Globalization Books

Book SynopsisGlobalisation is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. While protestors take to the streets at international summits, it is becoming conventional wisdom that companies are taking over the world, that governments'' ability to tax, spend and regulate is under threat from global competition, that globalisation harms the poor and that democracy is at risk.Not so. This tightly argued and fiercely intelligent book demolishes some of these myths and shows how, without globalisation, the poor are never going to get richer. It is simply the only way to give governments the means to combat poverty: money for schools, hospitals and welfare. Focusing on the history of world trade as well as topical issues such as the power of corporations, whether globalisation is bad for poor countries, whether it threatens the environment and Americanises indigenous cultures, Philippe Legrain shows why elected governments are still very much in control and why a more open world ofTrade ReviewThe world did need another book about globalisation; OPEN WORLD is it * ECONOMIST *At last a good book on globalisation . . . lucid and persuasive * FINANCIAL TIMES *[Legrain] engages with the big issues much more convincingly than Klein * SUNDAY TIMES *If you have been convinced by Naomi Klein or Noreena Hertz, you owe it to yourself to hear Legrain's persuasive defence * NEW STATESMAN *

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Book SynopsisThe author of Land of Promise builds on a controversial case that globalization is a strategy by the world?s managerial elite, including governments, businesses and media, to deliberately undermine and disempower the working class.

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Book SynopsisOne of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only acceleratedCities can make us sick. That?s always been true?diseases spread more easily when more people are close to one another. And cities have been demonized as breeding grounds for vice and crime from Sodom and Gomorrah on. But cities have flourished nonetheless because they are humanity?s greatest invention, indispensable engines for creativity, innovation, wealth, and civilization itself. But cities now stand at a crossroads. During the global COVID crisis, cities grew silent; the normal forms of socializing ground to a halt. How permanent are these changes? Advances in technology mean that many people can opt out of city life as never before. Will they? Are we on the brink of a post-urban world? City life will survive, but individual cities face terrible risks, argue Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, and a wave of urban failure would be absolutely disastrous. In terms of intimacy and inspiration, nothing can replace what cities offer. But great cities have always demanded great management, and our current crisis has exposed fearful gaps in our capacity for good governance. In America, Glaeser and Cutler argue, deep inequities in health care and education are a particular blight on the future of our cities; solving them will be the difference between our collective good health and a downward spiral to a much darker place.

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Book SynopsisReflects on the proper place of the United States in a world it has defined almost exclusively by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This work considers the ethics of intervention, the morality of human rights, how to repair our relationship with Europe, and the pitfalls of American unilateralism.Trade ReviewStanley Hoffmann is the premier essayist of American foreign policy and world politics. This collection offers a kaleidoscope of penetrating and brilliant insights that reveal a rare intellect. On every page Hoffmann's light-footed eclecticism gets the better of heavy-handed fundamentalism. -- Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell UniversityStanley Hoffmann is the most perceptive, acute, and fearless of American experts on foreign affairs, with a viewpoint that bridges the Atlantic. His latest book is full of insights on a world of power and terror, conflict, and the elusive search for peace. -- Baroness Shirley Williams of Crosby, House of LordsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The State of the World and the State of the Discipline Chapter 2: A View of the World Chapter 3: Lost Illusions Chapter 4: Thoughts on Fear in Global Society Chapter 5: World Governance: Beyond Utopia Chapter 6: Peace and Justice Chapter 7: The Debate about Intervention Chapter 8: Intervention: Should It Go On, Can It Go On? Chapter 9: Intervention and Human Rights Chapter 10: The U.S. and Collective Security Chapter 11: The U.S. and International Organizations: The Clinton Years Chapter 12: American Exceptionalism: The New Version Chapter 13: Why Don't They Like Us? Chapter 14: After 9/11/2001: The Pitfalls of War Chapter 15: Iraq: Instead of War Chapter 16: France, the United States, and Iraq Chapter 17: Out of Iraq Chapter 18: U.S.-European Relationships Chapter 19: European Sisyphus

