Globalization

This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present.

We have been living and working in the information society for decades, yet still we struggle to understand and keep up in the face of its constant flux and vast scope.

During the past decade, the world reached the point of becoming more urban than not, as the majority of people on the planet now live not in small towns or villages but in provincial, national, and global cities.

Despite troubled trade negotiations, global trade and trade policy will thrive in the twenty-first century, but with a bow to the past.

Facing the current growing global archipelago of encampments, this book project intends to develop a geographical reflection on 'the camp', as a modern institution and as a spatial bio-political technology.

A provocative argument that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created and the lagging economic reality in poor countries.

What does it mean to decolonize transnational feminist theory in the context of globalization?

What causes global inequality?

Citizenship 2.

The highly acclaimed exploration of sushi’s surprising history, global business, and international allure

One generation ago, sushi’s narrow reach ensured that sports fishermen who caught tuna in most of parts of the world sold the meat for pennies as cat food.

The expanding interdependencies of the world's diverse and divided populations have created a world society.

In light of the Eurozone crisis and the growth of Asian economies, have new challenges emerged for the relations between nations in these regions?

Globalization can sometimes seem like an abstract concept, an unconscious aspect of our everyday existence.

This book contains critical analyses of President Barack Obama's foreign policy instruments toward Africa and suggests how to continue, strengthen, and modify these policy instruments.

This bookrecommends balance between cooperation and competition in intercultural/international relations, with more emphasis on the former.

The world needs a UN 3.

How has European identity been shaped through its colonial empires?

This edited collection interrogates the diversity of transnational migration experiences in the Asia-Pacific through the lens of digital ethnography in order to explore the transformative effects digital media plays in these experiences.

This book discusses the crucial strategic topic for the practical implementation of transitional justice in post-conflict societies by arguing that the dilemma is defined by the extent to which the actual achievement of the political goals of transition is a necessary condition for the long-term observance and implementation of justice.

Our world is characterized by mobility.

On what basis can we establish an alternative to the unifying of cultures brought about by economic globalization?

Globalization is one of the most contested and (ab)used concepts of our time.

In these ground-breaking essays, James A.

While traditionally powerful Western economies are treading water at best, beset by crises in banking, housing, and employment, industrial growth and economic development are exploding in China and India.

Peace Education and the Adult Learner presents a survey of recent developments in adult and peace education.

Understanding and harnessing the persuasive powers of narrative is central to U.

The inherent dangers of war zones constrain even the most ardent researchers, with the consequence that little has been known for certain about the effects of war on stable environments.

The tectonic plates of business are shifting and the result is a new reality in what it takes to run a profitable, successful business.

Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other.

Cosmopolitanism has resurfaced as a prominent perspective within philosophy and the social sciences.

Today's globalised world means offshore finance, airport boutiques and high-speed Internet for some people, against dollar-a-day wages, used t-shirts, and illiteracy for others.

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a wealth of discussion and controversy about the idea of a 'postnational' or 'cosmopolitan' politics.

In this fascinating and timely book, Maren Behrensen facilitates a conversation between philosophy and the 'practitioners' of identity.

In this fascinating and timely book, Maren Behrensen facilitates a conversation between philosophy and the 'practitioners' of identity.

Globalization can sometimes seem like an abstract concept, an unconscious aspect of our everyday existence.

Stories of humans striving for the good life are the focus of this new text from Roni Kay M.

Cosmopolitanism has resurfaced as a prominent perspective within philosophy and the social sciences.

In light of the Eurozone crisis and the growth of Asian economies, have new challenges emerged for the relations between nations in these regions?

Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other.

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a wealth of discussion and controversy about the idea of a 'postnational' or 'cosmopolitan' politics.

The expanding interdependencies of the world's diverse and divided populations have created a world society.

Today's globalised world means offshore finance, airport boutiques and high-speed Internet for some people, against dollar-a-day wages, used t-shirts, and illiteracy for others.

We offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form.

We offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form.

This ambitious work provides a unique statement on the question of place-based activism and its relationship to powerful forces of international capital.

Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market.

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.

From The Artist to The White Ribbon, from Oscar to Palme d'Or-winning productions, European filmmaking is more prominent, world-wide, than ever before.

On what basis can we establish an alternative to the unifying of cultures brought about by economic globalization?

Facing the current growing global archipelago of encampments, this book project intends to develop a geographical reflection on 'the camp', as a modern institution and as a spatial bio-political technology.