As demonstrations at meetings of world economic leaders have dramatically shown, the "globalization" of the world economy is now a subject of heated political debate. Generally supported for its posit
Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women. Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women.
A volume of specially commissioned papers which draws on the diverse expertise of academic researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners to address the changing patterns of competition and
One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The multi-d
Biju (political science, Sree Narayana College, India) brings together nine essays that consider the effects of globalization on women in India and how they have been left behind by its advances. Scho
Partially based on the author's PhD dissertation, this book is an anthropologist's account of her extraordinary relationship with an extraordinary indigenous woman in Ecuador. Rosa Lema's long life ha
Globalization has changed the models of development that are open to most states both in the industrialized and less industrialized world. Using the unusual case of Brazilian barbers, beauticians, hot
Lindio-McGovern (sociology, Indiana U.) and Wallimann (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse U.) present 11 papers that explore experiences of Third World women with the gendered
The Middle East and Globalization: Encounters and Horizons brings together contributions from leading scholars in Middle East Studies with a shared interest in theoretically ambitious approaches to gl
This book investigates the role that myth plays in constructing and legitimating forms of world order. Using a combination of political philosophy, anthropology, Jungian depth psychology, and IPE appr
In this book Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of t
In an increasingly globalized world, there are new economic, strategic, cultural, and political forces at work. The Political Psychology of Globalization: Muslims in the West explores how these shifts
“Supermax” prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to
Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women. Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women.
This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication. I
Researchers in linguistics and the English language discuss current issues in English communication in the globalized workplace; interpersonal complexity in managing the telephone relationship with th
Globalization necessitates a new reading of the human story, argues historian Robbie Robertson in this thought-provoking study. Its origins, he suggests, lie in the interconnections that slowly envelo
“Supermax” prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to