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Book SynopsisA self-contained introduction to the field of ethics and development for students, practitioners and the general reader.Trade ReviewDes Gasper's critical survey of the field of 'the ethics of development' is not a difficult read and can be appreciated as much by the general reader as by students of development ! a helpful source book for a module on the subject area. Journal of Development Studies Des Gasper has written the best book available on the "ethics of development" -- its history, scope, and challenges. Offering searching criticisms of mainstream development as conceptually blinded to human destitution and social justice, Gasper insightfully analyzes and evaluates alternative development visions. Novice and specialist alike will benefit from his careful dissection of such concepts as economic growth, efficiency, equity, poverty, violence, basic human needs, culture, and human development. -- Professor David Crocker, University of MarylandTable of ContentsPreface; 1. What is the Ethics of Development?; 1.1. Why Development Ethics? Cases and Questions; Extreme poverty amidst immense riches; Health and sickness, needs and profits; Towards a 'calculus of pain': recognising varieties of suffering and violence; The infliction of costs on the weak: the examples of dams, famines, debt, and structural adjustment; Global obligations and universal values?; What is development?; 1.2. What? On Meanings and Agenda; The core agenda of development ethics; Emergence and contributors; Definitions; 1.3. How? On Methods and Roles; Methods; Possible roles of development ethics; Global or Southern?; 2. The Meaning of 'Development'; 2.1. Purposes and Themes; 2.2. Ahistorical Definitions; Usages across the disciplines; Usages in development studies; 2.3. Historically Specific Conceptions Of Development: On Change, Intervention and Progress; 2.4. On Improvement: Issues in Normative Ahistorical Definition; Development as opportunity or as achievement?; Universalism and relativism; Commonality?; 2.5. Conclusion; 3. 'Efficiency & Effectiveness'; - Mainstream Development Evaluation in Theory & Practice; 3.1. Introduction: Mainstream Value Positions, and Alternatives; 3.2. Effectiveness Towards What and For Whom?; Effectiveness towards what?; Effectiveness for whom?; 3.3. Efficiency in Terms of Which Values ?; What is efficient depends on what one's values are; Tacit variants of economic efficiency: Paretian and utilitarian; Concepts of efficiency and practices of victimization; 3.4. Setting Economic Efficiency in Social and Environmental Context; Limitations of a separate concept of economic efficiency; Economic efficiency confined to a delimited role within a human and physical context; Means and ends; 3.5. Understanding Value-Systems; Comparison of value positions in development evaluation; The structure of market-oriented arguments; 'Consumer sovereignty'; 3.6. Conclusion: Beyond Economism; 4. 'Equity' - Who Bear Costs and Who Reap Benefits?; 4.1. Sacrificing the Weak; 4.2. Aspects of Equity; Criteria of distributive equity; An application to the regulation of grazing in Zimbabwe; An application to selection for resettlement in Zimbabwe; Positive discrimination; 4.3. A Deeper Analysis of Concepts; Sen's framework for understanding different distributive criteria; Land, returns, and the fruits of effort; Whose are the international debts?; 4.4. Assessing the Different Interpretations; Equality of what? Why equality?; Selecting from or interrelating the principles; Socio-political contexts; 4.5. Conclusion; 5. Violence and Human Security; 5.1. The Reemergence of Violence and Security as Central Concerns; 5.2. Development and Violence as Value-relative? On Concepts; 'Violence'; 'Development' and peace; 5.3. Development as Value-Damaging?; Varieties of violence; Violence and the economy; 5.4. Downgrading the Cost of Violence and Denying Alternatives; Market theory: only interests, no passions; The downgrading and defining away of costs and alternatives; 5.5. Real Alternatives and Painful Choices; Notions of tragedy, evil, dilemma; Towards a calculus of pain with a respect for persons?; 6. Needs and Basic Needs; 6.1. First Things First; 6.2. The Language of Need; Meanings and syntax of 'need'; A unifying framework for needs ethics and policy; Meanings of 'basic'; 6.3. A Richer Picture of Persons; Do we need a picture of persons?; A better empirical base for prediction and evaluation; Reinterpretations of poverty, luxury, and limitless demand; 6.4. Dangers in Needs Theories and Ethics; Passive and pacifying?; Overextended?; 6.5. The Discursive and Practical Strategy of 'Basic Human Needs'; A required basis for other ethics; Steps in operationalization; A programmatic alternative to economism; 6.6. Conclusions: Beggars can't be Choosers; 7. 'Human Development': Capabilities and Positive Freedom; 7.1. From Basic Needs to a Fuller Philosophy of Development; 7.2. The UNDP Human Development School; The Human Development Reports; Human Development and Human Rights; 7.3. Sen's Capability Approach and 'Development as Freedom'; Freedom and Reason; Development as Freedom; Components of the capability approach; Policy orientation; 7.4. Doubts and Alternatives; Sen's picture of persons, capabilities and freedom; Nussbaum's capabilities ethic; For and against a universal list of priority capabilities; 7.5. Conclusion; 8. Cultures and the Ethics of Development; 8.1. Can One Criticise Cultures and Yet Avoid Ethnocentrism?; Agenda; Introductory cases; Is liberalism illiberal?; 8.2. Culture: The Underlying Issues; Conceptions of 'culture'; Roles perceived for culture; Natural man, plasticine man, and nurtured natural man; The uneasy balance between individual rights and group rights; Women's right to employment?; 8.3. Communitarian Ethics and Cultural Relativism; The texture of communitarian ethics; Walzer's worlds; Communitarianism is based on poor sociology; Cultural relativism is inconsistent; The centrality of internal criticism; 8.4. Cases and Procedures; Criteria for just decisions; An overview of cases; 8.5. Conclusion; 9. Epilogue; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe aim of the Reader is to introduce students to the changing ways in which politics, culture, environment and economics are being thought about and how individuals relate to the fast-moving global, political, cultural, economic and environmental agendas.Trade ReviewDower and Williams have produced an excellent beginner's guide to current debates about global citizenship and the global issues which inspire them. Their book is essential reading for anyone that wishes to know more about the increasingly important topic of global citizenship. The rich and extensive bibliography is certain to be an excellent resource for beginners and for more experienced students of this key concept in contemporary political affairs. -- Andrew Linklater, Professor of International Relations, University of Aberystwyth Valuable discussion across a broad range of issues. -- Neal Curtis, APU, Cambridge Dower and Williams have produced an excellent beginner's guide to current debates about global citizenship and the global issues which inspire them. Their book is essential reading for anyone that wishes to know more about the increasingly important topic of global citizenship. The rich and extensive bibliography is certain to be an excellent resource for beginners and for more experienced students of this key concept in contemporary political affairs. Valuable discussion across a broad range of issues.Table of ContentsPreface by Onora O'Neill; Glossary; Introduction; Part 1: The Idea of Global Citizenship; 1. An Emergent Matrix of Citizenship: Complex, Uneven and Fluid, Richard Falk (Princeton); 2. Global Citizenship: Yes or No?, Nigel Dower (Aberdeen); 3. Good International Citizenship, John Williams (Aberdeen); 4. Feminism and Global Citizenship, Kimberly Hutchings (Edinburgh); Part 2: Institutional Issues and the Bases of Scepticism; 5. Citizenship: European and Global,Andreas Follesdal (Oslo); 6. The Left, the Nation-State and European Citizenship, David Miller (Oxford); 7. The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalisation, David Held (Open University/ LSE); 8. What's Wrong with Cosmopolitan Democracy?, Roland Axtmann (Aberdeen); 9. The UN and Global Citizenship, Mark Imber (St Andrews); Part 3: Ethical Bases for Global Citizenship; 10. A Global Ethic for a New Global Order, Hans Kung (Institute for Global Ethics, Tubingen); 11. Global Ethics and Global Citizenship, Nigel Dower (Aberdeen); 12. Global Justice, Global Institutions and Global Citizenship, Christien Van den Anker (Sussex); 13. Global Citizenship and Common Values, Sabine Alkire (Oxford/ World Bank); Part 4: Environment, Economic Globalisation, Technology, Immigration and Peace; 14. Global Citizenship and the Global Environment, Robin Attfield (Cardiff); 15. Living with the Big Picture: A Systems Approach to Citizenship of a Complex Planet, Christine Blackmore (Open University) & John Smyth (Paisley); 16. Economic Globalisation and Global Citizenship, David Newlands (Aberdeen); 17. Citizenship in our Globalising World of Technology, Sytse Strijbos (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam); 18. Immigration: What does Global Justice Require?, Valeria Ottonelli (Genoa); 19. Global Citizenship and Peace, Nigel Dower (Aberdeen); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization: Causes and Effects is the culmination of an eleven volume series that defines and explains the scholarly field of International Relations. Highlighting primary scholarly accomplishments in the field, this final title frames the sub-field of ''Globalization'' and documents the fundamental milestones in thinking about and understanding this phenomenon. ''Globalization'' is ripe for work integrating a wide range of leading research results and assessing its findings as a whole. Together, the pioneering articles selected for this book represent the most important scholarly contributions published to date on the main dimensions of globalization. The majority of the authors are political scientists, but a substantial number are economists, sociologists and historians. The volume covers Forms, Origins, and Causes; Political Dimensions and Implications; Economic and financial Impacts; Identity, Culture, and Civilization; and The Future of Globalization.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Forms, Origins and Causes: Transnational relations and world politics: an introduction, Joseph S. Nye Jr and Robert O. Keohane; Globalization, convergence, and history, Jeffrey G. Williamson; The causes of globalization, Geoffrey Garrett. Part II Political Dimensions and Implications: The end of history?, Francis Fukuyama; Globalization and the decline of the welfare state in less-developed countries, Nita Rudra; Regulating globalization? The reinvention of politics, David Held; Abiding sovereignty, Stephen D. Krasner; Governance in a global economy: political authority in transition, Miles Kahler and David A. Lake; Governance in a partially globalized world, Robert O. Keohane; Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics, Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. Part III Economic and Financial Impacts: Is financial globalization beneficial?, Frederic S. Mishkin; Globalization and growth in emerging markets and the new economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz; Is the crisis problem growing more severe?, Michael Bordo, Barry Eichengreen, Daniela Klingebiel and Maria Soledad Martinez-Peria; Globalisation, social conflict, and economic growth, Dani Rodrik; Global financial governance and the problem of inclusion, Randall D. Germain. Part IV Identity, Culture and Civilization: The world in pieces: culture and politics at the end of the century, Clifford Geertz; The clash of civilizations?, Samuel P. Huntington; Globalization: sources and effects on national states and societies, John W. Meyer; Globalization or denationalization?, Saskia Sassen. Part V The Future of Globalization: International integration and national corruption, Wayne Sandholtz and Mark M. Gray; The nation-state and the natural environment over the 20th century, David John Frank, Ann Hironaka and Evan Schofer; The long term effects of globalization on income inequality, population growth, and economic development, Jeffrey Kentor; Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries, Richard Sandbrook and David Romano; How far will international economic integration go?, Dani Rodrik; Name index.

