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  • Globalisation and Migration

    New Issues, New Politics

    Bewerkt door Ronaldo Munck ...
    Serie series ThirdWorlds
    This book critically examines the new issues and new politics regarding migration in the era of globalisation from a majority world perspective. It examines the current shifts in the global political economy and the effects it has, for example, in relation to rural displacement. When and how does this lead to national and/or transnational migration? We need to examine the ways in which migration ... Meer lezen

    62,27 €

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  • The Globalization Paradox

    Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist

    door Dani Rodrik ...
    For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet there have been consistent warning signs that a global economy and free trade might not always be advantageous. Where are the pressure points? What could be done about them? Dani Rodrik examines the back-story from its seventeenth-century origins through the milestones ... Meer lezen

    12,20 €

  • Rogue Economics

    door Loretta Napoleoni ...
    What do Eastern Europe's booming sex trade, America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, China’s fake goods industry, and celebrity philanthropy in Africa have in common? With biopirates trolling the blood industry, fish-farming bandits ravaging the high seas, pornography developing virtually in Second Life, and games like World of Warcraft spawning online sweatshops, how are rogue industries ... Meer lezen

    9,85 €

  • The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

    door Ben Wildavsky ...
    In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, nearly three million international students study outside of their home countries, a 40 percent increase ... Meer lezen

    16,53 €

  • The Rise and Decline of Nations

    Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

    door Mancur Olson ...
    Serie series Veritas Paperbacks
    A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations ... Meer lezen

    14,41 €

  • The Upside of Down

    Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West

    door Charles Kenny ...
    America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower -- so goes the conventional wisdom. But what if the traditional measures of national status are no longer as important as they once were? What if America's well-being was assessed according to entirely different factors?In The Upside of Down, Charles Kenny argues that America's so-called decline ... Meer lezen

    12,99 €

  • Turnaround Challenge

    Business and the City of the Future

    door Michael Blowfield, Leo Johnson ...
    Do we have the rights to optimism? Can capitalism deliver a next great wave of growth? The future, wrote William Gibson, is already here. It just isn't evenly distributed yet. Lucid and polemical, Turnaround Challenge is a dig into that future and its meaning for business. It dissects the nexus of social, economic, environmental and governance crises confronting us, and a series of colliding ... Meer lezen

    31,83 €

  • Global Entertainment Media

    Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

    door Tanner Mirrlees ...
    A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media.In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing, exhibition and consumption of global films and television shows, with an eye to political economy and cultural studies. Among other topics, Mirrlees examines:Paradigms of global ... Meer lezen

    68,38 €

  • The Illusion of Civil Society

    Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico

    door Jon Shefner ...
    Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead the way to democratization. These studies show that neoliberal economic policies have harmed many sectors of society, weakening the state and undermining clientelistic relationships that previously provided material benefits to middle- and low-income citizens, who are then motivated to organize ... Meer lezen

    31,49 €

  • Green Alternatives to Globalisation

    A Manifesto

    door Michael Woodin, Caroline Lucas ...
    What are the Green alternatives to economic globalisation?Written by leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, this manifesto argues that globalisation increases poverty, undermines democracy, and destroys the environment, the authors demonstrate the urgent need for a new approach - economic localisation - that is based on the Green principles of equity, ecology and democracy. Applying their ... Meer lezen

    13,77 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Africa Today

    Culture, Economics, Religion, Security

    door Heather Deegan ...
    In the post 9/11 global environment Africa is standing at a crossroads in international affairs as the combined issues of politics, religion and security attract renewed interest. While some countries seem to be moving forward with greater levels of confidence, democracy and stability, others continue to be mired in conflict, poverty and religious/ethnic division.This text focuses on key ... Meer lezen

    62,27 €

  • European Glocalization in Global Context

    Bewerkt door R. Robertson ...
    Serie series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book consists of a collection of essays that deal with glocalization in Europe, including the idea of Europeanization as glocalization. The contributors deal with a range of topics including migration, media, football, beauty, Christianity, democracy and the European Union. ... Meer lezen

    95,39 €