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Book SynopsisShort food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated.This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts, namely, place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically, the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship, farmersâ markets, community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America, but the issues are applicable in a global context.The book is of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I Innovative Local Agrifood Governance 2. The Rise of Municipal Food Movements 3. Grassroots responsible innovation initiatives in SFSC 4. Food localization and agency: The Cases of Regionalwert AG and Luzernenhof in Freiburg, Germany Part II Local Agrifood Systems 5. The long and the short of it: Motivations and realities for food hub actors in Ontario, Canada 6. "New" micro agrofood initiatives in crisis-hit Greece and beyond: a promising alternative or business as usual? 7. Synergies between Localized Agri-food Systems and Short Supply Chains for Geographical Indications in Italy 8. Re-embedding Greek Feta in localities: Cooperation of small dairies as a territorial development strategy Part III Alternative Agrifood Market Channels 9. The fairness of alternative food retailers in the Netherlands 10. Social justice on the market place. The renewal of peri-urban open-air food markets around Montpellier, France 11. Protection of a 'place': Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Germany 12. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisAmid fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and loose talk of 'anti-globalisation', John Keane mounts a defence of global civil society, stressing the need for new democratic ways of living. Keane's provocative reflections draw upon a variety of scholarly sources to breathe new life into contemporary political thinking.Trade ReviewThe most learned, erudite, and encompassing book on the global civil society of this century.' Amitai Etzioni, author of The New Golden Rule'John Keane's book is an imaginative and productive experiment in contemporary democratic thinking. It is challenging and provocative, and it provides structured orientation in a wide, confusing and unsettled field.' Hans-Jürgen Puhle, University of Frankfurt'John Keane has applied his sharp intellect and moral commitments to a topic of political importance but persistent conceptual confusion to produce a book of forceful clarity and coherence. A sparkling contribution to contemporary political thought.' Bryan Turner, University of Cambridge'… really thought-provoking in addressing a number of issues that we confront in a contemporary world that is becoming more interdependent and volatile than ever … the book is genuinely stimulating and enjoyable in many respects. The space here is too short to summarise its rich arguments, and readers are invited to take their own look.' Development Policy ReviewTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Unfamiliar words; 2. Catalysts; 3. Cosmocracy; 4. Paradise on Earth?; 5. Ethics across borders; 6. Further reading.

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Book SynopsisExamines the many pitfalls of globalization from the perspective of impoverished and indigenous peoples, including the widening wealth gap, the struggle for restoration of dispossessed lands and cultural rights, global warming and ecological annihilation, and the experiences of women in underdeveloped regions who receive little benefit from their labour and are subject to violence.

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Book SynopsisTransnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their location at the intersecting borders of identity, class, nation, and production. Unlike outsourced manufacturing jobs, call center work requires voice-to-voice conversation with distant customers; part of the product being exchanged in these interactions is a responsive, caring, connected self. In Phone Clones, Kiran Mirchandani explores the experiences of the men and women who work in Indian call centers through one hundred interviews with workers in Bangalore, Delhi, and Pune.As capital crosses national borders, colonial histories and racial hierarchies become inextricably intertwined. As a result, call center workers in India need to imagine themselves in the eyes of their Western clientsto represent themselves both as foreign workers who do not threaten Western jobs and as being just like their customers in the West. In order to become these imagined ideal workers, they must be Trade ReviewPhone Clones is, overall, a delight to read. It draws from a refreshing compilation of ethnographic materials, such as scribbles from workers' notes in training sessions, which are quire revealing of their internalization—and resistance against—the authenticity project. Mirchandani interweaves perspectives from diverse fields and intellectual traditions, engaging both theoretical and empirical sources, to provide a captivating adventure for the audience. This book will be valuable for the classroom, for scholarly research, and for the joy of reading. -- Winifred R. Poster * ILRReview *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Authentic Clone 1. Transnational Customer Service: A New Touchstone of Globalization 2. Language Training: The Making of the Deficient Worker 3. Hate Nationalism and the Outsourcing Backlash 4. Surveillance Schooling for Professional Clones 5. "Don't Take Calls, Make Contact!": Legitimizing Racist Abuse 6. Being Nowhere in the World: Synchronous Work and Gendered Time Conclusion: Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy

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Book SynopsisA collection of original essays, primary source lectures, and previously published material in the overlapping fields of security studies, political science, sociology, journalism, and philosophy. The book offers both graduate and undergraduate students a grasp on both foundational issues and more contemporary debates in security studies.

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Book SynopsisThe surprising and sometimes scandalous story of twenty-first-century citizenship The buying and selling of citizenship has become a thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs and libertarians are renouncing America and Europe in favor of tax havens like Singapore and the Caribbean. But as journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian discovered, the story of twenty-first-century citizenship is bigger than millionaires seeking their next passport. When Abrahamian learned that a group of mysterious middlemen were persuading island nations like the Comoros, St. Kitts, and Antigua to turn to selling citizenship as a new source of revenue after the 2008 financial crisis, she decided to follow the money trail to the Middle East. There, she found that the customers of passports-in-bulk programs were the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, oil-rich countries that don’t want to confer their own citizenship on their bidoon people, or

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Book SynopsisFully updated in its third edition, this undergraduate textbook combines the dual perspectives of international economics and international business in an accessible manner, exploring key principles of the world economy and the theory and practice of globalization through a uniquely integrated lens.Trade Review'International trade and international business are usually studied in separate worlds - one of nations, another of firms - in teaching and even in research. This textbook integrates the two, bringing a unified vision to benefit students in future careers, whether in business, government, international institutions, or academic research. The new edition is a welcome update for the fast-changing world.' Avinash K. Dixit, Princeton University'In an era when international trade and international business often remain segregated in both teaching and research, this book is refreshing and insightful. This third edition takes a major step forward, with new chapters on the nature of trade and foreign direct investment, global value chains, and the profound influence of crises on international enterprises. This expansion enriches the book, making it an indispensable resource for both students and instructors seeking a single, well-rounded textbook that adeptly combines international economics, encompassing trade and finance, with the complexities of international business, including multinational enterprises and cross-border investments.' Gaaitzen de Vries, University of Groningen'This is not just another introduction to international economics or international business. This book uniquely integrates these two fields of enquiry and is an extremely valuable resource for students in economics and business studies. This third edition makes a big step forward by offering a range of new insights and examples, focusing on the role of the international firm as a central actor in international trade, foreign direct investments, and global value chains, and paying more attention to the current backlash against globalisation.' Davide Castellani, University of ReadingReview of the first edition: 'This is a fascinating book with a practical approach to international economics that enhances our understanding of the globalisation process.' Hans-Werner Sinn, President, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, MunichTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. The Global Economy; 2. Nations and Firms; Part II. International Competition: 3. Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Technology; 4. Trade and Firm Competition; 5 Firms and the Structure of Trade; 6. The Liability of Distance and Foreignness; Part III. International Organization; 7. Global Value Chains; 8. Managing Across Borders; 9. Risks, Crises, and International Firms.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective action in various parts of Africa. The book is based on primary historical sources or first-hand experiences. The contributors are linked by their belief in the legitimacy of action by organised workers to create a more just society.

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Book SynopsisAwarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIGAwarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book Prize Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and economic power. They have much in common but are also diverse. They illustrate how various modalities of power are enjoyed and put to work and how educational and social inequalities are shaped and shifted. They, thus, speak to the social zeitgeist. This Trade Review“This book is a compelling account of the ultra-serviceability of the English public school ethos and its masculinist, class-ridden and exclusionary practices. … The result is a sociological tour de force. … This is a monograph to savour, even if its main subjects’ selfish and rampant individualism are themselves deeply unappealing.” (Valerie Hey, Comparative Education, January, 2018)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1. Little England's 'Public Schools'.- Chapter 2. Colonialism, Capitalism and Christianity.- Chapter 3. Mobilizing the Past in the Changing Present.- Chapter 4. Principal Experiments on the Global Stage.- Chapter 5. Curriculum Contestations.- Chapter 6. Students on the Move.- Chapter 7. The Art of Privilege.- Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Ahead.

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Book SynopsisThe figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger is projected.Trade Review"In this original and highly readable volume, Rumford moves debate beyond the figure of the stranger as an intrusion from outside toward strangeness as a feature of the human condition in an epoch of globalization." - Robert Holton, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of IrelandTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: When Neighbours Become Strangers The Unchanging Stranger: A Critical Survey of the Literature Ulrich Beck: A Perspectival Account of Strangeness The Global Context: Rethinking Strangers and Neighbours The 'Cricketing Stranger': The London Bombings and the 'Homegrown Terrorist' The Cosmopolitan Stranger: A Thesis Representing the Stranger: Film and Television Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis important contribution to the study of the problem of order, which figures prominently in today''s globalization debate, focuses on the role of sovereignty. It advances arguments based on psychocultural perspectives and looks at postcommunist transformations and changes in political, economic and cultural orders at all levels of social life.Trade Review'Professor Pickel's book is exceptional in three respects. First, it deals with problems in the real world instead of presenting one more pseudo-mathematical model about highly idealized situations. Second, Pickel respects data but does not worship data-gathering. Instead, he attempts to explain facts in terms of mechanisms, or processes in complex systems. Last, but not least, Pickel knows that science is not done in a philosophical vacuum: he makes his philosophical assumptions explicit. And his main principles rationality, scientific realism, and systemism are tailored to successful scientific research. For all these reasons I warmly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the momentous political changes we are witnessing these days.' - Mario Bunge FRSC, Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics"No one can accuse Andreas Pickel of timidity! In a single compact book, he takes up how people relate to sovereign states, what transitions from socialism meant, how we should understand globalisation, the (in)adequacy of social science as it now exists, and the general problem of explaining social order. The wonder is double: that he brings fresh insight to each of these questions, and that he shows how they connect with each other." - Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF ORDER Framework: Systems and Mechanisms The Problem-oriented Approach to Order: The Case of the Theory of Sovereignty Homo Nationis: The Psychosocial Infrastructure of the Nation-state Order PART 2: THE CHALLENGE OF POSTCOMMUNIST TRANSFORMATION Changing Orders: Intervening, Framing, and Explaining Explaining and Designing Order: Social Science and Social Technology PART 3: THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION Nationalizing Mechanisms in a Globalizing World Nation and Social Order in the Global Age