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Book SynopsisIncluding a new and insightful afterword by the author, Stephen J. Harper, Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, draws on a decade of experience as a G-7 leader to help leaders in business and government understand, adapt, and thrive in an age of unprecedented disruption.      The world is in flux. Disruptive technologies, ideas, and politicians are challenging business models, norms, and political conventions everywhere. How we, as leaders in business and politics, choose to respond matters greatly. Some voices refuse to concede the need for any change, while others advocate for radical realignment. But neither of these positions can sustainably address the legitimate concerns of disaffec

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Book Synopsis How an evolving relationship with China and India is changing Latin America''s political and economic dynamics. In the years since China has adopted a going global strategy to promote its overseas investment, expand export markets, and gain much-needed access to natural resources abroad, SinoLatin American relations have both deepened and broadened at an unexpectedly rapid pace. The main driver behind this sea change in bilateral relations has been economic complementarity, with resource-rich countries in Latin America exporting primary goods to the Asian giants'' growing market and China exporting manufactured goods back into the region. In recent years, SinoLatin American relations have matured considerably, becoming far more nuanced and multifaceted than ever before. India is a relatively new player in the region, but has slowly strengthened its ties. As one of Asia''s largest markets, it offers interesting parallels to the Chinese case. Will IndoLatin American ties follow a similar path? The main areas of growth include trade and investment, mining, energy, information technology, motor vehicle production, and pharmaceuticals. To what extent these changing dynamics will redefine Latin America''s relations with India is a question of increasing relevance for policymakers. This volume offers a review of key cross-regional trends and critical policy issues involving the changing relationship between these two Asian giants and Latin America. Selected country case studiesArgentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexicoprovide a more in-depth analysisof the implications of China''s and India''s evolving interaction with the region.

