Globalization

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?

This collection examines the intersections between the personal and the political in travel writing, and the dialectic between mobility and stasis, through an analysis of specific cases across geographical and historical boundaries.

Why Britain's attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government.

Ebrahim analyses the organizational evolution of NGOs combining case studies with extensive review of literature.

There is growing evidence of the wide-ranging impacts of corporations in selected industries on global patterns of health and disease.

How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this organization vary from place to place?

This is a must-read volume on globalization in which some of the foremost scholars in the field discuss the latest issues.

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At a time of the profound crisis of the world capitalist system, a group of social scientists and theologians takes up anew the issue of liberation theology.

Globalisation has put national labour movements under severe pressure, due to the increasing transnationalisation of production, with the production of many goods being organised across borders, and the informalisation of the economy.

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

China has emerged as a dominant power in Eurasian affairs that not only exercises significant political and economic power, but increasingly, ideational power too.

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.

Rudel examines historical examples of environmental reform, arguing that reforms occur when defensive and altruistic environmentalists join forces.

This is the first book in English profiling the work of a research collective that evolved around the notion of "e;coloniality"e;, understood as the hidden agenda and the darker side of modernity and whose members are based in South America and the United States.

This book maintains that the theory of imperialism should incorporate the concept of an "e;operational code"e; of political elites to account for agencies' actions.

This book deals with pertinent issues and frameworks that will help readers map the course of India's Foreign Policy and its strategies.

In an increasingly globalized world, there are new economic, strategic, cultural, and political forces at work.

This volume explores how difference is constructed, manifested, mobilised and obscured in socially uneven societies, particularly those fuelled by neoliberal economic growth in the recent years.

This work is a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the economic, international business, political, legal, and environmental ramifications of globalization-one of the hottest topics of the day.

The relationship between global governance and regionalization is fraught with ambiguity.

With an official population approaching fifteen million, Karachi is one of the largest cities in the world.

This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms.

This book is designed as a text for teacher education graduate programs, as well as a resource for school administrators and researchers and provides a global perspective to the current issues related to teacher dispositions, their place in teacher education programs, and impact on education reform around the world.

This book is devoted to the concept of horizontal art history-a proposal of a paradigm shift formulated by the Polish art historian Piotr Piotrowski (1952-2015)-that aims at undermining the hegemony of the discourse of art history created in the Western world.

This book charts the fall of productivity growth and the rise of inequality within global economies and societies.

This book presents stimulating new perspectives on three key sets of issues: a fair globalization, the policies that might be adopted in response to protectionist pressures, and sustainable development policies involving G7 and G20 actions to lay the foundations for renewed trust.

From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to conventional theories of globalization.

Traditional understandings of economic development in low- and mid-income countries have largely been influenced by the economic narrative of Western Official Development Assistance (ODA).

The Broken Promise of Global Advocacy addresses two key normative debates associated with the rise of transnational advocacy: whether global interest communities are biased in favor of wealthier countries; and whether the growth of global advocacy implies the emergence of a global civil society truly representative of global constituencies.

Since the Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economists Forum's inception in 2019, the 2023 forum, adhering to the traditions of previous sessions, with combining online and offline innovation formats, conducted an in-depth analysis of many key issues in the current macro-economy from the perspective of the chief economists, with a focus on the future of China and global economy from all angles.

There is no doubt that globalisation has profound effects on crime, justice and our feelings of security, identity and belonging.

Over the last quarter century, governments around the world have launched ambitious efforts to reform how they manage their programs.

This volume is a comprehensive overview of the various methods used in contemporary diplomatic practice.

This book explores the vast and ongoing legacy of Che Guevara in world politics.

The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy.

The idea of "e;Utopia"e; has made a comeback in the age of globalization, and the bewildering technological shifts and economic uncertainties of the present era call for novel forms of utopia.

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

Switzerland, with its political stability, robust economy, and innovation-friendly environment, presents a wealth of opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Reflecting twenty years of research and experience-after working with guerrilla fighters in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, with Iranian refugees in Istanbul, with interreligious reconciliation groups in Morocco, and with former political prisoners in South Africa-Segall offers a groundbreaking study of globalization, gender, and resistance in public spaces.

GOLD MEDALLIST IN THE 2024 AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS A bold new account of the state of globalization today-and what its collapse might mean for the world economy After the Cold War, globalization accelerated at breakneck speed.

This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.

This volume deals with a new Dharma of peacebuilding and conflict transformations, drawing on the world's philosophical, religious, and spiritual traditions and many recent initiatives and experiments with peace.

A Nobel Prize-winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuriesThe world is a better place than it used to be.

Since the turn of the century, Africa has been emerging economically, politically and socially and striving to assert itself on the global stage.