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Book SynopsisThe book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.Trade Review'... Democratic Wars raises many interesting theoretical issues and is timely in the light of the continuing debates within the democratic community over terrorism and the Iraq war.' - Geoffrey Wallace, Journal of Peace ResearchTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART ONE: DEMOCRACIES AND WAR: THEORETICAL CHALLENGE AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS Introduction: The Theoretical Challenge of Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.Müller Democratic Wars and Military Interventions, 1946-2002: The Monadic Level Reconsidered; S.Chojnacki PART TWO: DEMOCRATIC WARS AS A CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Democratic Peace: Many Data, Little Explanation?; H.Müller & J.Wolff Democratic Peace - Democratic War: Three Reasons Why Democracies are War-Prone; C.Daase Triangulating War: The Use of Force by Democracies as a Variant of the Democratic Peace; L.Brock PART THREE: DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND WAR: PERSPECTIVES FROM POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY On Democratic War Theory; N.Rengger Spotting the 'Enemy'? Democracies and the Challenge of the 'Other'; A.Geis Sameness and Distinction: Understanding the Democratic Peace in a Bourdieusian Perspective; C.Götze PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS The Case for a New Research Agenda: Explaining Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.Müller References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a novel approach to considering Brazilian Christianity's interplay with global processes from its inception to the present day. It adopts a multi-scalar approach to Brazilian Christianity, linking local grassroots practices and beliefs with processes at the various spatio-temporal levels. These include regional (rural-urban diversification), national (secularization, the radical pluralization of the Christian field, and intensified detraditionalization and retraditionalization) and transnational. Sílvia Fernandes also identifies longue durée dynamics that connect colonial Christianity with current events, including the rise, crisis, and resurgence of Progressive Catholicism, and the election of right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro with support from a sizable number of Evangelical Protestants and Charismatic Catholics, as well as traditionalist Catholics. This book demonstrates that as Christianity enters its third millennium, it is increasingly shaped by churchesTrade ReviewThe book is definitely worth approaching and recommended not only to all those who will simply find the topic interesting, but also perhaps even as one of the obligatory, comprehensive readings, to all new adepts of religious studies focused on Brazil and, in more detail, on Brazilian Christianity. * International Journal of Latin American Religions *{The author} presents a book that comes fill a gap ... [making] a considerable contribution. * Religião e Sociedade (Bloomsbury Translation) *Silvia Fernandes combines theoretical insight with her experience in the field, to provide an accessible and rigorous overview of the dynamics that have shaped Brazilian Christianity, as well as its contributions to global Luso-religiosity. * Gustavo Morello SJ, Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston College, USA. Author of Lived Religion in Latin America (2021). *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Global Significance of Brazilian Christianity 1. Christianity Comes to Brazil: Hybridity, Domination, and Resistance 2. Competing and Cross-Fertilizing Structures of Feeling: Ways of Being Christian in Brazil 3. Religious Innovators and Entrepreneurs: The Builders of Brazilian Christianity 4. Topographies of Brazilian Christianity: Regional and Urban-Rural Continuities and Discontinuities 5. A Multi-Faceted Christianity: A Denominational View 6. Brazilian Christianity, Politics, and Society Conclusion: Quo Vadis Brazilian Christianity? Bibliography List of Abbreviations Index

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· -What role do humanitarian organizations play in crises such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East? · - How does policing work at an international level? · - Why has the US only ratified three of the seven major human rights treaties? · -Who guides the international response to climate change, and is it working? This new textbook introduces readers to the nature, structure and purpose of international organizations (IOs). Taking a broad, issues-based approach, the book goes beyond a conventional focus on topics like security and finance to cover global health, migration, food security, and technology. In addition to providing cases of the best-known intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and the World Trade Organization, this text gives space to a wide variety of other bodies, including international non-governmental organizations, non-state actors and multinational enterprises. It looks at the motivations behind regional cooperation with case studies of the European Union and the African Union, and at human rights with reference to bodies as diverse as the International Criminal Court and Amnesty International. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, International Organizations uses a range of pedagogical tools and visual features to guide understanding. These include: graphs to illustrate key trends; regional and world maps to illustrate wealth, democracy and development; tables of major international treaties and organizations; chapter previews; and lists of key terms and organizations. The text also makes use of IOs in Theory, IOs in Action and Spotlight boxes to answer focused questions and provide more detail on how IOs operate in different parts of the world. This contemporary survey is an essential text for those studying global governance and international organizations.

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Book SynopsisNations, even the most powerful, cannot cope by themselves with many of the problems confronting them. Collective efforts are needed, and diplomacy is a key element in this process. This text examines how diplomacy serves global governance, how the diverse international actors use it, and what it accomplishes. The focus is on diplomatic practice, looking at the diverse methods used by the international actors involved and how they contribute to its effectiveness. The first section examines how various levels of international actors practice diplomacy. Nation states are still key actors and they use many methods in embassies, international conferences, international organizations, summit meetings, and more. International organizations are both a forum for multilateral diplomacy and a major set of international actors still growing in significance for global governance diplomacy. In addition, a multiplicity of regional or limited membership institutions play a role in global governance. Trade ReviewGlobal Governance Diplomacy is an outstanding and highly successful effort to tie the myriad strands of contemporary diplomacy and governance together. It is extremely well-written, and gives many practical examples of the interconnectedness of world issues, It will introduce students and practitioners both effectively to the traditional bases of current problems as well as the ways world thinkers and leaders are trying to cope with exploding nontraditional global situations. -- John D. Stempel, senior professor emeritus at and former director of International Relations U.K. Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of KentuckyNo one has a better mastery of the field of diplomacy than Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux. His command of the basic facts of international diplomacy is comprehensive both in his grasp of the contemporary complexity of this field, and of its historical background. Here he sets forth the complex and interlocking networks of international diplomacy and will have applications both in the academic community and for orientation sessions for government bureaucrats and military officers. -- Timothy J. Lomperis, Saint Louis University, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Saint Louis UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. Diplomacy and Global Governance Meaning of Diplomacy Problem of Ideology Negotiation Impact of Technology Structure of the Book Part I. International Actors and their Diplomacy Chapter 2 Role of State Diplomacy in Global Governance Traditional Diplomatic Means States Using International Organizations for Global Governance International Conferences Summit and Ministerial Diplomacy Treaty-Making as an Instrument of Global Governance Role of Diverse Domestic Agencies in Global Governance Diplomacy Transgovernmental Operations Changing Nature of the Nation State System Chapter 3. International Organizations as Instruments of Global Governance Diplomacy of National Representatives in a Multilateral Setting Diplomacy of International Organizations as International Actors The Use of Courts in International Organizations New Forms of International Representation Law-making Power Inter-parliamentary Bodies in International Organizations Regional Organizations Chapter 4. Role of NGOs in Global Governance Diplomacy Consultative Association with the UN Lobbying Diplomats Access to International Conferences Parallel Forums Participation in Preparatory Committee Negotiations Participation in the Conference Itself Participation in Conference Follow-up Activities Participation in UN Policy-Making Participation in the Implementation of Field Projects Association with National Governments The Landmines Campaign Instruments of Opposition Agents of conflict Resolution Reconciliation and Peace-Building Part II. Global Challenges and the Role of Diplomacy Chapter 5. Global Governance Diplomacy for Peace and Securrity Rule of Law Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Political Means of Peaceful Settlement Judicial Means of Peaceful Settlement Preventive Diplomacy Responding to the Outbreak of War United Nations Collective Security Peacekeeping and Other Operations The Suez Crisis UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Record Peacekeeping by Regional Organizations Responding to International Terrorism Arms Control Chapter 6. Diplomacy of Economic Governance Global Governance and International Trade Regional Diplomacy to Foster Trade and Economic Integration Diplomacy of Economic Development The Millennium Development Goals Undertaking Regional Efforts for Economic Development The Multinational Corporation Issue Chapter 7. Addressing Social Issues Health Care HIV/AIDS Hunger Population Well-Being of Children Youth Aging Education, Science and Culture The United Nations University International Migration and the Plight of Refugees Disaster Relief Disaster Reduction Road Traffic Accidents Narcotic Drug Traffic International Crime Control Chapter 8. Human Rights and the Diplomatic Process Background The International Labor Organization The League of Nations The United Nations Regional Level Europe Latin America Africa Asia-Pacific Region Middle East Chapter 9. Environmental Diplomacy Initial Environmental Action 1972 Stockholm Conference Urban Settlements and the Environment Expanding Environmental Efforts Toward the Rio Summit Conference The Rio Earth Summit Four Special Issues Desertification Small Island Developing States Fish Stocks Conservation Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution More Summits Regional Activities for Environmental Protection Chapter 10. The Future of Global Governance Diplomacy

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Book SynopsisRenowned author Ulrike Schuerkenspresents an in-depth exploration of social transformations and developments. Combining an international approach with up-to-date research, the book: Has dedicated chapters on contemporary topics including technology, new media, war and terror, political culture and inequality Includes an analysis of societal structures inequality, globalization, transnationalism Contains learning features including: discussion questions, annotated further reading, chapter summaries and pointers to online resources to assist with study A must buy for studentstaking modules in social change, social inequality, socialtheory and globalization. Trade ReviewSchuerkens draws from a truly global array of systems writers writing in a variety of languages....there are emphases on complexity, on multiplicity of outcomes, on consequential interactions between local cultures and international structures, and on persistent and enduring global pathologies that do not disappear. All of this is refreshing. -- Samuel CohnThe audience for this book may include academics, higher education practitioners, individuals concerned with global civil society, and political activists. I recommend this book as a resource, maybe a starting point for those interested in global studies, globalization, and social movements. -- Ligia E ToutantTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Social Transformations and Development(s) in a Globalized World Chapter 2: The Sociological and Anthropological Study of Globalization and Localization Chapter 3: Transformations of Local Socio-economic Practices in a Global World Chapter 4: Globalization and the Transformation of Social Inequality Chapter 5: Transnational Migrations and Social Transformations Chapter 6: Socio-economic Impacts of the Global Financial crisis Chapter 7: Communication, Media, Technology, and Global Social Change Chapter 8: Global Social Change and the Environment Chapter 9: Conflict, Competition, Cooperation, and Global Change Chapter 10: Globalization and Social Movements: Human Agency and Mobilizations for Change Chapter 11: Final Remarks: Social Change in a Global World References