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Book SynopsisJohn D. Daniels, the Samuel N. Friedland Chair of Executive Management emeritus at the University of Miami, has published 15 books, most recently 'Multinational Enterprises and the Changing World Economy' (coedited with Ray Loveridge, Tsai-Mei Lin, and Alan M. Rugman), three volumes on Multinational Enterprise Theory, and three volumes on International Business and Globalization (all coedited with Jeffrey Krug). He served as president of the Academy of International Business and dean of its Fellows, as well as chairperson of the international division of the Academy of Management, which named him Outstanding Educator of the Year in 2010. Lee Radebaugh is the Emeritus Whitmore Professor of International Business and former Director of the Kay and Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center /CIBER at Brigham Young University (BYU). In his prior position as CIBER Director at BYU, he was responsible for international business programs in the Marriot

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Book SynopsisPaul Krugman, the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, taught at Princeton University for 14 years. In 2015, he joined the faculty of the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York, associated with the Luxembourg Income Study, which tracks and analyses income inequality around the world. In addition to his teaching and academic research, Krugman writes extensively for non-technical audiences and is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York Times. Maurice Obstfeld is the Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. He joined Berkeley in 1989 as a Professor, following appointments at Columbia (1979-1986) and the University of Pennsylvania (1986-1989). He was also a visiting Professor at Harvard between 1989 and 1991. From 2014 to 2015 he was a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, and from 2015 to 2018 served as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund.

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Book SynopsisBritta Schneider is Junior Professor of Language Use and Migration at Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany.Theresa Heyd is Chair of English Linguistics at Universität Greifswald, Germany.General Editor: Mario SaraceniTrade ReviewBloomsbury World Englishes provides a modern variationist approach to research in Englishes that shifts from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties and recognizes the breadth of variation within any community of speech. It celebrates variation and offers a more accurate understanding of these ever-changing languages that serves distinct and overlapping communities. * Elizabeth Winkler, Professor of Linguistics, Western Kentucky University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction, Britta Schneider (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) and Theresa Heyd (Universität Greifswald, Germany) Part 1: Reflecting Research Paradigms of World Englishes 1. World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology, Kingsley Bolton (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective, Christian Mair (University of Freiburg) 3. The Role of Gender in the Study of World Englishes, Tamara M. Valentine (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) 4. The Role of Corpora in World Englishes Research, Claudia Lange (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) 5. Register in World Englishes Research, Axel Bohmann (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) Part 2: Postnational Framings, Discourses and Perspectives 6. Translingualism and World Englishes, Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Jerry Won Lee(University of California, Irvine) 7. English-Speaking Diasporas, Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 8. English and Social Media: Translingual Englishes, Identities and Linguascapes, Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia) and Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University, Australia) 9. Neoliberalism and the Global Spread of English: A Korean Case, Jinhyun Cho (Macquarie University, Australia) Part 3: Empirical Cases: Transnational Ties and New Localizations 10. Ship English of the Early Colonial Atlantic, Sally J. Delgado (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico) 11. Jewish Englishes in the United States and Beyond: An Ethnolinguistic Repertoire Approach, Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA) 12. English in Global Pop Music, Michael Westphal (Kiel University, Germany) and Lisa Jansen (University of Münster, Germany) 13. Non-Postcolonial Englishes in East Asia: Focus on Korean Popular Music, Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 14. Digital Englishes and Transcultural Flows, Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain (University of Alberta, Canada) 15. Diasporic Englishes in the United States: The Case of Nigerian Digital Communication, Mirka Honkanen (University of Freiburg, Germany) 16. English in the Maghreb, Camille Jacob (University of Portsmouth, UK) 17. When Africans Meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes, Dewei Che (University of Vienna, Austria) and Adams Bodomo (University of Vienna, Austria) Index

