Globalization Books

This short book makes a connection between recent 'tectonic shifts' in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western democracies. The shift of manufacturing away from the West, allied to the pressure to keep costs down in...

The book answers the question of why the performance of the hyper-globalisation period has not continued during the post-GFC (Global Financial Crisis) period after 2010, and what might be expected going forward. It analyses recent global events to gather...

Global Justice and Social Conflict offers a ground-breaking historical and theoretical reappraisal of the ideas that underpin and sustain the global liberal order, international law and neoliberal rationality.Across the 20th and 21st centuries,...

This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics:...

Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the...

For states in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, the "Arab Spring" has had different implications and consequences, stemming from the politics of identity and the historical and political processes that have shaped development. This book...

In the thirty years since China initiated economic reforms and its open-door policy, China has been transformed from a poor nation almost completely isolated from the global economy to an engine of growth of the world economy. China's dynamic transition...

This book encourages critical reflection on the relationship between power and non-power in the contemporary political world from a variety of intercultural philosophical traditions.

As our world becomes increasingly connected, global issues become entangled with students' dailylives. To prepare students as globally aware future leaders, social studies curricula must reflect the realityof these current global challenges. Drawing from...

Development ethics is a growing discipline that deals both academically and practically with the moral assessment of the ends, means, and processes of development. The essays in this collection honor and build on the pioneering work of Denis Goulet...

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A collection of historical and ethnographic accounts, The Globalization of Asian Cuisines uses extensive empirical research to describe the increasingly transnational organization of culinary fields, multicultural culinary contact zones, and state-led...

By delving into the history of geopolitics and bringing us up to date with cutting-edge case studies looking at infrastructure, terrain, and maps, this book will dispel simplistic and misleading notions about the nature of how humans interact with the...

Considering Asian cities ranging from Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok to Hanoi, Nanjing and Seoul, this collection discusses the socio-political processes of how neoliberalization entwines with local political economies and legacies of 'developmental' or...

International Student Mobility is vital to the future of Europe: the circulation of tertiary-educated youth between Member States represents a means through which the European Union can avoid a massive wastage of talent and, simultaneously, enable its...

Western governments characterize immigrants and their descendants as potential threats to public safety, social cohesion and national identity. Their resulting policies have commonly elicited negative reactions among migrant organizations and networks...

The concept of 'Soft Power' is used to discuss how culture can assert dominance within international relations, but what if entertainment could be used as a weapon itself? Despite recent upheavals like the worldwide financial meltdown and the Arab Spring,

This study looks at the underlying foundations of global order, putting aside mainstream institutionalist approaches in showing how China and the US are engaged in an intense process of contestation and renegotiation of an institutionalized order that...

Ideal for undergraduate courses, The Global Studies Reader, Second Edition, is an engaging, accessible introduction that helps students better understand what constitutes the interdisciplinary field of Global Studies. The premier scholar of globalization...

This volume assesses the current state of play for Middle East and North African countries, in the light of wider work on inflation targeting, and provides lessons from the evolution of monetary policy in Europe.

Within the financial services industry today, most decisions on how to deal with consumers are made automatically by computerized decision making systems. At the heart of these systems lie mathematically derived forecasting models. These use information...

A novel explanation of how EU member states overcome their divergent preferences to reach agreement on common foreign policies, with fourteen in-depth case studies covering diplomatic and security issues, enlargement, trade, development and environmental...

The writing out of agency from the study of globalization resulted in its portrayal as an uncontrollable, unstoppable and unchangeable force. Ordinary people have been conceptualized as victims or beneficiaries. Alternatively, grassroots activism has...

"Os Profetas da Agenda" é um livro que descreve a situação geopolítica atual, como a agenda 2030 está avançando para privar os cidadãos de suas liberdades e impor uma nova ordem mundial...

The Security Council, the all-powerful UN body for maintaining world peace, remains mired in its World War II origins. The victors, the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France, continue to control it with their permanent membership and the veto. The book...

Während seines Besuchs in Zentralasien und Südostasien im September und Oktober 2013 hat Staatspräsident Xi Jinping immer wieder das epochal bedeutende Konzept eines gemeinsamen Ausbaus des „Wirtschaftsgürtels entlang der...

The findings of this study illustrate how the process of post-Soviet economic transition engenders, among others, significant spatial industrial restructuring. In addition to well-known changes in the characteristics of individual enterprises, these...

Astrid Zippel gibt in ihrem Ratgeber EU-Förderprogramme für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen einen Überblick über die für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU) relevanten aktuellen Förderprogramme und Förderarten der EU. Es wird auch auf...

Das vorliegende Handbuch soll einen fundierten Überblick über die Etappen und Perspektiven der wirtschaftlichen Integration Europas geben. Dabei wurde besonders auf eine gute Lesbarkeit und klare Struktur geachtet, um eine schnelle Einarbeitung in das...

"Wer sitzt mir gegenüber? Mit wem habe ich es zu tun? Wie kann ich mehr über meinen Geschäftspartner erfahren? Wie sind die Vertretungsverhältnisse? Wer haftet wie?", diese und andere Fragen haben Sie sich bestimmt schon gestellt, wenn Sie mit einer...

Das Nachahmen fremder Produkte reicht weit in die Vergangenheit zurück. Allerdings hat Marken- und Produktpiraterie in den letzten Jahren Ausmaße erreicht, die für viele Unternehmen, auch mittelständische, existenzbedrohend sind. Die steigende...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich BWL - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Fresenius; Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema Diversität als Teil der Unternehmenskultur und soll einen Einblick darüber...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Globalisierung, pol. Ökonomie, Note: 2,3, Hochschule Wismar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Unter der Globalisierung wird die globale Verflechtung der Länder auf...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Thema: Globalisierung, pol. Ökonomie, Note: 1,3, Universität Passau (Lehrprofessur für Internationale Politik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit untersucht den Aufstieg semi-peripherer...

The tourism and hospitality industries have faced major setbacks in recent years as they have had to combat various challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly evolving global market. In order to ensure these industries are prepared for future...

Many hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted by well meaning philanthropists, aid agencies and governments in projects to deploy ICT solutions in developing contexts. The very long list of public Internet access facilities (telecenters, internet...

Continued growth of the global market necessitates research that establishes norms and practices and ensures the appropriate level of ethical concern for those who contribute to the process of globalization and are being affected by globalization...

How humans use terrestrial land affects the earth and all life forms on it. Biodiversity loss and climate change are consequences of the same inappropriate and careless uses of land that negatively impact ecosystems on a smaller scale. Land Use, Climate...