, examining them in relation to wider transnational spaces.

This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international relations and conflict.

This book explains the increasingly turbulent Sino-Japanese relations since the 2000s by innovatively investigating the formation mechanism of mutual misperception deeply rooted in China-Japan-U.