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A critical exploration of the ways in which radical changes to the world economy have affected contemporary translation. It looks at the changing geography of translation... Læs mere
Childbirth in the Global Village highlights and examines the role that globalisation plays in changing childbirth practices and to try to understand more clearly the interrelationship between globalisation, modernization, science, the medical
Uniquely, critically interrogates the concept of 'civilization' by asking whether it is still valid in the globalized world economy of the twenty-first century. Includes case studies on the Arab world, Islam, China and Japan.
This book explains the economic and social changes cities experience as they compete in a global world and explores how the discourse of globalizing has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities around the world.
Examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and more broadly looks at the role of ideas in international development institutions and how they have affected current development discourse.
This book rewrites global political economy by bringing disparate features of globalization into relation, and providing an accessible narrative of 'how we got here,' 'what's going on,' and 'what it means' from a critical vantage point.
Emphasising the connection of globalisation to local culture, this collection considers the diversity of modes of reception, reception contexts, uses of media content, and the performative and creative relationships that audiences develop.
This book uses postcolonial theory to examine the implications of race, class and gender relations for the structuring of world politics. The implications of these themes are discussed using a wide range of postcolonial readings and critiques.
China's fifty-five ethnic minorities form about 9% of the Chinese population, with over 100 million people, and occupy over 60% of China's territory. This book examines the current state of China's ethnic minorities.
This book explains how global public goods should be defined, how global economic institutions work, and looks at the effect major organizations such as WTO, IMF, etc. have on finance, the environment and transport.
From a distinguished author in the field, The New Global History is a critical inquiry into the historical process of globalization, which is seen as a distinctly twentieth century phenomenon with its roots in the age of expansion of the early modern world.
This edited volume offers important new methodological and multi-disciplinary insights into the study of globalization and political violence.