Globalization and the Human Factor: Critical Insights

ISBN-13: 9780815389293 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Joseph Mensah

Opis

Since the 1980s, the world has experienced an unprecedented push towards economic, political, social, cultural, financial and technological integration

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: the globalization-development debate: the need for a paradigm shift, E.Osei Kwadwo Prempeh, Joseph Mensah and Senyo B.-S.K. Adjibolosoo. Conceptualizing Globalization and the Human Factor: Globalization and the human factor: some preliminary observations, E. Osei Kwadwo Prempeh; Tapping into and benefiting from the forces and agents of globalization: creating an integrated vehicle for global participation and gain-sharing, Senyo B.-S.K. Adjibolosoo. Globalization, the Human Factor and Cultural Identities: Integrating culture into globalization and development theory: a human factor approach, Joseph Mensah; African culture and the social implications and consequences of globalization, Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa; Globalization and diversity in the tourism industry: a human factor perspective, Francis Adbu-Febiri. Globalization, the Human Factor and Science and Technology: National agricultural research systems, the biotechnology revolution and agricultural development, Korbla P. Puplampu; Globalization, disporization and cyber-communities: exploring African transnationalism, Wisdom J. Tettey; Human factor decay, American exceptionalism, and the exclusion of women and minorities from science and science-driven globalization, Randy Moore. Globalization, the Human Factor, Democracy and Governance: Globalization, governance and the human factor, E. Osei Kwadwo Prempeh; Democracy as political counterpart to globalization: wither the Human factor?, E. Osei Kwadwo Prempeh; Index.