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This book looks at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world and offers a range of valuable insights.
Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands? challenges the myth of globalization's homogenizing power, arguing that the uniqueness of place is becoming more, not less important.
Exploring contemporary issues of gender, empowerment, access to resources, and Fair Trade, this book examines how Costa Rican coffee-producing households cope with the complexities of a globalizing world economy. It includes an introduction as well as a chapter on Fair Trade.
A groundbreaking account of America's role in global capitalism.
Nineteenth-century bombs, anarchism and anti-imperialism.
A truly global history that examines the prospects of a worldwide power shift from North to South.
An erudite critique that argues that current preoccupations, such as the concern with spatiality, have generated confusions that stand in the way of... Læs mere
Jose Bove, a French farmer, has become a leading figure in the global anti-capitalist protests. This book tells his story and examines the issues... Læs mere
The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure ""area-based knowledge"" to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital to understanding rapidly changing global patterns.
In an era of catastrophes natural and man-made, a great French philosopher ponders human responsibility. Exclusive to this English edition are two interviews with the author.
Beyond the rise and collapse of powerful cities and states were the long-distance connectivities that enabled the movements of people and... Læs mere