Globalization

Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries.

This book explores the connections between the processes of social structuring and sensibilities in contemporary cities.

"e;Crossing Borders is the best textbook available for International Studies courses.

This book is more than an autobiographical account of the career of a young graduate from Australia who spent his life working as a United Nations official.

Examining the economic forces that will shape Africa's future.

Social policy is a subject that helps develop our understanding of the meaning of human wellbeing, and of the systems by which wellbeing must be promoted.

The global economy is undergoing dramatic financial changes.

Brazil, Russia, India and China are four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies in the world.

As China's international political role grows, its relations with states outside of its traditional sphere of interests is evolving.

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

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

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime.

At a time when populism and appeal for national and popular sovereignty are on the rise - in Europe, the USA, and beyond - this volume proposes a new research agenda in political science that focuses on the linkages between populist and sovereignism in Europe.

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?

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today's globalized world.

This book addresses a timely, yet largely overlooked, issue in political science: the integration of migrants in a multilevel polity.

Global Issues is a pedagogically rich text that offers a unique way of looking at contemporary issues, such as food security and global conflict, from a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary perspective.

The Oxford Handbook of Offshoring and Global Employment deals with a key issue of our time: How do globalization, economic growth and technological developments interact to impact employment?

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.

Megatrends of World Politics identifies globalization, integration, and democratization as three key trends shaping the future of world politics and international relations, and demonstrates their effects in today's global processes.

A Study on Globalizing Cities is the latest masterpiece by Zhou Zhenhua, a famous Chinese economist, who closely tracks the theoretical study of global cities and is actively engaged in the strategic research of Shanghai's development.

This book reviews China's strategic pathway over the last 1000 years and considers its prospects for ascending to high-income status by the end of the 21st century.

This book presents a systematic study of the history, theory and policy of investor citizenship and residence programmes.

The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years.

The role of business in global governance is now widely recognized, but exploration of its role in global financial governance has been more haphazard than systematic.

In these ground-breaking essays, James A.

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.

War is one of the most lucrative job markets for an increasingly global workforce.

The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations).

Burgeoning national security programs; thickening borders; Wikileaks and Anonymous; immigrant rights rallies; Occupy movements; student protests; neoliberal austerity; global financial crises - these developments underscore that the fable of a hope-filled post-cold war globalization has faded away.

#1 New York Times Bestseller * Los Angeles Times BestsellerOne of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read Now * One of Kirkus Reviews's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year * One of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of the YearShortlisted for the OWL Business Book Award and Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardVersion 2.

A rigorous analysis of the role played by globalization in key episodes in the development of the Israeli economy, from hyperinflation crisis to high-tech surge.

Based on new and existing research by a world-class scholar, this is the first book in twenty years to examine the dynamics of the entire American-West European relationship since 1945.

The first book to provide a socio-legal perspective on current interrelations between globalization, borders, families and the law.

Children of Globalization is the first book-length exploration of contemporary Diasporic Coming-of-age Novels in the context of globalized and de facto multicultural societies.

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 Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is world's largest civil society movement fighting against poverty and inequality, incorporating over 100 affiliated country-level coalitions.

This book contests the negative portrayal of African immigrants as people who are not valuable members of South African society.

Advanced capitalism is characterized by a level of symbolic production that not only results in a dematerialization of labor, but also increasingly relies on highly emotional components, ranging from consumption desire to workforce management.

In der globalisierten, multizentrischen Welt des 21.

On the Shoulders of Grandmothers is a global ethnography of Ukrainian transnational migration.

This book examines the spaces where translation and globalization intersect, whether they be classrooms, communities, or cultural texts.

This book examines external perceptions of the Franco-German relationship, both from a historical perspective and as a driving force for regional integration.

In the new edition of this bestselling text and scholarly reference, new and revised chapters reflect shifts in the gendered, classed, racialized and sexualized nature of ongoing global restructurings.

Bloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous description of the facts, implications and contentious issues regarding the forms and functions of English in the world.

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.