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Book Synopsis''Fascinating and eye-opening'' OWEN JONESDO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM?DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU''RE DONE WITH THEM?In 2019, 66.6 million pairs of shoes were manufactured across the world every single day. They have never been cheaper to buy, and we have never been more convinced that we need to buy them. Yet their cost to the planet has never been greater. In this urgent, passionately argued book, Tansy E. Hoskins opens our eyes to the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. Taking us deep into the heart of an industry that is exploiting workers and deceiving consumers, we begin to understand that if we don''t act fast, this humble household object will take us to the point of no return.Trade ReviewFascinating and eye-opening, FOOT WORK shows brilliantly how a simple everyday object can shed light on the hidden costs of globalisation and environmental degradation -- OWEN JONESTansy is one of the sharpest and most committed analysts of the true cost of the stuff we own. FOOT WORK is an absorbing, meticulous and at times completely horrifying account of the shoes on our feet and how that supply chain is marching us towards an even more dystopian future, especially for the workers in the system. Read this and you will make better decisions about all fashion, and all consumer goods in the futureFrom the first cottage industries to the use of robots, from sneakerheads to Syrian refugees, and from the abattoir to homeworkers in Asia, FOOT WORK tackles all aspects of the shoe industry. But it does much more, too, by placing footwear manufacture in the wider context of globalisation, capitalism and consumerism. A superb primer on everything that is wrong with our world - and how we can start to change it * NEW INTERNATIONALIST *Makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolutionA book that hangs like a garment on a coat-hanger. A garment with many pockets. In the pockets numberless notes and remarks about clothes and history. Take it off the hanger and put it on. By which I mean - read it and walk through history -- JOHN BERGER on STITCHED UPAn incredible accomplishment -- SUSIE ORBACH on STITCHED UP

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Book SynopsisConceiving of sovereign space as volume rather than area, the contributors to Voluminous States explore how such a conception reveals and underscores the three-dimensional nature of modern territorial governance.Trade Review“Responding to the changing ways in which states are colonizing previously inconceivable dimensions of life and livelihood in the ever-reinvented interests of territorial sovereignty, Voluminous States tackles real-life issues of state control. With its specific focus on three-dimensional space as itself a materiality as well as a force in political conceptions and social analysis, it will be welcomed by scholars interested in climate change, sustainability, sovereignty, territoriality, and beyond. This volume sparks the imagination.” -- Marilyn Strathern, author of * Relations: An Anthropological Account *“Taking materiality and dimensionality seriously in thinking about geopolitics, Voluminous States is likely to become a standard reference in developing debates in human geography, political theory, international relations, and anthropology. Global in reach, this is a great project that is executed extremely well.” -- Stuart Elden, author of * Shakespearean Territories *“[Voluminous States] provides a highly nuanced and textured examination of the tensions between the state’s intrusive attempts to flatten, homogenize, and control space.... Wide ranging studies lend this volume conceptual richness, social and cultural texture, and geographical diversity.... The book never fails to sustain the readers’ interest.” -- Martin T. Fromm * Environment, Space, Place *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Voluminous: An Introduction / Franck Billé 1 Sovereignty 1. Warren: Subterranean Structures at a Sea Border of Ukraine / Caroline Humphrey 39 2. Tunnel: Striating and Militarizing Subterranean Space in the Republic of Georgia / Elizabeth Cullen Dunn 52 3. Spoofing: The Geophysics of Not Being Governed / Wayne Chambliss 64 4. Lag: Four-Dimensional Bordering in the Himalayas / Tina Harris 78 5. Traffic: Authorizing Airspace, Applying Governance / Marcel LaFlamme 91 Materiality 6. Fissure: Cracking, Forcing, and Covering Up / Klaus Dodds 105 7. Downwind: Three Phases of a Aerosol Form / Jerry Zee 119 8. Necrotone: Death-Dealing Volumetrics at the US-Mexico Border / Hilary Cunningham 131 9. Surface: Seeing, Solidifying, and Scaling Urban Space in Hong Kong / Clancy Wilmott 146 10. Gravity: On the Primacy of Terrain / Gastón Gordillo Territorial Imagination 11. Geometries: From Analogy to Performativity / Sarah Green 175 12. Buoyancy: Blue Territorialization of Asian Power / Aihwa Ong 191 13. Seepage: That which Oozes / Jason Cons 204 14. Jigsaw: Micropartitioning in the Enclaves of Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassu / Franck Billé 217 15. Echolocation: Within the Sonic Fold of the Korean Demilitarized Zone / Lisa Sang-Mi Min 230 Beyond: An Afterword / Debbora Battaglia 243 Bibliography 253 Index 279

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Book SynopsisIn fragile states, domestic and international actors sometimes take the momentous step of sharing sovereign authority to provide basic public services and build the rule of law. While sovereignty sharing can help address gaps in governance, it is inherently difficult, risking redundancy, confusion over roles, and feuds between partners when their interests diverge. In Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States, John D. Ciorciari sheds light on how and why these extraordinary joint ventures are created, designed, and implemented. Based on extensive field research in several countries and more than 150 interviews with senior figures from governments, the UN, donor states, and civil society, Ciorciari discusses when sovereignty sharing may be justified and when it is most likely to achieve its aims. The two, he argues, are closely related: perceived legitimacy and continued political and popular support are keys to success. This book examines a diverse range of sovereignty-sharing arrangements, including hybrid criminal tribunals, joint policing arrangements, and anti-corruption initiatives, in Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Lebanon, Timor-Leste, Guatemala, and Liberia. Ciorciari provides the first comparative assessment of these remarkable attempts to repair ruptures in the rule of law—the heart of a well-governed state.Trade Review"John Ciorciari has written a wonderful work. Sovereignty sharing has been an approach that has not been given a proper name. Ciorciari not only provides excellent case studies, but he also shows why sovereignty sharing has been widely used and the limited conditions that make it likely to be successful."—Stephen D. Krasner, Stanford University"This extraordinary book combines insights and lessons for those who wish to understand the challenges of sovereignty sharing to promote the rule of law in fragile states. Meticulously researched, Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners. Highly recommended."—Richard Caplan, University of Oxford"Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States is a first-rate piece of scholarship that offers a compelling answer to an important, but perennially perplexing, question: Why do 'shared sovereignty' arrangements fail so often—and under what conditions can they succeed?"—Roland Paris, University of OttawaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Justifying Shared Sovereignty 2: How Political Foundations Affect Performance 3: Partnering to Prosecute War Crimes 4: Compromising on Hybrid Justice 5: Imposing a Mixed Tribunal 6: Sharing Sovereignty in the Streets 7: Contracting for Criminal Investigation 8: Cosigning to Curb Corruption 9: The Path Ahead

