Globalization is the first volume which systematically encompasses the debates and the results of research of political scientists on all core aspects of the interrelation between politics and economics in the process of globalization. This volume shows how research on globalization has reached a degree of differentiation and depth that makes it necessary and attractive to assess the state-of-the-art and perspectives for further research. With contributions from international experts including Andreas Busch, Nadine Haase and Edgar Grande.
Coming from some of globalization's most prominent supporters (David Dollar), its most vocal critics (Joseph Stiglitz), and those in-between, this collection presents diverse and original perspectives on globalization's immense reach that ...
Introduction] GLOCALIZATION Attributed to Japanese origins, a concept that emerged in business jargon during the 1980s and was popularized by the British sociologist Roland Robertson in the 1990s. Literally, 'glocal' and 'glocalization' ...
This title provides an introduction to international relations (IR), supporting over 300,000 students taking their first steps in IR and beyond.
New York: St Martin's. Bump, Micah N., B. Lindsay Lowell, and Silje Pettersen. 2005. “The Growth and Population Characteristics of Immigrants and Minorities in America's New Settlement States.” Pp. 19–53 in Beyond the Gateway: ...
The book is easy to access for the target readership because of its descriptive analysis style.
Introduces globalization, describing its history and importance in the present era, and discusses such economic concepts as free trade, jobs and wages, balance of trade, trade deficits, and key financial institutions.
Mishkin has thrown down his gauntlet to the antiglobalizers for whom the financial sector is a bète noire. Readers will enjoy this book, and engaging in the debate that will certainly follow.
Accessible and insightful, this book will be an essential guide for both students in the social sciences and for professionals and scholars seeking a fresh perspective.
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'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations.