Globalization

**Picked by Bill Gates for his summer reading list**Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together ...

In this eloquent challenge to the reigning wisdom on globalization, Dani Rodrik reminds us of the importance of the nation-state, arguing forcefull...

Achieving a world where women everywhere can fulfill their potential is the great unfinished work of today and the very work we must do to make pro...

This book examines the changing roles and functions of the soybean throughout world history and discusses how this reflects the complex processes o...

This book provides a detailed account of the political economy around investment deal negotiations between African governments and private Chinese ...

This book captures the essence of the period when Russians and Americans collaborated in creating new structures of government and new businesses i...

Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices.In recent years, ideological s...

This volume examines the tangled relationship between globalization and governance through the lens of Indias domestic politics, structures, instit...

Despite its geographic and industry expansion as part of the ongoing globalisation of service activity, temporary agency work (TAW) is relatively u...

The collection brings together scholars from Public Policy and Foreign Policy to address the theme of policy fiascos. So far research on failure an...

While the United States stumbles, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles Chinas dramatic moves to become a dominant power. As the worlds...

This book endeavours to take the conceptualisation of the relationship between transnational remittance exchanges and gender to a new level. Thus, ...

Based on extensive original research, Globalisation, Transition and Development inChina explains China's development strategy and its underlying fo...

Today's politicians argue that the more 'connected' societies are the less danger they pose to global stability. But is this a 'new' idea or one as...

In contrast to speculative, sweeping literature on globalization Global Exposure in East Asia grounds globalization theories in a detailed empirica...

Historically organised at a local or national scale, the fields of medicine and healthcare are being radically transformed by new communication, tr...

The Belt and Road Initiative (hereafter BRI) of China has attracted worldwide attention and participation, causing a lot of debate over its implica...

The Brexit vote; the election of Trump; the upsurge of European nationalism; the devolution of the Arab Spring; global violence; Chinese expansioni...

Women who migrate into domestic labour and care work are the single largest female occupational group migrating globally at present. Their particip...

Considering the context of the present ecological and social crisis, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore the relationship betw...

This title was first published in 2003. This book focuses on the role of tangible and intangible networks that affect spatial interdependencies in ...

The world is in an era of great transformations. Globalization, transnational capitalism, September 11, the 2008 global financial crises, and the e...

How is the process of globalization effecting changes in the structure of knowledge in sociology? This path-breaking volume looks at the human dime...

Capital Redefined presents a unique perspective on the nature of capital, departing from the prevailing reductionist accounts. Hosseini and Gills o...

This book presents a conceptual framework for assessing the national interests of states. It contains case studies of how four U.S. presidentsWilso...

This title was first published in 2000: The contributors to this fully documented volume address the debate surrounding the nature, impact and desi...

The changeable business environment requires a new business framework and an understanding of the global market trends and the culture that will im...

Latin America occupies an increasingly prominent position within the global political, economic and cultural consciousness, with intra-regional gov...

This book was published in 2003.Certain social and cultural changes have problematized many of the assumptions that underpinned educational thinkin...

This title was first published in 2003. Emerging Market Economies: Globalization and Development is the result of a comprehensive international res...

This title was first published in 2003. This book represents one of the recent internationally coordinated initiatives to access the rich and still...

Despite its geographic and industry expansion as part of the ongoing globalisation of service activity, temporary agency work (TAW) is relatively u...

This title was first published in 2002. One of the greatest concerns facing the world is how to ensure that sustainable outcomes are generated as g...

This title was first published in 2002. Placed within the broad fields of International Relations and International Political Economy this book spe...

Todays era of intense globalization has unleashed dynamic movements of people, pathogens, and pests that overwhelm the static territorial jurisdict...