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Book SynopsisWhen the Berlin Wall fell, Germany united in a wave of euphoria and solidarity. Also caught in the current were Vietnamese border crossers who had left their homeland after its reunification in 1975. Unwilling to live under socialism, one group resettled in West Berlin as refugees. In the name of socialist solidarity, a second group arrived in East Berlin as contract workers. The Border Within paints a vivid portrait of these disparate Vietnamese migrants' encounters with each other in the post-socialist city of Berlin. Journalists, scholars, and Vietnamese border crossers themselves consider these groups that left their homes under vastly different conditions to be one people, linked by an unquestionable ethnic nationhood. Phi Hong Su's rigorous ethnography unpacks this intuition. In absorbing prose, Su reveals how these Cold War compatriots enact palpable social boundaries in everyday life. This book uncovers how 20th-century state formation and international migration—together, border crossings—generate enduring migrant classifications. In doing so, border crossings fracture shared ethnic, national, and religious identities in enduring ways.Trade Review"Phi Hong Su's The Border Within is a game-changing book. Using rich ethnographic data with Vietnamese refugees and former contract workers in a reunified Berlin, Su paints a vivid portrait of how national and ethnic categories play out in everyday life. Avoiding simplistic conceptions of these categories, Su takes us into the lives of her subjects as they adopt and transform national and ethnic categories to draw lines of unity and division. This book is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand how migration, war, and changing political boundaries influence belonging."—Tomás R. Jiménez, co-author of States of Belonging"A vivid account of Vietnamese border crossings – social, national, and political – that reconceptualizes the diaspora and notions of ethnonationalism. Su's remarkable study of the diverse pathways of Vietnamese migration to the once-divided city of Berlin serves as a poignant reminder of the ways in which Cold War divisions continue to shape daily lives and raise complex questions of belonging."—Christina Schwenkel, author of Building Socialism"In this remarkable book, Phi Hong Su poignantly analyzes what it means to be Vietnamese in the context of migration between two countries that were profoundly affected by war, national division, and reunification. Having originated decades ago, the Vietnamese community in Germany today continues to confront the impact of violence, division, and reunification on community, ethnic, national, and individual identities. Su deftly unpacks how discrepant histories of borders and border crossings within a coethnic migrant group shape ethnic nationalisms through social relationships and religious practices. The book makes a groundbreaking contribution to transnational studies of Asia and the Asian diaspora."—Ann Marie Leshkowich, College of the Holy Cross"The field of postcolonial studies has long been concerned with issues of cultural hybridity, national belonging, and political sovereignty. Phi Hong Su's The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin tackles all these weighty matters with a remarkable deftness that bridges divergent interests in decolonization, global migration, [and] the Cold War.... The Border Within is a major text for anyone who wishes to grasp the social forces that delimit postcolonial and diasporic identities. This important study reveals how nations are made, unmade, and remade with an understanding that the path to independence and freedom is riddled with endless controversy."—Long T. Bui, Postcolonial Interventions"Phi Hong Su asks a question of enduring interest to migration scholars and students of nationalism: How do ordinary people, thousands of miles from their homeland, make sense of their membership in a distant nation? Su adds two absorbing, creative wrinkles to this question by using a research design that sets The Border Within apart from prior scholarship...Su is both courageous and empathetic in the way she deals with the internal politics of the Vietnamese, their notions of ethnic nationalism, and their lives in Germany...These questions point to how fascinating and generative it is to read The Border Within."—Irene Bloemraad, Social Forces"...unusually theoretically sophisticated and analytically coherent.... The resulting book is as ambitious as it is humble: it shows a tremendous understanding of multiple national contexts and never makes grand claims that do not emerge from the data itself.... These arguments complement multiple fields of scholarship, including on the inadequacy of legal labels in capturing the true range of migration pathways and experiences; on taking categories, such as ethnicity, as to be explainedrather than explanatory; on immigrants as emigrants who continue to be impacted by their homelands; on the potential encumbrance of diasporic networks; on the lingering effects of the Cold War; and on how illuminating migrants' views onto receiving societies' histories can be.... Su's writing is unfailingly elegant, clear, and accessible."—Ulrike Bialas, International Migration Review"This short yet discerning monograph gives a vivid account of the persistence of divisions—including their subtle impact on social identity and social differentiation among Vietnamese in the diaspora decades after the Vietnam War and the Cold War ended. Su achieves this by engaging in wide-ranging fieldwork, including interviews with dozens of southerners as well as northerners. It is one of the most important monographs on this subject published in the last decade, and it should be read widely."—Tuan Hoang, Journal of Vietnamese Studies"This innovative book provides a sophisticated picture of the relationship between borders and boundaries and between nationhood and nationalism, which is of interest not only to scholars in transnational migration studies and in Vietnamese studies but to all readers interested in state formation, immigration, and postconflict division and reconciliation, as well.... The Border Within is an inspiring and well-written book. I believe the book is essential for anyone who wants to understand how partition, reunification, and migration shape the nationhood and nationalism, the unity and the division, among diasporic Vietnamese people."—Nghi Truong, Journal of Asian Studies"Significant interventions of [The Border Within] include moving beyond the binary of refugee and migrant and showing the complexity of people's motivations for crossing borders beyond economic or political explanations. The work also challenges the trinity of citizen-state-territory, revealing the complex ways 'international migration allows people to carry their ideas of the nation and, at times, their national memberships with them abroad'. "The book is clearly written and compelling with its ethnographic voice and thick description. It would appeal to a lay audience and undergraduate courses focused on global and transnational sociology, international migration, and political sociology. The book is one of the few written in English in the field of sociology that focuses on stories of the Vietnamese diaspora outside the United States, France, Canada, and Australia."—Jennifer Huynh, Contemporary SociologyTable of Contents1. Border Crossings 2. Making Northerners and Southerners 3. Making Refugees and Contract Workers 4. Ranking the Ethnic Nation 5. Choosing Friends and Picking Sides 6. Buddhist Meditations in Northern and Southern Accents 7. After Border Crossings

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to situate the territories and collective identities of former Yugoslavia within the politics of race – not just ethnicity – and the history of how ideas of racialised difference have been translated globally. The book connects critical race scholarship, global historical sociologies of ‘race in translation’ and south-east European cultural critique to show that the Yugoslav region is deeply embedded in global formations of race. In doing this, it considers the everyday geopolitical imagination of popular culture; the history of ethnicity, nationhood and migration; transnational formations of race before and during state socialism, including the Non-Aligned Movement; and post-Yugoslav discourses of security, migration, terrorism and international intervention, including the War on Terror and the present refugee crisis.Trade Review'Catherine Baker bravely focuses on what many scholars working on Yugoslavia, post-Yugoslav nations, and/or the Balkans have avoided or not been able to grapple with: race.'Sociology of Race and Ethnicity'The book is a poignant study of race and references an extensive and rich amount of literature. It fills an important gap in scholarship on Yugoslavia and Southeast Europe which often lacks a critical analysis of race. I believe it is a necessary read for those interested in Southeast and East European Studies, as well as postsocialism studies. Those interested in critical race theory, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, history, and anthropology will obtain a great deal from the text.'The Anthropology of East Europe Review -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: what does race have to do with the Yugoslav region? 1 Popular music and the ‘cultural archive’ 2 Histories of ethnicity, nation and migration 3 Transnational formations of race before and during Yugoslav state socialism 4 Postsocialism, borders, security and race after Yugoslavia Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we reconfigure our picture of modern art after the postcolonial turn without simply adding regional art histories to the Eurocentric canon? Transmodern examines the global dimension of modern art by tracing the crossroads of different modernisms in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Featuring case studies in Indian modernism, the Harlem Renaissance and post-war abstraction, it demonstrates the significance of transcultural contacts between artists from both sides of the colonial divide. The book argues for the need to study non-western avant-gardes and Black avant-gardes within the west as transmodern counter-currents to mainstream modernism. It situates transcultural art practices from the 1920s to the 1960s within the framework of anti-colonial movements and in relation to contemporary transcultural thinking that challenged colonial concepts of race and culture with notions of syncretism and hybridity.Trade ReviewThis book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate on global modernism. Enriched by wide research spanning a wide geographical area, this subtle, scholarly work, well-grounded in deep research, will become an essential textbook at educational institutions as well as provide a benchmark in future discussions on questions of global art. Partha Mitter -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Toward a postcolonial art history of contact2 In the shade of tall mango trees: art education and transcultural modernism in the context of the Indian independence movement3 Transcultural beginnings: decolonisation, transculturalism and the overcoming of race4 Trees of knowledge: anthropology, art and politics. Melville J. Herskovits and Zora Neale Hurston – Harlem circa 19305 The migrant as catalyst: Winold Reiss and the Harlem Renaissance6 Encounters with masks: counter-primitivisms in Black modernism7 Purity of art in a transcultural age: modernist art theory and the culture of decolonisation8 Painting the global history of art: Hale Woodruff’s The Art of the NegroIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the 1980s, Britain actively engaged with China in order to promote globalisation and manage Hong Kong’s decolonisation. Influenced by neoliberalism, Margaret Thatcher saw Britain as a global trading nation, which was well placed to serve China’s reform. During the negotiations over Hong Kong’s future, British diplomats aimed to educate the Chinese in free-market capitalism. Nevertheless, Deng Xiaoping held an alternative vision of globalisation, one that privileged sovereignty and socialism over market liberalism and democracy. By drawing extensively upon the declassified British archives along with Chinese sources, this book explores how Britain and China negotiated for Hong Kong’s future, and how Anglo-Chinese relations flourished after 1984 but suffered a setback as a result of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. This original study argues that Thatcher was a pragmatic neoliberal, and the British diplomacy of ‘educating’ China yielded mixed results.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Anglo-Chinese relations, 19792 Globalisation without decolonisation? Hong Kong, 1979–813 Not for (re)turning: Thatcher meets Deng Xiaoping, 19824 Bargaining for sovereignty and administration, 1982–835 Negotiating autonomy and continuity, 19846 Anglo-Chinese relations and postcolonial globalisation, 1985–867 Democratisation and its limits, 1985–89ConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume analyses the impact of globalization on civil service systems across the Middle East and North Africa. A collaboration between practitioners and academic public policy experts, it presents an analytical model to assess how globalization influences civil servants, illustrated by case studies of countries where there have been increased engagement with international actors. It demonstrates how this increased interaction has altered the position of civil servants and traces the shifting patterns of power and accountability between civil servants, politicians and other actors. It is an original and important addition to the debate about globalization’s role in transnational public administration and governance.Trade Review"The authors have really done a splendid job of carefully outlining a gap in knowledge and a gap in approach and are consistently writing within the conceptual arena they created. That is a reason why this book makes for an excellent and exemplary reading for doctoral students interested in researching international organizations." PARTable of ContentsPart 1: Analytical Framework and Regional Context 1. Globalization and the Changing Role of Civil Servants: Towards an Analytical Framework 2. Chapter 2: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Globalization Part 2: Civil Servants’ Response to Globalization 3. Drilling down on Globalization: Performance Indicators and Rankings as Features of Multi-Level Governance 4. Deepening Engagement with International Development Institutions: Impact on Civil Servants 5. Trickling Down: Impact of the Global Movement on Open Government Part 3: Conclusion: Growing Impact despite Resilient Filters 6. Globalization and Civil Servants: A Response Typology

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Book SynopsisFocusing on Ghana, this book explores the intersection of dominant children's rights principles with lived realities. Challenging one-dimensional portrayals, it advocates for more holistic approaches to the study of children's lives and children's rights realization in Southern contexts.

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Book SynopsisEconomic anxiety and loss of trust in civic institutions are driving more and more people to political extremes. How did we get here, and how do we get our economic policies back on track before the democracies of the world derail?From former Belgian minister of finance and bestselling author Johan Van Overtveldt comes a new analysis of the economic forces that have driven us to the brink of a democratic breakdown. The Icarus Curse offers a stark assessment of the current state of Western democracies, once celebrated as the pinnacle of political and economic success. With the demise of the Soviet Union and China''s emergence onto the world stage, the Western model faced no viable challengers. However, three decades later, Western democracies find themselves under siege both externally and internally. Russia, Iran, and especially China openly challenge the liberal Western order, while internally, citizens increasingly question the democratic and free market system, leading to polarization and social unrest. The political elite in most Western democracies flew too close to the sun, and now they?re crashing.In The Icarus Curse, Van Overtveldt argues that decades of Keynesian-inspired policies have led to policy exhaustion, with politicians fueling unrealistic expectations and accumulating debt. Despite central bankers'' efforts to mitigate crises, the current policy model is unsustainable, leaving little room for significant change. Yet, there is hope for redemption: Van Overtveldt reviews the ideas of Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Paul Volcker to put forward ideas to redesign policies for a brighter economic future.