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Book SynopsisYasemin Bayyurt is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Bogaziçi University, Turkey.General Editor: Mario SaraceniTrade ReviewBloomsbury World Englishes provides a modern variationist approach to research in Englishes that shifts from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties and recognizes the breadth of variation within any community of speech. It celebrates variation and offers a more accurate understanding of these ever-changing languages that serves distinct and overlapping communities. * Elizabeth Winkler, Professor of Linguistics, Western Kentucky University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Prologue, Jennifer Jenkins (University of Southampton, UK) and Lucilla Lopriore (Roma Tre University, Italy) Introduction, Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) Part 1: General Principles 1. Incorporating Ontological Reflection into Teacher Education about English for Global Learners: A Rationale and some Guiding Principles, Chris Hall (York St John University, UK) 2. English Language Development in the Global Classroom: Revisiting Key Constructs of Second Language Acquisition Theory, Dustin Crowther (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA) 3. Moving from Conceptualizations to Implementation of a Global Englishes Perspective in ELT: Critical Issues in Pedagogy, Seran Dogançay-Aktuna (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) and Joel Hardman (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) 4. World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca and ELT Materials: A Critical Perspective, Paola Vettorel (University of Verona, Italy) 5. Materials and Activities in Teaching English as a Global Language: Using Online Resources to Stimulate Innovation, Mona Syrbe (Rikkyo University, Japan) and Heath Rose (University of Oxford, UK) Part 2: Native Speakerism 6. Negotiating Nativespeakerism in TESOL Curriculum Innovation, Nicola Galloway (University of Glasgow, UK) 7. Beyond ‘Native’ and ‘Non-Native’ English-Speaking Teachers: Teacher Identity and the Knowledge Base of Global Englishes Language Teachers, Ali Fuad Selvi (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus) and Bedrettin Yazan (University of Texas, San Antonio, USA) 8. Re-Conceptualizing (Non-)Native English Speakers within the Paradigm of Teaching English as an International Language, Aya Matsuda (Arizona State University, USA) 9. Tackling Native-Speakerism through ELF-Aware Pedagogy, Rob Lowe (Tokyo Kasei University, Japan) and Marek Kiczkowiak (TEFL Equity Advocates & Academy, Leuven, Belgium) Part 3: English as a Medium Of Instruction 10. Teaching WE and ELF in EMI from an ELF Perspective: A Case Study at a University in the Expanding Circle, Kumiko Murata (Waseda University, Japan) 11. Implementing Critical Pedagogy of Global Englishes in ELT in Asia from the Lens of EMI and Intercultural Citizenship, Fan Fang (Shantou University, China) and Will Baker (University of Southampton, UK) 12. Problematizing EMI Programs in Turkish Higher Education: Voices from Stakeholders, Dilek Inal (Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa, Turkey), Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) and Feza Kerestecioglu (Kadir Has University, Turkey) 13. A Critical View of Globalization within the Expanded Role of EMI in Japan: Case Study of an Actual Implementation, Jim D'Angelo (Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan) Part 4: Focus on Specific Contexts 14. The Impact of World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca in Tertiary Education in the Expanding Circle, Enric Llurda (University of Lleida, Spain) and Guzman Mancho-Barés (University of Lleida, Spain) 15. World Englishes and Critical Pedagogy: Reflections on Paulo Freire’s Contributions to the Brazilian National English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Curriculum, Savio Siqueira (Bahia Federal University, Brazil) and Telma Gimenez (Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil) 16. Teaching English from a Critical Intercultural Perspective: An Experience with Afro Colombian and Indigenous Students, Claudia Gutiérrez (University of Washington, USA), Janeth Ortiz and Jaime Usma (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia) 17. English Medium Instruction and Language Planning in Post-Colonial Contexts: Implications for Heritage Language Development, Nkoko Kamwangamalu (Howard University, Washington, USA) Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique insight into the dynamics of the English language in higher education in Cyprus through the lens of universities situated on both sides of its geopolitical division. It takes an original perspective on ''value'' in the context of the sociolinguistics and political economy of English as a global language and as an apparent commodified entity. The problematic issues of value as they apply to language are dealt with from Marxist and Bourdieusean perspectives. The book also offers a helpful critique of the claims of alternative paradigms of English expansion, such as ELF, and their shortcomings in respect of the concept of value. Manuela Vida-Mannl puts forth a critique of the marketization of English and the complicity of higher education in the reproduction of linguistic hierarchies and social inequalities in Cyprus and, by implication, more generally. She presents a conception of English as a marketable attribute that does not necessarily require competence, whTrade ReviewWith this excellent book, Manuela Vida-Mannl offers a unique insight into the political economy of English on the divided island of Cyprus. Vida-Mannl’s book is an original and careful study which has important implications for debates about global linguistic inequality and social justice in international higher education contexts. * John O’Regan, Professor of Critical Applied Linguistics, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK *Rarely are all three approaches to how value is assigned to English—its ideological, communicative and economic value--treated together and as comprehensively as they are in this impressive and deeply researched book. It is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a profound understanding of the role of English in today’s world. * Elizabeth R. Miller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Value of English and Its Three Layers 2. Assessing the Value of Language 3. Cyprus: A Case Study 4. The Value of English in Cyprus Higher Education 5. English in a Globalized World Conclusion Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisBloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous description of the facts, implications and contentious issues regarding the forms and functions of English in the world. International experts cover a diverse range of varieties and topics, offering a more accurate understanding of English across the globe and the various social contexts in which it plays a significant role. With volumes dedicated to research paradigms, language ideologies and pedagogies, the collection pushes the boundaries of the field to go beyond traditional descriptive paradigms and contribute to moving research agendas forward. Volume 1: Paradigms analyzes the ways in which we make sense of English as a global language, its many varieties and how these come into contact and interact with other languages. It moves the field beyond existing models' that are no longer sufficient to describe English(es) in the era of globalization.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction, Britta Schneider (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) and Theresa Heyd (Universität Greifswald, Germany) Part 1: Reflecting Research Paradigms of World Englishes 1. World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology, Kingsley Bolton (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective, Christian Mair (University of Freiburg) 3. The Role of Gender in the Study of World Englishes, Tamara M. Valentine (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) 4. The Role of Corpora in World Englishes Research, Claudia Lange (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) 5. Register in World Englishes Research, Axel Bohmann (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) Part 2: Postnational Framings, Discourses and Perspectives 6. Translingualism and World Englishes, Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Jerry Won Lee(University of California, Irvine) 7. English-Speaking Diasporas, Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 8. English and Social Media: Translingual Englishes, Identities and Linguascapes, Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia) and Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University, Australia) 9. Neoliberalism and the Global Spread of English: A Korean Case, Jinhyun Cho (Macquarie University, Australia) Part 3: Empirical Cases: Transnational Ties and New Localizations 10. Ship English of the Early Colonial Atlantic, Sally J. Delgado (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico) 11. Jewish Englishes in the United States and Beyond: An Ethnolinguistic Repertoire Approach, Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA) 12. English in Global Pop Music, Michael Westphal (University of Münster, Germany) and Lisa Jansen (University of Münster, Germany) 13. Non-Postcolonial Englishes in East Asia: Focus on Korean Popular Music, Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 14. Digital Englishes and Transcultural Flows, Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain (University of Alberta, Canada) 15. Diasporic Englishes in the United States: The Case of Nigerian Digital Communication, Mirka Honkanen (University of Freiburg, Germany) 16. English in the Maghreb, Camille Jacob (University of Portsmouth, UK) 17. When Africans Meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes, Dewei Che (University of Vienna, Austria) and Adams Bodomo (University of Vienna, Austria) Index

