The Virtuous Vice: Globalization
ISBN: 9780275968106 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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 does have vices, however, cultural clashes, environmental degradation, and displaced workers among them. The contributors to this volume contend that the give and play between the positive and negative sides of globalization will eventually result in a smoother and more equitable process.
Globalization is both a virtue and a vice. On balance it is beneficial to individuals, communities, nations, and the world economy. It facilitates ... |
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Globalization and Society: Processes of Differentiation Examined
ISBN: 9780275979638 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Globalization has been defined as a process in which the population of the world is increasingly bonded into a single society. Although none of the contributors to this collection denies the thrust toward convergence that is implicit in globalizing processes, each contributor also concludes that globalization encourages differentiation. Integration in the global system is not a passive process. In different nations, people analyze and interpret what is happening and respond by developing policies, forming new institutions and changing existing ones. They adopt broad cultural models in... Globalization has been defined as a process in which the population of the world is increasingly bonded into a single society. Although none of the... |
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Why Globalization Works
ISBN: 9780300107777 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The debate on globalization has reached a level of intensity that inhibits comprehension and obscures the issues. In this book a highly distinguished international economist scrupulously explains how globalization works as a concept and how it operates in reality. Martin Wolf confronts the charges against globalization, delivers a devastating critique of each, and offers a realistic scenario for economic internationalism in the future. Wolf begins by outlining the history of the global economy in the twentieth century and explaining the mechanics of world trade. He dissects the... The debate on globalization has reached a level of intensity that inhibits comprehension and obscures the issues. In this book a highly distinguish... |
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81,42 zł |
The Politics of Change: Globalization, Ideology and Critique
ISBN: 9780312235598 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) That the world is changing is not surprising. What, however, is to be understood by the "politics of change"? This book takes a critical view of the debate on "globalization" and assesses revamped versions of structuralist thought, which underpin much of the globalization discourse. Special attention is given to the work of J?rgen Habermas. In contrast to conventional views on change, the book emphasizes 'change' as a politics of emancipation. Bringing together original, specially-commissioned chapters by leading international scholars, it will rapidly establish itself as a landmark text
That the world is changing is not surprising. What, however, is to be understood by the "politics of change"? This book takes a critical view of the d...
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Globalization on the Line: Culture, Capital, and Citizenship at U.S. Borders
ISBN: 9780312294823 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The essays in Globalization on the Line criticize the almost exclusive emphasis on the ethnically constituted trans-nation, whose function as an instrument of de-nationalization has become signified in the metaphorical use of the border. Contributors focus on the surge of a more diverse variety of cultural forms of citizenship in response to the dramatic change that the geographies of US border areas have undergone and simultaneously held to shape at the end of the 20th century.
The essays in Globalization on the Line criticize the almost exclusive emphasis on the ethnically constituted trans-nation, whose function as an instr...
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Globalization on the Line: Culture, Capital, and Citizenship at U.S. Borders
ISBN: 9780312294830 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The essays in Globalization on the Line criticize the almost exclusive emphasis on the ethnically constituted trans-nation, whose function as an instrument of de-nationalization has become signified in the metaphorical use of 'the border.' Contributors focus on the surge of a more diverse variety of cultural forms of citizenship in response to the dramatic change that the geographies of U.S. border areas have undergone and simultaneously held to shape at the end of the 20th century. In its attempt to move beyond examinations of de-nationalized diasporic formations at the border, several...
The essays in Globalization on the Line criticize the almost exclusive emphasis on the ethnically constituted trans-nation, whose function as an instr...
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People Before Profit: The New Globalization in an Age of Terror, Big Money, and Economic Crisis
ISBN: 9780312306700 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Has globalization failed us? The promises of economic stability, increased prosperity, and cultural cooperation seem more like a pipe dream than ever before. But rather than stop globalization, Charles Derber challenges us to rewrite its rules in order to fulfill its potential as an agent of democracy and global harmony. In this provocative and optimistic work, one of the first examinations of globalization after September 11, 2001, Derber argues that only a democratic cure--begun at the grassroots level--will end global terror and economic insecurity. People Before Profit provides... Has globalization failed us? The promises of economic stability, increased prosperity, and cultural cooperation seem more like a pipe dream than ev... |
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Air Transport and the European Union: Europeanization and Its Limits
ISBN: 9780333631270 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Air Transport and the European Union investigates the emergence of the EU as a major policy actor in aviation and examines how Europeanization has transformed the governance, organization and structure of the sector since the mid-1980s. It addresses the question of how, when a detailed regulatory system already existed, the EU was able to establish its own policy-making competence and to override the wishes of the majority or member states opposed to EU involvement.
Air Transport and the European Union investigates the emergence of the EU as a major policy actor in aviation and examines how Europeanization has tra...
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Globalization and Health: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780333802557 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) There is widespread recognition that globalization is changing the world around us, but so far there has been no systematic analysis of how it is impacting on human health. Such impacts are diverse, encompassing global economic, political, sociocultural, technological and environmental changes. Globalization and Health presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding these varied impacts and draws on a broad range of literature to illustrate them. Kelley Lee emphasises that more attention is needed to ensure that current forms of globalization become more equitable, sustainable and...