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Book SynopsisUsing an analysis of imperialism and case studies of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Bosnia, Russia and Ukraine, Global Democracy and the Crisis of Anti-Imperialism shows that the purported anti-imperialism of many self-professed socialists amounts to explicit or implicit support for totalitarianism, fascism, Islamist theocracy and imperialism. The analysis shows that the Russian revolution was followed by a counter-revolution, and resulted in state capitalism and the revival of Russian imperialism under cover of the Soviet Union.Trade Review "[A]n important contribution to the debate that has divided the left since 2011, the year that Syria became a litmus test." —Counterpunch "Fascinating...well written...provocative...I strongly recommend this book!" —Bill Fletcher Jr. "Too many so-called leftists support regimes that oppose freedom of expression and association; that imprison, torture and kill dissidents; that obstruct free elections; and that promote inequality, sexism, racism, nationalism and religious bigotry. These "leftists" do so in the name of "progress." In her timely and very important book Rohini Hensman eloquently unmasks such "pseudo-anti-imperialists" who believe that the enemies of the West are always our friends and therefore deserve our solidarity. Against such anti-democratic attitudes she argues powerfully for a principled and enduring struggle against any form of authoritarianism and inequality in civil society, whether West, East, North or South. I hope that her work will be widely read and discussed."—Marcel van der Linden, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam "In this highly stimulating work, Rohini Hensman shares her views on a vast number of issues lying at the heart of left-wing politics, from historical to contemporary. Brushing off all sorts of dogmatic beliefs, she does not shy away from thinking out of the box, guided only by her uncompromising dedication to the values of human rights and democracy."—Gilbert Achcar, author of Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism "In support of her argument, Hensman gives a detailed overview of genuine anti-imperialism as opposed to ‘pseudo-anti-imperialism’ through case studies from Russia and Ukraine, Bosnia and Kosovo, Iran, Iraq and Syria. She shows how self-declared ‘leftists’ have repeatedly supported authoritarian regimes over people’s democratic struggles, spread anti-Muslim bigotry, built tactical alliances with fascists, spread conspiracy theories and Kremlin/state propaganda, and engaged in genocide/atrocity denial and victim blaming. Her excellent book, which deserves to be widely read, is a timely reminder that the narratives propagated around Syria, in which the far-left echoes the talking points of the far-right and places geo-politics over people’s struggles and lives, are emblematic of a much broader malaise." —Leila al-Shami “Hensman’s Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-Revolution, and the Rhetoric of Anti-Imperialism is a valuable retort to those on the Left who betray an internationalist working class politics...At its most impassioned, Indefensible is a rallying cry against the lethal consequences.” –Feminist Dissent Journal

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Book SynopsisA bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world''s leading economists and statisticians If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what improves their well-being, and how we can supply more of whatever that is.Joseph E. Stiglitz In 2009, a group of economists led by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Published as Mismeasuring Our Lives by The New Press, the book sparked a global conversation about GDP and a major movement among scholars, policy makers, and activists to change the way we measure our economies.Now, in Measuring What Counts, Stiglitz, Fitoussi, and Martine Durandsummarizing the deliberations of a panel of experts on the measurement of economic perfor

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Book SynopsisIn Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. With her keen ability to connect the dots, Walia demonstrates how borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, ruling class, and racist nationalist rule. Ambitious in scope and internationalist in orientation, Border and Rule breaks through American exceptionalist and liberal responses to the migration crisis and cogently maps the lucrative connections between state violence, capitalism, and right-wing nationalism around the world. Illuminating the brutal mechanics of state formation, Walia exposes US border policy as a product of violent territorial expansion, settler-colonialism, enslavement, and gendered racial exclusion. Further, she compellingly details how Fortress Europe and White Australia are using immigration diplomacy and externalized borders to maintain a colonial present, how temporary labor migration in the Arab Gulf states and Canada is central to citizenship regulation and labor control, and far-right nationalism is escalating deadly violence in the US, Israel, India, the Philippines, Brazil, and across Europe, while producing a disaster of statelessness for millions elsewhere.A must-read in these difficult times of war, inequality, climate change, and global health crisis, Border and Rule is a clarion call for revolution. The book includes a foreword from renowned scholar Robin D. G. Kelley and an afterword from acclaimed activist-academic Nick Estes.Trade Review“Harsha Walia doesn’t peddle easy solutions or liberal bromides. She has a knack for going to the root of our planetary crises and explaining how we arrived here, and what to do about it. Those of us who have been reading and following her for years expect nothing less. She is not only one of North America’s most brilliant thinkers, she is also an organizer who has devoted her life to fighting racial capitalism, colonialism, militarism, xenophobia, patriarchy, and defending the rights of migrants, Indigenous people, women, and the unhoused. This book is a shock to the system.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, from the Foreword“In Walia’s expert hands, the planet’s sprawling borderlands are exposed as capitalism’s gaping wounds, filled with escalating terror and torment as whiteness ferociously seeks to defend its imagined boundaries. This is a book of unsparing truth and dazzling ambition, providing readers with desperately needed intellectual ammunition to confront the inherent violence of borders. An enormous contribution to our movements.” —Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate“I was haunted and agitated by this book which is part expose and part clarion call for radical action. Harsha Walia offers an unsparing analysis of the violences of forced migration, borders, imperialism and capitalism. The case studies presented in this book weave a quilt that provides us with needed knowledge to confront current problems that demand an organized collective response. The ideas in this book will linger long after you’ve put it down.” —Mariame Kaba, founder and director of Project NIA“This indispensable, deeply researched, and beautifully written book is the first and most in-depth global analysis of borders and immigration, wars and displacement, imperialism and western white nationalism. Always with her ear to the ground and paying close attention to the people whose lives are wrecked or lost, Walia demands action and offers real solutions.” —Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States.“Harsha Walia’s deeply thoughtful and well-written book makes creative connections that other writers have preferred to ignore. It offers a lucid, insightful survey of the most difficult political issues that we face.” —Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness“In this exceptional book, Harsha Walia takes us on a stunning and terrifying tour of the Great Wall of Capitalism, the border killing zone where viral fascism feeds on the bodies of the poor and persecuted. Hell is already here.” —Mike Davis, co-author of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties“Border and Rule provides a kaleidoscopic exposé, painstaking analysis, and damning indictment of the border regimes that are generating and fueling anti-migrant brutality and state violence on an international scale. Harsha Walia is relentless in drilling into, detailing, and cataloguing the array of processes, players, policies, and ideologies that uphold systems of border imperialism—while simultaneously mapping-out for us an understanding of how we can disrupt and dismantle them.” —Justin Akers Chacón, co-author of No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border“Building on the thesis of her seminal book Undoing Border Imperialism, Harsha Walia's incisive voice in Border and Rule -- equally rigorously theoretical and lovingly community-minded -- refuses to allow our struggles and organizing to exist in vacuums. From anti-black police murders and carcerality to the fortressing of borders across indigenous lands to the fabricated migrant crises to the exploitations of their labor, and to the racial nationalisms and legal structures that drive these violences, Walia's latest book provides an international cartography of the crisis of global neoliberalism. It is a stunning and horrific elucidation of Ayesha Siddiqi's line that 'Every border implies the violence of its maintenance.' But the narrative Walia deftly weaves is the polar opposite of alarmist political nihilism: it is a clarion call for our solidarities to always transcend the physical and ideological boundaries drawn by empire. This is not simply a book about violence, it is also a book about the potential for care and for freedom.” —Zoé Samudzi, co-author of As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation“Timely and topical, Border and Rule will be of interest to scholars, activists, and general readers. Walia connects variants of ethnonationalism across borders and illustrates how a world order predicated on aggression and displacement harms the most vulnerable among us, a category that includes a significant portion of the global population. Her analysis presents clear and compelling evidence that our current trajectory is unsustainable and offers cogent solutions trained on justice for the victims of endless war and colonial accumulation.” —Steven Salaita, author of Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine“Harsha Walia's Border and Rule forwards a clear and incisive analysis of the multiple crises facing migrants today amidst the rise of racist nationalisms globally. Her work highlighs the entanglements between global capitalism, imperialism, and past and present dynamics of Indigenous genocide and anti-Black governance that are at the heart of the border regime. Border and Rule is a must-read, sure to become a classic, for those of us concerned with building a world premised on freedom of movement, against and beyond the logics of the nation-state.” —Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present“Read Harsha Walia and your understanding of the world will shift. This book is a comprehensive demolition of the borders that divide us and a deft takedown of the myth of the nation. Through a range of case-studies, Walia reveals overarching patterns of exclusion and exploitation, criss-crossing the globe to make a brave, deeply learned, and utterly convincing call for radical solidarity. With cries of "build a wall" ringing out and ethno-nationalism gaining steam, Walia’s critical intervention couldn’t be better timed.” —Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone“Confused about how we got to this point? Harsha Walia explains clearly and concisely the multiple forces causing global poverty and displacement--and the resistance and organizing around the world. Walia provides a historical analysis of policies that have cut down people’s well-being and driven poverty, violence, terror and mass migration, and highlights the myriad forms of resistance and organizing that are all-too-often invisiblized. An excellent explanation of borders, migration and the exploitative systems that produce both.” —Victoria Law, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women“Harsha Walia's decades of visionary leadership in border abolition and migrant justice work, along with her relentless intellectual rigor, is apparent in this immensely important book, arriving right when we need it most. As governments lock down borders, mobilizations against policing reach new peaks, economic crisis worsens, and climate change accelerates, we desperately need this book if we hope to build a nuanced analysis of what we are facing and what kinds of transformation are necessary. Walia deftly exposes the inadequacy of liberal responses to the current crises, paving the way for a deeper understanding of the conditions we are facing and meaningful avenues for resistance. Walia's deeply researched, crystal clear text creates a robust toolbox for comprehending the current crises and assessing resistance strategies. This book is invaluable right now, a must-read for anyone working to dismantle prisons and borders, end poverty and war.” —Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next) “As communities and social movements scramble to respond to the threat of a globalised far-right against the apocalyptic backdrop of a global pandemic and impending ecological disaster, Harsha Walia's Border and Rule reminds us of how we got here. With clinical precision, Walia unravels the genealogies and histories of border militarization, incarceration and imperialism, laying bare the webs of domination and exploitation that threaten the poor and vulnerable everywhere, from those incarcerated in Australia’s offshore immigration camps to the victims of drone warfare in Yemen. As we struggle with the cruel symptoms of a global disease - incarceration, exploitation, occupation, colonialism, environmental collapse - Walia picks this web apart, exposing the ways in which these crises interlock and overlap. It is a stark but necessary blueprint to understand. This book is also full of hope. It bears witness to the struggles of those who have survived and continue to resist in spite of merciless repression - the Indigenous, the enslaved, the exploited, the dispossessed and the undocumented. It is an urgent and revolutionary call to action that invites us to revisit the problem so that we may dream and fight harder for the world we want.” —Aamer Rahman, comedian“We know that borders are violence. We know that violence numbs our collective imagination. We know that imagination is a muscle that must be exercised daily to prevent atrophy. This book is the workout. Border and Rule works us. With rigor, precision, and care, Harsha Walia pushes us beyond false solutions, rainbow imperialisms, and exclusionary projections. What a privilege to think with her, to build movement muscle for a world free of borders.” —Shailja Patel, author of Migritude“Every once in a while there comes a book that makes you never see the world the same way again. Harsha Walia’s Border and Rule is such a book. Incisive and rigorously researched, Walia lays bare the border apparatus like no other: its bloody history based on colonial dispossession, Indigenous genocides, anti-Black enslavement, and its contemporary function of maintaining—with militarized enforcement of divisions—a racialized global system of subjugation and exploitation rife with criminal inequalities and ecological catastrophes. Border and Rule is the most important reframing of borders and their enforcement apparatus that I have ever read. It demonstrates that the border is not a passive wall but an expansive omnipresent regime, and that there is no "border crisis" but a displacement crisis. I will be turning to its pages again and again, not only for its analysis but also for its inspiration. Indeed, Walia strips borders of their pretense and justifications in such a powerful way, that after finishing the book it feels like we can tear down the walls, and all they represent, with our bare hands.” —Todd Miller, author of Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World“Walia’s intervention is to demonstrate, systematically and across geographies, that there is no acceptable legitimation for border rule, unless your interest is in upholding global capital as the sovereign force determining life and livability on the planet. To show how border regimes function is to reveal that there is no good argument for them.” —Natasha Lennard, BookforumTable of ContentsForeword by Robin D. G. KelleyIntroductionPart 1: Displacement Crisis Not Border CrisisChapter 1: Historic Entanglements of US Border FormationChapter 2: US Wars Abroad, Wars at HomeChapter 3: Dispossession, Deprivation, Displacement: Reframing the Migration CrisisPart 2: “Illegals” and “Undesirables”: The Criminalization of MigrationChapter 4: Bordering RegimesChapter 5: Australia and the Pacific SolutionChapter 6: Fortress EuropePart 3: Capitalist Globalization and Insourcing of Migrant LaborChapter 7: Model of Temporary Labor MigrationChapter 8: The Kafala System in the Gulf StatesChapter 9: Temporary Foreign Worker Program in CanadaPart 4: Making Race, Mobilizing Racist NationalismsChapter 10: Mapping the Global Far Right and the Crisis of StatelessnessChapter 11: Refusing Reactionary NationalismsConclusionAfterword by Nick Estes