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Book SynopsisNeil Ewins'' study of the Staffordshire potteries in a period of great global change traces how ceramics production has been affected by globalisation in both familiar and unexpected ways. Although many manufacturers such as Wedgwood initially moved production to cheaper labour markets in East Asia, others remained in or returned to England once it became clear that outsourcing manufacturing was affecting the brand value and customer perception of their products. Neil Ewins explores the complex behaviour of the UK ceramics industry, using a combination of evidence from the press, trade journals, ceramic objects, and primary interview evidence of manufacturers, retailers and a ceramic designer. Ewins suggests that, although the surface designs of UK ceramics invariably reflect diverse cultural and stylistic influences, a notion of authenticity often still resides in the place and context in which the ceramic product was originally made. Overall, the book argues that U

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Book SynopsisAmericans know that something has gone wrong in this country's effort to prosper in the face of growing global economic competition. The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for most Americans. This book is the story of what went wrong, and how to correct the course. It is a compelling history of the last four decades of US economic and trade policies that have left Americans unable to adapt to or compete in the current global marketplace. Failure to Adjust argues that, despite the deep partisan divisions over how best to respond to America's competitive challenges, there is achievable common ground on such issues as fostering innovation, overhauling tax rules to encourage investment in the United States, boosting graduation rates, investing in infrastructure, and streamlining regulations. The federal government needs to become more like U.S. state governments in embracing economic competitiveness as a centralTrade ReviewIn this critical—and thorough–—analysis of US government policies regarding the country’s involvement in the global economy during the last half century, the author (Council on Foreign Relations) concentrates on the changing competitive environment the US faces. In the process of assessing the impact of those changes, he discusses a wide range of policies and how they affect US economic progress and international relations. Those policies include not only tariffs and trade agreements but also domestic tax policies, government support for enhanced investment, improvements in the education system, immigration issues, and monetary policies as they influence the international role of US currency. Part of the analysis deals with state and local governments’ attempts to take advantage of international economic opportunities in the face of insufficient federal commitments. In the process, the author also provides an insightful history of worldwide economic transformation over the last 50-plus years. This analysis is very well written and documented and is strongly recommended to anyone interested in international trade and global economic development, especially as national policy pertains to them. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Rising opposition to globalization has thrown an already polarized political environment in America into near mayhem, with our key economic partnerships hanging in the balance. Ted Alden provides a cogent and constructive analysis of the origins of opposition to economic openness that charts a viable path forward. It is essential reading for all who care about America's role in the global economy. -- Gordon Hanson, Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UCSD and Director, Center on Global Transformation“Ted Alden hits the nail on the head with this cogent analysis of the trade issue, its impact on American workers, our failure to meaningfully help those adversely affected and what we should now be doing to save globalization by adopting more thoughtful and far-reaching policies.” -- Steven Rattner, Chairman, Willett Advisors LLC"Ted Alden's new book, Failure to Adjust, captures vividly the inherent tension in America’s role in the post-war global economy: that between the principal architect and guardian of an open system, on the one hand, and a participant and competitor within that system, on the other. That tension cannot be removed. But in Alden’s thoughtful analysis, as the global economy grows, the balance between player and referee that needed to shift in America in favor of the former, has been late in coming. It is a really interesting and detailed assessment, that avoids overly simple diagnoses and prescriptions." -- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate and William R. Berkley Professor in Economics and Business, New York University[Alden] demonstrates how four decades of market-friendly economic and trade policies have been insufficiently inclusive, setting the stage for the populist backlash we’re now experiencing. -- Sebastian Mallaby, The Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The End of the World’s Greatest Autarky 2 Confronting the Competition: The Limitations of Trade Policy 3 Confronting the Competition: How a Strong Dollar Has Hurt 4 Investment: The Winners and the Losers from Offshoring 5 Helping the Losers: The Tragedy of Trade Adjustment Assistance 6 Tiger Moms and Failing Schools – The Competitive Challenge at Home 7 How to Think About Economic Competitiveness 8 A Strategy for Competing in a Globalized World Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBhikhu Parekh's contribution to the political theory of multiculturalism is widely regarded as amongst the most original and significant. In this book, some of the leading theorists of multiculturalism revisit aspects of Parekh's work both to underline its continuing importance and the vitality of multiculturalist theory.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Varun Uberoi; 1. Traditions of Pluralist Thought; 1: Situating Parekh's Multiculturalism: Bhikhu Parekh and Twentieth Century British Political Theory, Paul Kelly; 2: Gandhi, Intercultural Dialogue and Global Ethics: An Interpretive Commentary on Bhikhu Parekh's Work, Thomas Pantham; 3: A New Approach to National Identities Beyond Conservative and Liberal Nationalism, Varun Uberoi; 2. Elucidating and Addressing Multicultural Dilemmas; 4: At the Borders of Otherness: Tracing Feminism through Bhikhu Parekh's Multiculturalism, Monica Mookherjee,; 5: Liberty, Equality and Accommodation, Peter Jones; 6: Parekh's Multiculturalism and Secularism: Religions in Political life, Rajeev Bhargava; Chapter 7: Identity, Values and the Law, Raymond Plant; 3. New Directions; 8: The Essentialist Critique of Multiculturalism: Theories, Policies, Ethos, Will Kymlicka; 9: Beyond Rules and Rights: Multiculturalism and the Inclusion of Immigrants, Joseph H Carens; 10: Multiculturalism and the Public Sphere, Andrew Gamble; 11: Can Democracy be Multicultural? Can Multiculturalism Be Democratic?, Benjamin Barber; 12: Interculturalism, Multiculturalism, Charles Taylor; 13: Rethinking Multiculturalism, Interculturalisms and the Majority, Tariq Modood.

