Globalization

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

An assessment of the diffusion and impact of e-business on companies and countries.

Building on an original interpretation of social theory and an interdisciplinary approach, this book creates a new paradigm in the Russian studies.

This book comprises a collection of well-researched essays on selected contemporary economic and finance issues in China, making a timely contribution to the intellectual intercourse regarding the implications of China's rise.

Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good

This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies.

This book examines the evolution of international political economy (IPE) as a field of study in China, detailing the evolving boundaries and the content of the field.

With a focus on five major regions globally (UK, US, Europe, Canada, and Australia) Identifying and Managing Risk at Work outlines key regional factors affecting risk and its management.

The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading by lowering trade barriers and adjusting other trade rules.

What does it mean to be young in a changing world?

Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries_each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity.

Global processes have an increasing influence on local contexts and the nature and distribution of opportunities among populations across the globe.

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.

This book critically examines elements of America-First nationalism, neo-conservatism, neo-realism, neo-liberalism, environmental theories, and social constructionism by way of developing an "e;alternative realist"e; approach to the study of the origins of major power war.

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This book presents an alternative theory of globalization that derives not from the dominant perspective of the West, from which this process emerged, but from the critical vantage point of the Third World, which has borne the heaviest burdens of globalization.

"e;A very timely book that offers a sharp, agile, and clear tour through some of the concepts-horizons in which critical thinking and Latin American social movements converge, emphasizing the tensions, richness, and scope of Buen Vivir.

Since opening to foreign investment in 1979, China has emerged as the leading investment site for multinational corporations.

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region's exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the 'new frontier of African renaissance'.

This book presents selected non-US views of the Barack Obama administration.

Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.

Durch die Globalisierung der Wirtschaft treffen unterschiedliche national bestimmte Kulturen, Techniktraditionen und Arbeitsstile aufeinander, was Mitarbeiter vor ganz neue Anforderungen stellt.

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

Too often, observers of globalization take for granted that the common ground across cultures is a thin layer of consumerism and perhaps human rights.

This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("e;the Ramo Plan"e;) to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis.

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.

This exciting new textbook provides an accessible and lively introduction to international relations for students encountering the subject for the first time.

The global ubiquity of informal economic activities has turned informality into a key policy question, not least in international peace- and state-building.

This volume examines the Africa-Asia relationship from a transregional perspective, namely as a set of emergent social, political and economic practices spanning a number of analytical and spatial scales.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of current debates on the influence of the Olympic Games on cities, urban policies and the governance of global cities, making a valuable contribution to the fields of Olympic studies and urban studies.

This comprehensive collection offers a concise introduction to the institutional framework of the Holy See, conceptualizing papal agency and positions from a range of international theory perspectives.

This book examines the relationship between post-Soviet societies in transition and the increasingly important role of their diaspora.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religious Education in the Global South presents new comparative perspectives on Religious Education (RE) across the Global South.

People throughout the world have creative minds with unlimited potential for change.

This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology.

This volume focuses on the hyper-mediatization of Latin America from the citizen's perspective, considering the social impact and how people embrace information technologies to improve their living conditions, engage in political issues and the role of digital journalism in promoting democratic values in Latin America.

This book offers a close reading analysis of contemporary Mexican authors whose novels, in both form and content, are reshaped by the forces of globalization and postmodernism.

This book considers the effects of present-day trends in global politics on the relative status of languages.

Fully revised and updated, the eighth edition of The World News Prism analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globalized world and its impact on rapidly changing news events.

This book examines the growing interest by Asian states, which are normally considered as 'outsiders' in the Arctic governance system.

Even when armed conflicts formally end, the transition to peace is not clear-cut.

What does it mean to be young in a changing world?

Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart.

Migrationsbedingte Heterogenität ist in vielen Klassenzimmern in Deutschland mittlerweile eher Regelfall denn Ausnahme.

The rise of cross-regional trade agreements is a defining trend of the current international trade system as shown by the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2015, the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the USA and the EU as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between countries in Asia and Oceania.

A collection comprising a wide variety of accounts of native peoples describing their initial encounters with European explorers, conquerors, and settlers.

This reader presents case studies from a number of sources that illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other.

Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in labor, gender and environmental relations; and how a broader global social justice can mitigate the tensions and improve the conditions.