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is the first full-length volume exclusively devoted to new research on the challenges and practices of teaching global issues. It addresses the ways that schools can and do address young people’s interest and activism in contemporary global issues facing the world. Many young people today are passionate about issues such as climate change, world poverty, and human rights but have few opportunities in schools to study such issues in depth. This book draws on new research to provide a deeper understanding and examples of how global issues are taught in schools.The book is organized in two sections: (1) contexts and policies in which global issues are taught and learned; and (2) case studies of teaching and learning global issues in schools. The central thesis is that global issues are an essential feature of democracy and social action in a world caught in the thrall of globalization. Schools can no longer afford to ignore teaching about issues impacting across the world if they intend to keep young people engaged in learning and want them to make their own communities—and the greater world—better places for all.

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Book SynopsisThis book is timely in its investigation of the environmental influence of globalization and China. Volume 14 focusses on: Theoretic modeling of environmental impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on host countries, international openness and corporate environmental performance in China, environmental regulation and Chinese firm productivity, industrial sector data in China, environmental impact of foreign vs. domestic capital investment in China, globalization and climate change and new empirical panel data evidence This book answers the following questions: Does FDI affect the environment of host countries? How international openness influences China's corporate environmental performance? Is lax environmental regulation attractive for multinationals to invest in China? The impact of corporate social responsibility on multinationals? Does FDI play a role trade and ISO14001 certification? Can rigorous environmental regulation enhance Chinese firm productivity? Does FDI concentrate in pollution intensive sectors in China? Is globalization good or bad for climate change? How does FDI and social corporate responsibility stack up against the pollution haven hypothesis?Table of ContentsComparative Environmental Regulation and Foreign Investment Inflows: Is China a Pollution Haven?. Environmental Impact of Foreign Direct Investment toward Host Countries. Environmental Impact of Foreign vs. Domestic Capital Investment in China. Foreign Direct Investment and Pollution Havens Hypothesis: Firm-Level Panel Data Evidence from China. Are Multinational Enterprises in China Cleaner or Dirtier than Their Local Counterparts?. Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China. Environmental Regulation and the Heterogeneity of Industrial Selection of Foreign Investment. The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China’s Pollution-Intense Industries. Does Lax Environmental Regulations Attract Chinese Outward Foreign Investment? Evidence from Micro-Data. Copyright page. Globalization and the Environment of China. Globalization and the Environment of China. About the Editors. List of Contributors. Frontiers of economics and globalization. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis: Evidence from Multinationals’ Investment Decision in China. About the series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization.

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Book SynopsisTrade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have existed for centuries. Since the end of the Cold War, these connections have expanded and diversified dramatically, with emerging economies such as China, India, and Brazil becoming increasingly important both as sources of trade and as a destination for African migrants. But while these trends have attracted growing scholarly attention, there has so far been little appreciation of the sheer breadth and variety of this exchange, or of its deeper social impact. This collection brings together a wide array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people, commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South, with rich empirical case studies ranging from Senegalese migrants in Argentina to Lebanese traders in Nigeria. The contributors argue that this exchange represents a form of ‘globalization from below’ which defies many of the prevailing Western assumptions about migration and development, and which can only be understood if we consider the full range and complexity of migrant experiences. Multidisciplinary in scope, Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin America is essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and social make-up of the global South.Trade ReviewIlluminating in shedding light on what are relatively little-known aspects of contemporary globalization … would be read with reward by those interested in the developing economic and social components of the global South. * Pacific Affairs *This important collection offers compelling accounts of geopolitical histories, personal trajectories, and unexpected cultural outcomes. The volume is recommended to anyone interested in Africa's diverse transnational connections. * Heidi Østbø Haugen, University of Oslo *Empirically rich and conceptually astute, this volume gives the reader unparalleled insight into the lives of mobile traders crisscrossing the Global South. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary globalization and its historical roots. * Neil Carrier, University of Oxford *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Landscapes of Opportunity, Mobility, and Entrepreneurial Perspectives - Ute Röschenthaler and Alessandro Jedlowski Part I: Historical Relationships and Economic Networks 2. Chinese Migration to Africa: Historical Perspectives and New Developments - Li Anshan 3. Karimjee Jivanjee & Co. in Tanzania, 1860–2000: A Case for ‘Diasporic Family Firms’ - Gijsbert Oonk 4. The Lebanese Community of Ibadan: A Portrait of Successful Entrepreneurship - Azeez Olaniyan 5. Importing Goods to Khartoum: Traders between Sudan, China, and Dubai - Raphaelle Chevrillon-Guibert 6. The Senegalese in Argentina: Migratory Networks and Small-Scale Trade - Bernarda Zubrzycki Part II: Biographies of Mobility and Aspirations of Success 7. Migration, Successes and Liminal Spaces: A Contemporary Perspective on Africans in India - Renu Modi 8. African Businesses in Malaysia: ‘You Just Have to Be Smart’ to Survive - Ute Röschenthaler 9. Senegalese Women in International Trade: From Dakar to Asia - Mohamadou Sall 10. African Entrepreneurs in China: True Actors of Globalization - Laurence Marfaing and Alena Thiel Part III: Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Interactions 11. Chinese Textile Production in East Africa: Cooperation through the Experience of Tanzanian Managers - Sarah Hanisch 12. Mandarin Education for Economic Empowerment: The Confucius Institute in Lagos, Nigeria - Philip Ademola Olayoku 13. Africans in China: Agents of Soft Power? - Adams Bodomo 14. Rumberos and Guerrilleros: Angélique Kidjo, Freddy Ilanga, and African-Cuban Relations - Hauke Dorsch 15. Culture on the Move: Cape Verde between Africa and Latin America - Livio Sansone

