Globalization

Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue.

How to better manage systemic risks-from cyber attacks and pandemics to financial crises and climate change-in a globalized worldThe Butterfly Defect addresses the widening gap between the new systemic risks generated by globalization and their effective management.

A people-centered approach to global healthWhen People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health.

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.

Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps.

The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states.

In the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways.

Global private regulations-who wins, who loses, and whyOver the past two decades, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations.

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right.

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

Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level.

What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick.

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day.

Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies?

Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin?

Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model?

Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them.

"e;Globalization"e; has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world.

The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states.

What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick.

Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them.

Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol.

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.

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.

The CEO of highly respected global consultancy Proudfoot shares her secrets to achieve your leadership license to operate and create businesses fit for people Manage to Engage: How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results provides leaders with a practical, business-proven approach for building stronger organizational ecosystems that achieve exceptional results and long-term prosperity.

The CEO of highly respected global consultancy Proudfoot shares her secrets to achieve your leadership license to operate and create businesses fit for people Manage to Engage: How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results provides leaders with a practical, business-proven approach for building stronger organizational ecosystems that achieve exceptional results and long-term prosperity.

Disorder and Public Concern Around Globalization examines the contrast between an idealized vision and a realistic view of globalization.

Disorder and Public Concern Around Globalization examines the contrast between an idealized vision and a realistic view of globalization.

This companion features original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects.

The purpose of this book is to draw up a picture of the transformations in the innovation systems induced by globalization - or globalization.

The purpose of this book is to draw up a picture of the transformations in the innovation systems induced by globalization - or globalization.

A concise exploration of globalization and its role in the contemporary era Driven by technological advancements and global corporations, more and more people are swept up by globalizing processes, creating new winners and losers.

A concise exploration of globalization and its role in the contemporary era Driven by technological advancements and global corporations, more and more people are swept up by globalizing processes, creating new winners and losers.

The Globalization and Environment Reader features a collection of classic and cutting-edge readings that explore whether and how globalization can be made compatible with sustainable development.

The Globalization and Environment Reader features a collection of classic and cutting-edge readings that explore whether and how globalization can be made compatible with sustainable development.

Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South.

Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South.

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Tim Bunnell's book featured in the movie Pulang - the author has recently spoken in several interviews and programmes about how his fascination with the tales of Malay seamen in the UK led to writing this volume:https://www.

Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century.

Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century.

This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has been used around the world.

This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has been used around the world.

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.

Bridges the gap between global farmers and fishermen and American consumers America now imports twice as much food as it did a decade ago.

Bridges the gap between global farmers and fishermen and American consumers America now imports twice as much food as it did a decade ago.

Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association.

Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association.

The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies.