This book develops an approach to international political economy that focuses on culture. It examines Chilean communication scholarship as it developed under shifting political regimes and changing international political economic relations. Also examined is the importance of agency and culture in the political processes of building and challenging transnational hegemony, emphasizing the role of intellectuals.

The business management trend of Value-Based Management (VBM) and the related area of Shareholder Value are attracting considerable interest. Modern finance theory suggests that the primary goal of a firm should be to maximise shareholder wealth and increasingly firms are targeting the creation of value for shareholders as their principal objective. Advocates of this theory suggest that this is not only good for shareholders but also for the company as it encourages investment.

This book revisits Cox and Harrod's conception of 'unprotected workers' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and gender, and trade union politics.

This book develops an approach to international political economy that focuses on culture. It examines Chilean communication scholarship as it developed under shifting political regimes and changing international political economic relations. The book explains the importance of agency and culture in the political processes of building and challenging transnational hegemony, emphasizing the role of intellectuals.