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Book SynopsisThis book critically analyses early school foreign language teaching policy and practice, foregrounding the influence of the socioeducational and cultural context on how policies are implemented and assessing the factors which either promote or constrain their effectiveness. It focuses on four Asian contexts – Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand – while providing a discussion of policy and practice in Canada and Finland as a comparison. Concentrating on the state school sector, it criticises the worldwide trend for a focus on English as the principal or only foreign language taught in primary schools, founded on a rationale that widespread proficiency in English is important for future national success in a globalised economy. It maintains that the economic rationale is not only largely unfounded and irrelevant to the language learning experiences of young children but also that the focus on English exacerbates system inequalities rather than contributing to their reduction. The book argues for a broader perspective on language learning in primary schools, one that values multilingualism and knowledge of regional and indigenous languages alongside a more diverse range of foreign languages. This book will appeal to educational policymakers, researchers and students interested in early foreign language learning in state educational systems worldwide.Trade ReviewHayes’ detailed and critical analyses of early language learning policies in six different countries – Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Finland, and Canada – beautifully and powerfully illustrate the complex realities and importance of situating policies in specific societal and linguistic contexts. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in language education policies. * Yuko Goto Butler, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA *I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book because it educated me about little-known contexts of early language education, thereby critically analysing – and partly dissecting – the political, economic and educational rationales underlying policies and practice of early language learning. The spirit of equity and justice ingrained in many aspects of the analysis and argumentation in this book is admirable. * Eva Wilden, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany *This book brings alive the vital role of the socio-educational context on the success, or otherwise, of foreign language learning in primary school. The book bristles with research insights from a range of contexts and provides a solid basis for re-imagining language education in state-sector primary education globally. It is a wonderful resource for language policy makers, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators. * Kuchah Kuchah, University of Leeds, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1. Rationales for Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems Chapter 2. Thailand: An Educational Paradox Chapter 3. South Korea: A Severe Case of ‘English Fever’ Chapter 4. Sri Lanka: Language Education and Peace-Building in Primary Schools Chapter 5. Equity and Multilingual Diversity in Primary School Language Teaching and Learning in Malaysia Chapter 6. Early Language Teaching and Learning in Ontario, Canada and Finland: Experiences of Bilingualism and Multilingualism Chapter 7. Rethinking Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems References Index

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Book SynopsisDominant discursive representations of belonging and place have become ever-more politicized, led by narratives of fear, uncertainty and anxiety. Grounded in an interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective, Constructing Realities critically examines contemporary theoretical narratives around English national identity as mediated by place and experience. Providing clear links between politically driven portrayals and specific lived experiences, as well as theory and everyday life, Stuart Cartland unpacks contemporary examples of ongoing sociocultural processes. Using the English context as a case study, Cartland argues that discourses around national identity are dominated by a conservative approach characterised by a sense of defensive exclusivism and insecurity. Employing discourse analysis to critically investigate the characteristics and constructed nature of ideological articulations of identity within the English social and cultural context, the author seeks to empower marginalised experiences such as those of inner-city, working-class and ethnic minority populations while also undermining dominant narratives around Englishness. Situating the English context within a wider ‘culture war’, chapters identify patterns and processes that are applicable to a multitude of other nations within the contemporary era. Considering recent developments and ongoing processes such as globalisation, immigration and multiculturalism to offer a useful illustration of the ideological nature of identity formation, this body of work illuminates the intertwined construction of identity and place.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Discourse, Narrative and National Identity Chapter 2. Globalisation and Discourses of Englishness Chapter 3. The Ideologically Constructed Myth of Englishness Chapter 4. Racialised Discourse and Cosmopolitan Existences Chapter 5. Discourses of Englishness and Multiculturalism Chapter 6. Englishness and Discourses of Europe Chapter 7. Devolution and Discourses of Englishness Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Spite of Oceans: Migrant Voices explores the individual journeys of generations in transition from the South Asian subcontinent to England. Poignantly written, and based on real events and interviews, what emerges is the story of lives between cultures, of families reconciling customs and traditions away from their ancestral roots, and of the tensions this necessarily creates. We hear from the young bride from Bangladesh, married to a stranger, who comes to England to navigate life with a man she cannot love; from an Indian father who struggles to come to terms with his son’s mental illness and hides it from people he knows; about how a mother and daughter’s relationship was shattered in the clash over the Pakistani traditions her daughter chooses not to follow. Each narrative describes a journey that is both literal and deeply emotional, exploring the hold an inherited culture can have on the decisions and choices we make. At times heart-breaking, at times inspirational, In Spite of Oceans brings to life the pull of the past and the push of the future, and the evolving nature of what we understand as home.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces Ali Mazrui’s delightfully stimulating scholarship about intercultural relations, calling it Postcolonial Constructivism, and shares elements of his intellectual vitality in an original way. It begins with a chronicle of Mazrui’s eventful, sixty-year journey as a scholar of International Relations. It then proceeds to present some of the most remarkable yet least remarked up on features of his intellectualism, including his paradoxes, his perceptive typologies, his neologisms as well as his interactions with historical figures. The book draws on materials which were either unavailable until now or were found scattered in time and space. Designed as an invitation to a wider audience to the supermarket of Mazrui’s ideas, this book also seeks to underscore the timeliness and possible durability of many of his observations about intercultural relations.Thorough, comprehensive and up-to-date, this book is a concise account of the core of Mazrui’s vast body of work.Trade Review“Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations, is … very welcome news. … A major contribution of this book is that it uniquely enriches the taxonomies of constructivism in IR. … this book is a must-read for those concerned with the alternative and reflexive analysis in IR, beyond Eurocentric approaches. … Adem’s book on Ali Mazrui has great potential for enriching the ontological and epistemological territories of scholarship both by introducing Mazrui as a formidable public intellectual and IR scholar.” (Selman Emre Gürbüz, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, May 9, 2022)Table of Contents​​Part I General OverviewChapter 1 IntroductionPart II Ali Mazrui and the Study of International Relations (IR)\Chapter 2 The Birth of a ScholarChapter 3 Mazrui’s Rise and Decline in IRChapter 4 Mazrui’s Revival in IRPart III Ali Mazrui’s Postcolonial ConstructivismmChapter 5 PostcolonialismChapter 6 ConstructivismChapter 7 Postcolonial ConstructivismPart IV The Vocabulary of Ali Mazrui’s DiscourseChapter 8 Paradoxical PropositionsChapter 9 Analytical CategoriesPart V Semi-Autobiographical DataChapter 10 Mazrui’s Interactions with Others

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Book SynopsisThis book is more than an autobiographical account of the career of a young graduate from Australia who spent his life working as a United Nations official. It is in fact, a critical, indispensable debriefing of a UN insider’s account as it follows the life of a development practitioner for more than three decades within the global aid sector.It also goes where few others have dared to go before, providing first-hand insights into the realities of a UN career official’s life. While many throughout the world may wish to join the “UN family” or have already become part of the development sector, it is presumed they all have a vision to act as vehicles for positive social change. However, expectations can and may differ once realities have sunk in. The book opens a unique space in the international aid sector – particularly, population security – around elements of personal and professional rewards and costs.Trade Review“This book will certainly educate IR students in the sort of career possible for a humanitarian aid official in the UN system. … Students of IR will find much to prepare them for the competitiveness of UN recruitment. It will show them the highs and lows of UN service, and the reality that serendipity and good luck, and (still better) friends in the right places, often determine our career trajectory.” (Martin Duffy, E-International Relations, e-ir.info, October 14, 2022)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisWhy has global governance largely failed to effectively tackle some of the most pressing global environmental challenges of our time? What are the obstacles to effective global and planetary problem-solving? And which solutions and responses have global governance actors come up with to confront these challenges? This textbook teases out the tragic entanglements between dominant global governance dynamics and the global environmental challenges of the Anthropocene, showing how international and global cooperation mechanisms that evolved over the last two hundred years are deeply implicated in exacerbating many of today’s global environmental challenges. The book focuses on several global environmental challenges which are intrinsically interconnected, threatening to destabilise the entire Earth-system with serious consequences for human societies across the world. These global environmental challenges include infectious disease outbreaks, global food production processes, the pollution of freshwater resources, energy consumption patterns, deforestation and CO2 emissions. At the same time, the book also presents several alternative governance examples based on more democratic, citizen-based and holistic approaches to the global climate crisis, which point the way towards a new understanding of global governance in the age of the Anthropocene. This textbook is for undergraduate and postgraduate students of global governance, environmental politics and international relations.Table of Contents​Ch 1: IntroductionCh 2: Historical Development of Global Environmental GovernanceCh 3: Dominant Ideas Behind Global Environmental GovernanceCh 4: The Changing Nature of Global Environmental GovernanceCh 5: Food and Agricultural ProductionCh 6: The Spread of Infectious DiseasesCh 7: Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsCh 8: Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy SourcesCh 9: Freshwater, rivers, oceansCh 10: Transport and InfrastructureCh 11: Futures for Global Environmental Governance

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Book SynopsisIn this open access book, Mikael Hård tells a story of how people around the world challenged the production techniques and products brought by globalization. Retaining their autonomy and freedom, creative individuals selectively adopted or rejected modern gadgets, tools, and machines. In standard historical narratives, globalization is portrayed as an unstoppable force that flattens all obstacles in its path. Modern technology is also seen as inexorable: in the nineteenth century, steamships, telegraph lines, and Gatling guns are said to have paved the way for colonialism and other forms of dominating people and societies. Later, shipping containers and computer networks purportedly pulled the planet deeper into a maelstrom of capitalism. Hård discusses instances that push back against these narratives. For example, in Soviet times, inhabitants of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, preferred to remain in—and expand—their own mud-brick houses rather than move into prefabricated, concrete residential buildings. Similarly, nineteenth-century Sumatran carpenters ignored the saws brought to them by missionaries—and chose to chop down trees with their arch-bladed adzes. And people in colonial India successfully competed with capitalist-run Caribbean sugar plantations, continuing to produce their own muscovado and sell it to local consumers. This book invites readers to view the history of technology and material culture through the lens of diversity. Based on research funded by the European Research Council and conducted in the Global South, Microhistories of Technology: Making the World shows that the spread of modern technologies did not erase artisanal production methods and traditional tools.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Honing Local Techniques in a Globalized WorldPart I Nineteenth-Century Ways of Life2. Building Missionary Stations in Southeast Asia: Nias Islanders Deploy Adzes3. Communicating and Trading in West Africa: Talking Drums and Pack Animals4. Withstanding Globalization in Northern India: Farmers Make Sugar for Local ConsumptionPart II Twentieth-Century Improvisations5. Accessing Electricity in East Africa: Dar es Salaam Dwellers Pursue Power6. Creating "Creole" Cuisine in Latin America: Home Cooks Reinvent BatánesPart III Postwar Innovations7. Earning a Living in Urban Africa: Maintaining the “Native Beer” Economy8. Confronting Menstruation in East Asia: Koreans Create Self-made Solutions9. Doing It Yourself in Central Asia: Uzbeks Build Adobe Houses10. Conclusion: Challenging Globalizing Technologies

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Book SynopsisThis book is a clear, imaginative and wide-ranging picture of the globalising world, written for a general educated readership. It is not an argument for or against globalisation but a careful and thorough analysis of the issues involved, drawing on scholarly study and debate but avoiding technical issues and demanding detail. Organised in two parts, it explores the economic theory behind globalisation, then the political and social consequences and concludes with the various options for nations in a globalised world. Distinctive in setting globalisation in a historical context also inteprets it from the point of view of a small, rich economy. In each section individual chapter focus on a particular historical experience, typically in a single country; for example, a chapter on cities and industry economies of scale focuses on New York; one on technology transfer focuses on Japan; one on nationalism focuses on Germany.