There is widespread recognition that globalization is changing the world around us, but so far there has been no systematic analysis of how it is impa...
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Analysing the Foreign Policy of Small States in the Eu: The Case of Denmark
ISBN: 9780333964736 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Can a distinct national foreign policy still be identified for small EU member states, and what accounts for the balance between national and EU foreign policy? Henrik Larsen develops an analytical framework for analyzing these questions and offers solutions through an empirical examination of the foreign policy of a small EU member state in the context of EU foreign policy - the case of Denmark. The book looks at seven policy areas: policy towards other EU member states, anti-terrorism, development, the Balkans, Africa, Latin America and trade. On the basis of the empirical study, the...
Can a distinct national foreign policy still be identified for small EU member states, and what accounts for the balance between national and EU forei...
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The European Union and the United States: Competition and Convergence in the Global Arena
ISBN: 9780333968512 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This major new text by leading authorities takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changing relationship between the EU and the US in the 21st century and its historical, global and domestic context. The authors focus on the contrast between the policy convergence and interdependence on the one hand and the intense competition on the other.
This major new text by leading authorities takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changing relationship between the EU and the US in the 21st...
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The European Union and the United States: Competition and Convergence in the Global Arena
ISBN: 9780333968628 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This major new text by leading authorities takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changing relationship between the EU and the US in the 21st century and its historical, global and domestic context. The authors focus on the contrast between the policy convergence and interdependence on the one hand and the intense competition on the other.
This major new text by leading authorities takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changing relationship between the EU and the US in the 21st...
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World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
ISBN: 9780385721868 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting free market democracy.
Chua shows how in non-Western countries around the globe, free markets have concentrated starkly disproportionate wealth in the hands of a resented ethnic minority. These... The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and r...
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Frontiers of Globalization Research: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
ISBN: 9780387335957 / Angielski / Twarda / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Paperback features updated introductions and post-script For more than twenty years globalization has been a prominent topic in the social sciences and humanities because it deals with processes that impact all societies at the international, national, and local levels. Controversies and conflicting approaches have dominated this field of studies. To understand the variety and strength of different approaches, the editor asked many of their leading exponents to outline their own research framework . The book's contributors are world renowned experts in their field, including... Paperback features updated introductions and post-script For more than twenty years globalization has been a prominent topic in the social s... |
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Making Globalization Work
ISBN: 9780393330281 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Building on the international bestseller Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offers here an agenda of inventive solutions to our most pressing economic, social, and environmental challenges, with each proposal guided by the fundamental insight that economic globalization continues to outpace both the political structures and the moral sensitivity required to ensure a just and sustainable world. As economic interdependence continues to gather the peoples of the world into a single community, it brings with it the need to think and act globally. This trenchant, intellectually...
Building on the international bestseller Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offers here an agenda of inventive solutions to our mos...
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The Political Theory of Global Citizenship
ISBN: 9780415169547 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book provides a comprehensive overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism and world citizenship in the history of Western political thought, and in the evolution of international politics since 1500.
Providing an invaluable overview of earlier political thought, recent theoretical literature and current debates, this book also discusses recent developments in international politics and transnational protest. It will be of great interest to those specialising in political theory, International Relations and peace/conflict studies. It will also interest those already acting as global... This book provides a comprehensive overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism and world citizenship in the history of Western political thought, and i...
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The Enlargement of the European Union : Issues and Strategies
ISBN: 9780415202923 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume looks at the process of enlargment which the European Union is currently undertaking, focusing on both the economic and political dimensions of the subject. It examines how enlargment has evolved and looks at the roles and relations of the different member states, applicant states and EU institutions. Part one provides an overview of the formal enlargment process and the progress the applicant states have made on their economic transition. Part two analyzes the completion of questionnaires by applicant states, a significant stage in the application process. The following part...
This volume looks at the process of enlargment which the European Union is currently undertaking, focusing on both the economic and political dimensio...
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208,23 zł |
Globalising Intellectual Property Rights : The TRIPS Agreement
ISBN: 9780415223270 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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.
Since 1995, the World Trade Organization has had jurisdiction over intellectual property rights - including patents, copyrights and trademarks - on a ...
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702,94 zł |
International Migration and Globalization of Domestic Politics
ISBN: 9780415258159 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Increasing international migration, the information revolution and democratization have propelled a globalization of the domestic politics of many states and, although diasporic politics is not new, emigrant political participation in homeland politics has grown as well as adapted to the new methods of the information revolution. This book examines the participation of emigrants in their home country politics. It considers the consequences of such participation for domestic and foreign policies in both host and home country, and explores the theoretical implications for democracy,...
Increasing international migration, the information revolution and democratization have propelled a globalization of the domestic politics of many sta...
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International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation: Becoming Human
ISBN: 9780415259514 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The analysis of human rights to date has lacked a truly deep and complex awareness of the historical context in which they developed. Examining the humanness of rights, this book redresses the balance by demonstrating how the characterization of this humanity from a Euro-American perspective shapes the content and implementation of international human rights law.
The analysis of human rights to date has lacked a truly deep and complex awareness of the historical context in which they developed. Examining the hu...
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702,94 zł |