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the ongoing processes of migration and boundary-(re)making in Europe and other parts of the world. It takes stock of recent and hitherto unpublished research on the refugee crisis in Europe, migration dynamics in the Middle East and migration flows in Africa and Latin America, specifically in relation to their political, social and cultural framing. In particular, chapters in this collection focus on newer cases of transnational migration and their socio-political implications. Alongside the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe,new patterns of migration and re-bordering can also be seen across Europe, the Middle East and beyond. These include both the rise of anti-immigration populism within the nation-states and practices of discouraging migration at the regional level such as the EU.

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Book SynopsisThe globalization of American style higher education is a field of study that is undergoing a significant phase with the current expansion of American branch campuses and curricula around the world. This volume contributes to the scholarship on the project of implementing and expanding U.S. influenced curricula in the Middle East and Asia. Many of the branch campus projects are only a few decades old making this a liminal moment in the translation and development of higher education worldwide that needs to be captured. What are the challenges, opportunities, and considerations faculty encounter in classrooms in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia? How do faculty translate western higher educational principles in new contexts? Projects like the multiversity international branch campuses of Education City, in Doha, Qatar, demonstrate the interest of foreign governments in western education and training. Other collaborations, like the Yale National University of Singapore College, deTrade ReviewThe authors in this volume explore how American higher education gets localized though curricular adaptation in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, thoroughly challenging claims of uniform cultural imperialism and neoliberalism. The rich case studies presented here, often based on first-hand teaching experiences, are a unique and welcome addition to the scholarship on globalized higher education. -- Neha Vora, Lafayette CollegeThis book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the spread of American higher educational models and institutions throughout the world. Rather than theorizing abstractly about the meaning and significance of the internationalization of curricula, academic personnel and institutions, this volume provides a view from the inside out. Academics who have confronted the pedagogical and political-sociological issues associated with higher education transplantation write perceptively about their experiences. As a result, this collection provides the reader with a richly critical analysis of the promises and pitfalls associated with our present moment of higher educational transformation. -- John Willoughby, American University, Co-author of Higher Education Revolutions in the Gulf: Globalization and Institutional ViabilityMohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s edited volume takes a much-needed comparative look at the internationalization of western higher education, investigating its challenges and opportunities through both theoretical lenses and detailed pedagogical interventions. In particular, the collected essays dive deeply into the experiences of American universities in the Middle East, with three case studies of Qatar’s Education City alongside contributions from the American Universities of Beirut and Kuwait. Full of provocative and unique insights, Western Higher Education in Global Contexts invites the reader to better understand the interactive negotiations between the imported universities and the local communities they are meant to serve. -- Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, assistant professor in residence at Northwestern University, QatarTable of Contents1.Writing Centers and Academic Professionalization in the Russian Federation—Ashley Squires 2.Imported Traditions—Oana Fotache and Mircea Vasilescu 3.The Shadow of America on Japanese Higher Education—Myles Chilton Cultural Challenges in International Branch Campuses 4.Writing Program Administration, Mobility, and Locality at the American University of Beirut, 1970 to the Present— Amy Zenger 5.The Challenges of Imagining Post-Universal Education in the Arabian Gulf Region— Angelica DeAngelis 6.Developing Symbolic Competence on a North-American Branch Campus in Qatar—Krystyna Golkowska 7.Rethinking Critical Thinking in a Non-Western Educational Context—Magdalena Rostron 8.Scaffolding Literacy at a Branch Campus of an American University in the Middle East: Interdisciplinary Collaborations—Silvia Pessoa, Thomas D. Mitchell, and Ryan T. Miller

