The discourse of globalization has, until now, been embedded in the context of the West - Europe and North America. Even though the Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of globalization processes, it has received far less attention. This volume provides a detailed study which looks at globalization in the Asia-Pacific region. A collection of interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalization, and their relationship to development processes in the region. The text includes accounts of how globalization is being experienced, understood, managed and resisted at various...

The discourse of globalization has, until now, been embedded in the context of the West - Europe and North America. Even though the Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of globalization processes, it has received far less attention. This volume provides a detailed study which looks at globalization in the Asia-Pacific region. A collection of interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalization, and their relationship to development processes in the region. The text includes accounts of how globalization is being experienced, understood, managed and resisted at various...

On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the European Union (EU). This book examines why these two countries joined at such a moment and studies their accession against the structural background of globalization.
In this cutting-edge analysis, Andreas Bieler argues that conventional neo-functionalist and intergovernmentalist theories fail to explain such structural change as they take existing power structures as given. Therefore, he develops a neo-Gramscian perspective as an alternative approach to European integration.

Since 1995, the World Trade Organization has had jurisdiction over intellectual property rights - including patents, copyrights and trademarks - on a global scale under the auspices of the TRIPs agreement (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights). This agreement has had profound implications for the commercial interests of global corporate actors and for access to technology in developing countries.

This work explores the regulation of the Internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage includes areas such as international political economy, law, politics, economics and sociology. Th e text covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.

This work explores the regulation of the Internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage includes areas such as international political economy, law, politics, economics and sociology. Th e text covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'. The book addresses how international organizations and governments are developing partnerships with think tanks, research institutes and other knowledge institutions in the hope of informing and improving policies for reform and development around the world.
The book focuses on the recently established Global Development Network (GDN). The GDN is a new and ambitious initiative, sponsored by the World Bank, which is possibly the largest worldwide non-governmental...

Following the financial crisis at the end of the twentieth century, regionalisms in the global political economy have evolved in a number of ways. This informative book brings together the leading scholars in the field to provide cutting edge analyses of contemporary regions and regionalist projects.

Providing an innovative integration of theoretical issues with sophisticated analyses of a wide range of international case studies, the chapters systematically consider the relationship between globalization, financial crisis, and regional projects. In combination, the...

Following the financial crisis in large parts of the world at the end of the 20th century, regionalisms in the global political economy have evolved in a number of interesting ways. This book seeks to bring together the leading scholars in the field to provide cutting-edge analyses of contemporary regions and regionalist projects. New Regionalisms in the Global Economy provides an innovative integration of theoretical considerations with sophisticated and detailed analyses of a wide range of case studies from across the world - from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the South Pacific....

While 'one world government' is not on the cards, the globalization of political life has progressed significantly over the last decades. Rather than adding to existing theoretical frameworks such as the realist picture of international anarchy or the English School's 'international society', this volume starts out from the idea of the world as one interconnected political system and explores ways and perspectives in which to analyse it as such. Subjects discussed include national sovereignty, law, public management, networks, economic governance, institutions and Europe.

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