Globalization

This book significantly advances discussion of the mission of higher education in today's multicultural environment and global economy.

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

The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy.

La rationalité moderne, l'approche patriarcale et le capitalisme industriel ne sont plus capables de répondre ni au problème de notre survie, ni aux problèmes sociaux et démographiques.

This book, the first of its kind, brings together leading scholars from multiple perspectives in a serious dialogue about continuity and change in global media production and content.

Amy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post-Cold War globalising world.

This volume surveys and combines the different dimensions of globalization so as to propose a general diagnosis of the way they interact to explain growing inequality in advanced economies.

This volume surveys and combines the different dimensions of globalization so as to propose a general diagnosis of the way they interact to explain growing inequality in advanced economies.

"Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist die Wahrheit"Diese Erkenntnis aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg ist bis heute gültig, denn immer wieder haben seither Kriegsanlasslügen zu militärischen Konflikten geführt.

Les Gaulois sont-ils plus pessimistes que leurs voisins européens ?

This book, the first of its kind, brings together leading scholars from multiple perspectives in a serious dialogue about continuity and change in global media production and content.

En début de XXIe siècle, beaucoup d'anciens pays industrialisés sont victimes d'une situation où la dynamique de progrès qui avait caractérisé les siècles précédents est stoppée.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence billions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, in which new infectious diseases spread across continents at lightning speed, and in which complex social forces are increasingly impacted by digital technology.

The beginnings of globalisation are usually dated to the last third of the twentieth century, alongside the rise of supranational companies, the financial economy and the information technology revolution.

How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact millions of lives?

How might a Samoan diasporic lens broaden our understanding of queer worlds?

This two-volume set presents the conference papers from the 1st International Conference on Economics, Development and Sustainability (EDESUS 2019), organized by the University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

This book explores the impact of globalization on self and identity from multidisciplinary perspectives.

This book provides a concise introduction into twenty-one trends that are transforming the role of religion and spirituality in "e;re-globalizing"e; societies.

This book presents cutting-edge methods and findings that are expected to contribute to significant advances in the areas of communication design, fashion design, interior design and product design, as well as musicology and other related areas.

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology.

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online-and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other.

A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwidePrior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of ';international' contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists from North America and Western Europe, while cultural agents from other parts of the world often found themselves on the margins.

How nineteenth-century "e;disciplines of attention"e; anticipated the contemporary concern with mindfulness and being "e;spiritual but not religious"e;Today, we're driven to distraction, our attention overwhelmed by the many demands upon it-most of which emanate from our beeping and blinking digital devices.

This book explores Eurasia's growing embrace of its maritime geography from the Indian Ocean to Pacific Asia and the Arctic.

This book explores the relevance of social networking from the perspective of its users to reveal the sociological significance of (inter)active experiences on Facebook.

This book critically examines the driving forces, discourses, and conflicts surrounding Chinese investments in overseas farmland, with a specific focus on Australia.

The EU's interest in and engagement with North East Asia has grown massively over the last three decades, the shaping and implementation of its policy influenced heavily by the UK and its historical links with East Asia.

This book presents an analysis of how metaphors are essential elements in the study of international relations.

Nicht erst im Irakkrieg spielten die US-Massenmedien eine fatale Rolle als Propagandainstrumente der Außenpolitik.

Does globalization mean the end of the nation state?

This edited volume aims to unpack the digitisation of art and media within the dynamics of participatory culture, and how these changes affect the power relations between the production and consumption of these new forms in a globalised Asia.

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.

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This edited volume focuses on charting the rise of neo-abolitionism and offering a critique of the idea, its logics and consequences.

The rise of populism across Europe and the US - first in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and then in the shape of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Brexit vote in 2016 - are indicative of a seismic shift in the terrain of economic ideas in public discourse.

This is the first book to apply multimedia tools to economic and business storytelling.

Featuring a foreword penned by Ambassador (Ret) and Professor Emeritus Horace G.

This book examines the evolving economic relationship between China and the West, in particular investment regimes and climates.

Volume 10 of the EYIEL focusses on the relationship between transnational labour law and international economic law on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

This book examines the political economy of conflict between China, a rising power, and the USA, a declining one.

This edited collection explores citizenship in a transnational perspective, with a focus on Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

This book offers a novel interpretation of Russian contemporary discourse on Islam and its influence on Russian state policies.

This book introduces the Original Nation scholarship to examine the historical genealogy of the nation's struggles against the state.