Globalization

Why globalization failed so many Americans and why we must defend it in the face of burgeoning economic nationalism. The triumphant globalization of the 1990s and early 2000s has given way to a world economy riven by conflict and populism, as the United...

Power to the People addresses growing voter apathy and disenchantment worldwide - that familiar sense that governments have become decoupled from their constituencies, that votes no longer count, and that politicians and institutions are too focused on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869943Author Phil HearseFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance BooksWeight(grams) 197gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Collecting the ideas of a dozen young scholars, this book investigates the symbiotic relationships among globalization, diaspora, foreign policy, sustainability, and the profound psychological effects that ensue. This synthesis of diverse disciplines...

The last two decades have seen unprecedented changes in the economic, political, and social fabric of most of Southeast Asia. While urban centers have been the subject of much attention, the rural areas in Asia are equally critical. These rural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789381043172Author Pranab BardhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Frontpage PublicationsPublisher Frontpage Publications

As US-Russian relations scrape the depths of cold-war antagonism, the promise of partnership that beguiled American administrations during the first post-Soviet decades increasingly appears to have been false from the start. Why did American leaders...

A balanced, global approach to economic theory and policy applications International Economics: Theory and Policy, Global Edition, 12th Edition by Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz, provides an engaging, balanced coverage of the key...

This book offers an account of the performance of the welfare state in the European Union, and explores its future prospects in an ever evolving setting. The objectives of the welfare state are twofold: to relieve poverty and to provide a sense of...

Around the world, familiar ideological conflicts over the market are becoming increasingly territorialized in the form of policy conflicts between national and subnational governments. Thanks to a series of trends like globalization, democratization, and...

The re-emergence of the city from the long shadow of the state in the late-twentieth century was facilitated by the state itself. The unprecedented size and scale of today's global cities and mega cities owe their conditions of possibility to a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798822962316Author Allan Paul RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Lightrunner Communications LLCPublisher Lightrunner Communications...

Drawing on the testimony of leaders and residents of three communities in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, Horton explores grassroots assumptions, values, and practices of sustainable development and, in particular, the ways in which they overlap with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798822962309Author Allan Paul RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Lightrunner Communications LLCPublisher Lightrunner Communications...

The Present as History is a rare opportunity to hear world-renowned scholars speak on the new imperialism, feminism and human rights, secularism and Islam, post-colonialism, and the global economy. They treat the United States as an object to be...

A riveting investigation into the dark underbelly of the global trash trade - a dirty, multi-billion-dollar industry that almost no one knows exists.The total mass of the world's manmade materials has recently come to equal the entire biomass of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316459020Author Alexander ClappFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

In the 1970s, Nestle became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry's negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced...

In a developing nation like the Philippines, many mothers provide for their families by traveling to a foreign country to care for someone else's. Families Apart focuses on Filipino overseas workers in Canada to reveal what such arrangements mean for...

This book presents the history of the British Empire as the "Bridge" for creating a Global History, especially emphasizing its connections with Asian regions. The United Kingdom ruled most of the world in the nineteenth century. Its influence spread...

The European expansion to Asia was driven by the desire for spices and Asian luxury products. Its results, however, exceeded the mere exchange of commodities and precious metals. The meeting of Asia and Europe signaled not only the beginnings of a global...

Gesa Stedman's ambitious new study is a comprehensive account of cross-channel cultural exchanges between seventeenth-century France and England, and includes discussion of a wide range of sources and topics. Literary texts, garden design, fashion,...

At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Tianjin was the diplomatic capital of the Middle Kingdom, where foreign consuls met Chinese dignitaries, and a hub of commerce and culture. Yet in the eyes of foreigners, the city remained provincial...

Since the explosion of the buzzword "globalization" in academic and public discourse more than thirty years ago, theoretical explorations of worldwide interconnectivities and mobilities have proliferated across major academic disciplines. Introducing...

At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Tianjin was the diplomatic capital of the Middle Kingdom, where foreign consuls met Chinese dignitaries, and a hub of commerce and culture. Yet in the eyes of foreigners, the city remained provincial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815764076Author Joseph S. NyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)...

Scarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled for centuries to overcome it. Yet, despite new ideas and new technology, little has been achieved in dealing with scarcity. Moreover, despite successes in...

In the last half of the 20th Century, the world economy has benefited from a globalization process driven by the enlightened confluence of technology, innovation, trade, and foreign direct investment. This book broadens our understanding of that process...

This fully revised textbook focuses on the major topics of globalization, including: the importance of the emerging economies of India and China and how this is effecting the global community; the impact of migration; the debate between the northern and...

Globalization is both a virtue and a vice. On balance it is beneficial to individuals, communities, nations, and the world economy. It facilitates the movement of goods and services, people, financial capital, and ideas. Overall, it creates wealth...

Globalization has increased the need for global international organization, as more global activity has demanded greater global management. Paradoxically, this has also often strengthened the case for regional arrangements, as a way of supporting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399506236Author Emmanuel KaragiannisFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of migration in the era of globalization. Centered on the recent influx of large numbers of migrants and refugees to the United States and Europe and viewed through the lens of the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit...

Building on the strengths of the previous edition, this well-established textbook gives students a broad and inclusive overview of the important issues and events of our rapidly changing world. Delving into key debates and topics in global studies,...

Contestatory and Creative Poetics for a Time of Climate Catastrophe: Volume 1: Per Se is an extended narrative meditation upon the meaning of per se, which generally denotes the thing-in-itself, for its own sake - but that, upon closer examination,...

What is global citizenship, exactly? Are we all global citizens? In The Practices of Global Citizenship, Hans Schattle provides a striking account of how global citizenship is taking on much greater significance in everyday life. This lively book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632407368Author Gabriel LucasFormat HardbackPage Count 229Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 617gDimensions(mm)...

The Puzzle of Twenty-First-Century Globalization explores the opportunities and challenges of our international economic system. Patrice Franko and Stephen Stamos clearly trace how the ways we produce, finance, and trade goods and services are profoundly...

Democracy Without Borders? assesses the worldwide prospects of liberal democracy. In an era of globalization and in an intellectual climate in which the idea of national sovereignty is under assault, Plattner identifies the essential features of modern...

During the past decade, the world reached the point of becoming more urban than not, as the majority of people on the planet now live not in small towns or villages but in provincial, national, and global cities. Scholars have long been fascinated by...