Globalization

Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States?

International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark.

Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States?

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders owed much of their unexpected popularity in the 2016 primaries to their respective stances on trade and immigration policy.

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders owed much of their unexpected popularity in the 2016 primaries to their respective stances on trade and immigration policy.

International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark.

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.

Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls.

In Duty Free Art, filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl wonders how we can appreciate, or even make art, in the present age.

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist G,ran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them.

An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'High Tide'.

From the author of the acclaimed 'Mr.

Selected as one of LitHub's 38 Favorite Books of 2022Finalist for the 2022 Big Other Book Award for NonfictionIn this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our 'digital age' is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism and its financialization of social existence, mass impoverishment, ecocide, and military terror.

'If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make .

From the author of Resource Wars, a landmark assessment of the critical role of petroleum in America's actions abroad In his pathbreaking Resource Wars, world security expert Michael T.

Shortlisted for the J.

Not since the Roman Empire has any nation had as much economic, cultural, and military power as the United States does today.

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna BlythmanIt may seem like just a drink, but coffee's dark journey from the highlands of Ethiopia to the highstreets of every town in the country links alchemy and anthropology, poetry and politics, science and slavery.

Not since the Roman Empire has any nation had as much economic, cultural, and military power as the United States does today.

The No Logo of climate change - a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale.

Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.

It's time to radically alter the way we perceive the world.

Shortlisted for the Stanford Travel Book of the Year'This powerful study looks behind the statistics and political slogans to reveal the human face of the refugee crisis.

Proposed Constitution for the new World State, the United Federation of the World.

Features updated material and a special foreword from Arianna for the UK audienceIt's not an exaggeration to say that the hard-working, average citizen on an average income is an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become outdated.

An invigorating book about the debates raging within China.

An unhysterical look at the future of employment.

La batalla cultural ya comenzó, pero sus causas, las armas de lucha y el enemigo permanecen ocultos.

Las páginas de este libro aportan lecturas sobre la globalización cultural a partir del caso de Corea desde miradas particulares sobre las relocalizaciones de productos, expresiones y procesos configuradores de la cultura coreana tradicional, moderna y contemporánea.

A Washington Post bestsellerWhile the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday violence silently undermines our best efforts to help the poor.

The world is on the cusp of a global turn.

Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy.

Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy.

The world is on the cusp of a global turn.

A Washington Post bestsellerWhile the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday violence silently undermines our best efforts to help the poor.

In Stolen Elections: The Plot to Destroy Democracy, Ralph Pezzullo exposes a grave threat to democratic institutions worldwide and highlights the serious challenges facing democracies today.

'A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization.

Globality primarily involves large western corporations expanding their operations and moving aggressively into new overseas markets.

Nineteenth-century globalization made America exceptional.

We are bombarded with images of poverty, terrorism, war and collapsing states.