Søgning på underkategorier- og emner:
This book assesses the determinants and impacts of financial liberalisation in Brazil considering its two dimensions: the opening up of the balance of payments capital account, and the penetration by foreign bank of the domestic banking sector.
This book explores the dynamics of Asian labour markets in a cross section of eight Asian economies including Japan, South Korea,... Læs mere
Offering new and critical insights on global activism and power, it features case studies on China and Tibet, HIV/AIDS, climate change, child labour, the WTO, women and the UN, the global public sphere, world social forums and global civil society.
This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms.
This book examines whether global finance can provide values like social security, equality and democratic accountability. It develops a pragmatic approach, focusing on the Tobin tax and explores alternative possibilities for global financial governance.
Here a team of contributors including names such as James Crotty, Lu Ding and Ha-Joon Chang shed light on how various Asian countries have responded to the globalization process.
This book analyses the global media responses to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at all three stages: the torch relay, the opening and closing ceremonies and the competition itself. It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
In this critical and sophisticated analysis, Philip F. Kelly challenges the conventional definition of globalization as an irresistible and inevitable force to which societies must succumb.