Globalization

Nationalist movements in the South have been superseded by a plethora of different social movements.

This research based book offers insight to the changing perspectives regarding FDI from traditional theory to new theory, from local to global link, and from opportunity to responsibility.

Since the early 1990s, Japan has played an increasingly important and influential role in Africa.

This book analyzes how today's system of international trade law and international economic relations has evolved over the last six decades.

This book critically analyses the ways in which Africa has shifted from the periphery of global trade, international relations and politics to the centre of the world stage because of its existing and potential economic prowess and purchasing power that the continent has to offer.

This book examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.

This textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts of social processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a wide range of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art, populism and political economy.

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

This book analyzes shifting international taxation strategies in pursuit of tax nomads, individuals and companies who minimize their tax obligations among multiple countries.

In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent.

This book explores America's decline as a global power, arguing that the implosion of Pax Americana was initiated by the process of globalization, preceding the collapse of the Soviet Union by nearly a decade.

This book offers a new perspective on the concept of modernity.

This book explores the impact of transnational migration on the views, feelings, and practices of home among migrants.

This book develops a new concept of post-refugee transnationalism to describe experiences of Bosnian refugees who settled in Ireland after fleeing the conflict in 1990s Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This book investigates the interplay of internal and external constraints, challenges and possibilities regarding foreign policy in India.

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal.

After examining the global system's political volatility at the dawn of the new millenium, the book looks at how some of the identifiable system-wide trends (e.

Can the G-20 become a steering committee for the world's economy?

This book - through a collection of case studies covering Southern and East Africa, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia - offers insights into the nature of social exchanges between Africa and Asia.

Capitalism likes us to believe in the steady, inevitable march of progress, from the abacus to the iPad.

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders.

This book charts the fall of productivity growth and the rise of inequality within global economies and societies.

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Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of ensuring domestic producers stay in business.

Vast and diverse, Brooklyn is often portrayed in literature as a place of traditional community values and face-to-face relations, distinct from anonymous, capital-driven Manhattan.

Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good

This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international relations and conflict.

This book proposes that the European Union should craft a grand strategy to navigate the new world order based on a four-pronged approach.

This book is about three key dimensions in economics globalization, migration and the welfare state that are of enduring interest.

This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones.

Originally published in 2007, Global Competitive Strategy is an indispensable strategic toolkit for international business.

The contributors engage with a range of critical and contemporary issues of two key societies in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and Malaysia.

Bridging African and Arab histories, this book examines the relationship between Islam, nationalism and the evolution of identity politics from late 19th Century to World War II.

The changeable business environment requires a new business framework and an understanding of the global market trends and the culture that will impact on business.

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.

In light of recent global trends and crises, including the hasty withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, this book sheds new light on global power shifts in multiple areas of international relations between industrialized countries and emerging powers.

There has been clear recognition of tendencies towards uncritically celebrating resistance and the need for critical appraisal within the literature on globalization and contestation.

SARS, Governance and the Globalization of Disease provides a comprehensive and original analysis of the historic global SARS outbreak of 2003.

This book aims to investigate the global value chain (GVC) from a viewpoint of industrial development and examine how GVC participation, upgrading, and connectivity have affected structural transformation in developing economies.

Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of experts, this is the first comprehensive volume to analyze conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies.

For the majority of cultures around the world, religion permeates and informs everyday rituals of survival and hope.

In an age of uncertainty and change, it is the task of social science at least to present solid evidence that allows a beam of light into the darkness.

Die Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Menschheit im Überflug und die Beschreibung des Weges zur Rückerinnerung des vergessenen Ganzheitlichen Weltbildes.

The Chinese Communist Party’s complex and contradictory embrace of capitalism has played a pivotal role in shaping China’s economic reforms since the late 1970s.