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Book SynopsisThe US government has long sought investment opportunities for US companies in developing countries. But the results have been mixed: firms have preferred to invest in the industrial world and developing-world leaders have not always welcomed foreign investment. Violence and the presence of natural resources have also hindered foreign development.Trade ReviewEthan Kapstein provides us an historical panorama of how, in the postwar period, the US sought to establish not only a rule-based system but one built on private enterprise. As it turns out, the motivation was not just the narrowly self-interested reason of advancing the interests of American multinationals, but had deeper ideological roots. Kapstein provides fresh insights into a neglected topic: the liberal order narrative. -- Stephan Haggard, University of California, San DiegoEthan Kapstein has drawn on his rare combination of academic expertise and professional experience to craft a wide-ranging and provocative analysis of the sources, implementation, and impact of US government efforts to promote capitalism abroad. The lessons he draws about the effectiveness of US foreign aid policies will help scholars and policymakers think more historically and creatively about the means and ends of efforts to advance the national interest by reshaping the world. -- David S. Painter, Georgetown UniversityForeign direct investment by the United States to promote private enterprise has often been overlooked by scholars exploring the variety of competing approaches to promote economic growth and change around the world. Kapstein draws out the longer history of such efforts, highlighting one underappreciated segment of the complex global story of international development. -- David Ekbladh, Tufts UniversityKapstein highlights an important but neglected component to US strategy during the Cold War: encouraging private enterprise around the world to spread capitalism and economic development. Combining personal knowledge and research that ranges from East Asia to Latin America, he brings the story up to date and with lessons for the globalization challenges of today. -- Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth CollegeA very interesting and enjoyable read, gaining much from the author’s personal practical experience. -- Diane Coyle * Enlightened Economist *

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Book SynopsisMany warn that the next stage of globalization - the offshoring of research and development to China and India - threatens the foundations of Western prosperity. This title shows how wrong the doomsayers are. It explains why know-how developed abroad enhances the prosperity at home.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2009 Silver Medal Book Award in International Business/Globalization, Jenkins Group, Inc., Axiom Business Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Business, Finance, and Management, Association of American Publishers One of Economist's Best Books for 2008 One of BusinessWeek's Best Innovation and Design Books for 2008 "Bhide makes a detailed argument that contradicts the prevailing view of expert panels and authors who contend that the nation's prosperity is threatened by the technological rise of China and India, and that America's capacity for innovation is eroding... Mr. Bhide derides the conventional view in science and technology circles as 'techno-nationalism,' needlessly alarmist and based on a widely held misunderstanding of how technological innovation yields economic growth. In his view, many analysts put too much emphasis on the production of new technological ideas. Instead, he observes, the real economic payoff lies in innovations in how technologies are used."--Steve Lohr, New York Times "Offers a perspective on American innovation and prosperity that is remarkably optimistic, given the temper of the times. Among his data-driven findings: American consumers have long shown an 'exceptional willingness' to buy, for instance, technology products before their utility is clear. Such 'venturesome consumers' help spur companies and entrepreneurs to take the risks that lead to innovation."--Rob Walker, New York Times "The Venturesome Economy is a refreshing riposte to the doomsayers of recession and the bleak prognostications of the technonationalists. It is a compelling book and will have a wide audience; many will be interested in the numerous case studies, particularly of IT and biotech firms. The emphasis on relationships, connections and networks resonates well with modern literature on social capital and economic psychology."--Michelle Baddeley, Times Higher Education "Bhide points out that without our free-spending, possibly foolhardy yet certainly optimistic habits of consumption, Americans would not have moved the market to devise such culture-altering goods as personal computers, the iPod and, in an earlier and much tougher economic period, even mass-produced shoes."--Guy Trebay, New York Times "In The Venturesome Economy, Bhide provides a thorough discussion of the relationship between venture-backed business and globalization. Asserting the global influence of the United States, he explores the complex synthesis of innovation in an increasingly open international market. He also emphasizes the importance of embracing the ever-changing market and not fearing the false alarms and paranoia that strike an unpredictable economy."--Ming-Wei Wang, Nature "Arguments for protectionism are based on fears that are wholly at odds with the evidence. The experience of recent years does not support the idea that millions of jobs will be outsourced to cheap foreign locations... [Amar Bhide argues] it is in the application of innovations to meet the needs of consumers that most economic value is created, so what matters is not so much where the innovation happens but where the 'venturesome consumers' are to be found. America's consumers show no signs of becoming less venturesome, and its government remains committed to the idea that the customer is king."--Matthew Bishop, The Economist "Meticulously researched, clearly written and based on interviews with chief executive officers, the book offers a ground-breaking and counter-intuitive view of innovation and globalization."--Diana Furchtgott-Roth, New York Post "Innovation everywhere is a boon to America. That's the argument from [Bhide] who sees hidden value in America's unique ability to integrate and consume big new ideas, no matter where they're spawned."--Kirk Shinkle, U.S. News & World Report "A rigorously researched and original analysis that challenges much received wisdom about the process of innovation, particularly in the US... In his analysis of innovation, Bhide distinguishes between cutting-edge scientific discoveries and ideas--what he calls 'high-level' know-how--and the kind of know-how needed to turn these ideas into innovative products and services to meet the needs of specific markets ('mid- and ground-level innovation'). He says not enough attention has been paid to this mid- and ground-level activity, in particular to the commercial and organisational effort needed to turn scientific breakthroughs into useful products, or to how well America does it."--Fergal Byrne, Financial Times "A counterintuitive view of technology and globalisation that will delight those who believe that American innovation is insulated from economic ups and downs."--The Economist (Best Books of 2008) "Brilliant."--Reihan Salam, Forbes.com "Bhide's book is a welcome addition to the debate over how we sustain economic prosperity in a global, interconnected world."--R.B. Emmett, Choice "[Bhide] provides a provocative, counterintuitive case as to why the U.S. should support the training of foreign workers and research activities by foreign companies. Why? American companies can benefit, he says--pointing out, for example, that many of the acclaimed features on the iPod were actually developed abroad."--Business Week (Best Innovation & Design Books of 2008) "Annihilatingly good since it is so much at odds with the current, brows-knitted, anxious attitude toward the economic future... Bhide is the undiscovered Malcolm Gladwell."--Amity Shlaes, Politico "Bhide busts some common misconceptions of innovation: Fewer PhDs do not necessarily mean less innovation. Subsequent applications, rather than an initial invention, spur prosperity and radical social change. Increased proportions of college graduates in a society may not necessarily herald economic benefits. And enthusiastic immigrants--not just high-level researchers--can increase employment opportunities and wages for domestic science and engineering workers... The message threaded throughout this book--anyone can innovate--is inspiring and needed during a time of economic downturn."--Susan Froetschel, YaleGlobal Online "[Bhide's] core message is that you need innovative consumers. This, rather than the cutting-edge stuff in the university labs or the research departments of the multinationals, is what gives America its edge."--Hamish McRae, The Independent "With a felicitous writing style, Bhide addresses the antiforeign bias ... and explains why innovation can sustain prosperity in the U.S., regardless of whether it emanates from within our borders or from Europe, Asia, or anywhere else. Read the chapter on 'Alarmist Arguments', in which he politely, but devastatingly, refutes the 'techno-nationalists'--many of them distinguished economists--who'd have us believe American prosperity depends on maintaining a lead 'on all fronts' in technical research."--Gene Epstein, Barron's Magazine "Is the world really flat? That's the question posed by Amar Bhide in his new book, The Venturesome Economy. Disputing Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat, Bhide concludes that: (1) it isn't, and (2) arguments by Friedman and others--whom he labels as 'technonationalists'--fail to recognize how innovation that matters really occurs and aren't always helpful to long-term global or even U.S. development... Bhide concludes that the edge in economic development from the 'innovation game' comes from the kind of entrepreneurial behavior that adapts and combines high-level ideas and know-how, adjusts them to the needs of particular markets, and actually sells them to willing buyers."--James Heskett, Working Knowledge "This is a fine book, a book for thinking with, providing rich detail and a carefully constructed argument about a big idea."--Jock Given, PrometheusTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Book 1: Cautious Voyagers Why VC-Backed Businesses Still Favor Home 31 1. VCs in New Ventureland 41 2. Advancing the Frontier: The Nature of Mid-level Innovation 59 3. Marketing: Edging into International Arenas 101 4. Offshoring: The Ins and Outs 152 5. Founders and Staff: Global at Home 206 6. On Methods and Models 239 Book 2: Embrace or Resist? 251 7. Alarmist Arguments 257 8. The Reassuring Realities of Modern Cross-Border Flows 272 9. Valuable Differences 287 10. Serving the Service Economy 296 11. Venturesome Consumption 308 12. Winning by Using 324 13. Nondestructive Creation 341 14. Immigrants: Uppers or Downers? 356 15. The Elusive Underpinnings 380 16. First Do No Harm 411 Acknowledgments 439 Appendix:Tables 443 Notes 461 References 483 Index 499

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