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Book SynopsisIn the decades since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States forces of cultural, economic, and political integration appear locked in battle with equally powerful forces of fragmentation. Globalization is facilitating unprecedented movement of goods, services, people, and ideas, while calls for building walls, erecting fences, and strengthening borders intensify. Tensions flare around claims of deeply rooted ethnic and civilizational identities—identities that are shaped and mobilized via sophisticated advances in technology. Women worldwide are achieving remarkable economic and political gains while sexual violence and gender inequalities persist and are fueled by rapid global change. This book explores the complex inter-relationship between globalization and belonging. In a hyper-modern, 21st-century world, questions and conflicts surrounding who ‘we’ are and who ‘we’ want to be predominate. This book links the politics of different forms of identification and attachment to the dynamics of an increasingly interconnected world.Trade ReviewIs achieving a sense of personal belonging stymied by the dynamics of globalization? Before we leap to a simplistic answer, Sheila Croucher makes us pause. She shows us here how to closely observe gendered, ethnicized local and global politics in daily interaction. In this era of refugees, Dreamers, fearmongers, nationalists and human rights activists, we need this thoughtful book. -- Cynthia Enloe, Clark University; author of The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent PatriarchyFull of contemporary world events exemplary of unprecedented interconnections and violent divisions and exclusions, this latest examination of the relationship between globalization and belonging navigates the paradoxes of simultaneous dilutions and resurgences of identity politics in a globalizing world. It attests to the persistence and reconfigurations of national, racial, ethnic, and gender attachments and inequalities despite and because of globalization in highly engaging, accessible, and complex ways. -- Anne Sisson Runyan, University of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati; author of "Global Gender Politics"Globalization’s populist critics fail to appreciate that the horse has left the barn. As Sheila Croucher’s splendid book—at once sophisticated and accessible—makes clear, globalization has transformed and will continue to transform every facet of social life. The author’s focus on its implications for political identities is full of profound insights, as is her analysis of its dark side. Readers will come away with ideas about how we might tame this runaway horse. -- Peter Kivisto, Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought, Augustana CollegeAt a moment when pundits, politicians and scholars alike proclaim the end of the world as we once knew it, Croucher argues in crisp prose that something more complex and less sensationalist is afoot. Explaining that neither social identity nor class revenge is the primary culprit of rising populism and its discontents, Croucher convincingly demonstrates that new forms of interconnectedness are shaping social identity and class to forge destabilizing shifts such as Brexit, while also consolidating established institutions like the nation-state. A compelling introduction to the deep contradictions of our contemporary moment that includes accessible chapters on both the construction of ethnicity and gender, Globalization and Belonging is a terrific update on its authoritative precursor and will be sure to galvanize debate in the classroom and beyond. -- Denise M. Walsh, University of VirginiaDr. Croucher provides the reader with piercing and trenchant insights into the multidimensional facets of the complexities that define our post-modern world. Her first rate contribution fills a significant gap on the study of globalization and the identity politics. This is a must read for students and scholars of globalization alike. -- Manochehr Dorraj, professor of international affairs, Texas Christian UniversityGreat books stand the test of time. In the fifteen years since the initial publication of Globalization and Belonging, much has changed in the world. Yet Sheila Croucher’s fundamental insight – that people use their identities to reckon with global interconnectedness and, in turn, reconfigure those identities to carve out a sense of belonging in this world – remains a compelling way to understand our world and its puzzling developments. Newcomers and admirers of the first edition alike will be rewarded by the rich and expanded empirical terrain, from Brexit and worldwide debates over immigration and citizenship to the Trump Presidency and a resurgent women’s movement in the United States. -- Ryan Saylor, University of TulsaThe second edition of Globalization and Belonging is a welcome update that confirms the book’s place as a solid cornerstone of global and international studies today for students, teachers, and scholars alike. Croucher’s lucid and compelling prose belies the complexity of the issues she navigates in this book, as well as the impressive depth and breadth of her scholarship. Croucher guides readers methodically yet masterfully through the divisive polemics of 21st century identity, truly one of the wicked problems of our day. I look forward to using it with my Global Studies students in the future, because it lays out a blueprint for the conversations (political, social, cultural) we urgently need to have. -- Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Appalachian State UniversityAn engaging read that references developments in different countries across the world to explore the changing notions of citizenship and nationality and helps cultivate ideas of global citizenship. The book explores the dynamic relation between forces of globalization and identity issues in the light of current global economic, political, social, and cultural issues. -- Sonia Kapur, University of North Carolina at AshevilleThis book is impeccably researched and addresses important and timely issues regarding the politics of belonging in the current era of accelerated globalization. I highly recommend it. -- Richelle Schrock, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityThis is a lucid explanation of identitarian movements in the wake of the dislocations and crises endemic to the latest stage of world capitalism. It has been thoroughly updated so that we now have a convincing and non-reductionist, not to mention bold, argument that helps us understand puzzling and troubling phenomena such as Trump and Brexit. -- Kevin A. Yelvington, University of South FloridaTable of ContentsChapter 1. Globalization, Belonging, and the State Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Citizenship Chapter 3. Making and Re-Making Nations Chapter 4. Constructed Clashes, Invented Ethnicities Chapter 5. Gendering Globalization, Globalizing Gender Chapter 6. Future Belongings

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental problems to identify root causes and address those problems through mobilization of collective action and social power. The second edition also offers: •Updated examples and stories of political struggles and the actors involved •Explicit attention to various forms of power in environmental politics, including structural and social power •Local politics and collective action as related to global environmental politics •Discussion of emerging issues such as synthetic biology; commodification and financialization of nature, including carbon markets; and geoengineeringTrade ReviewA welcome critical introduction to the theory and praxis of global environmental politics. -- Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, University of WaterlooLipschutz provides a comprehensive consideration of a wide range of inter-linking topics that I believe to be crucial to any consideration of the global environmental crisis. -- Lee-Anne Broadhead, Cape Breton UniversityThis text provides a foundation from which to understand how fundamental change can occur, and offers a call to action for students to play a role in creating change. -- Loren Cass, College of the Holy CrossEmphasizes the relevance of issues to students, along with applications for action and activism across scales. -- Desserae Shepston, University of Illinois, Springfield[THe authors] explore the underpinnings of contemporary environmental problems by adopting a framework of political economy and political ecology. They conclude that the world’s environmental problems are essentially political and therefore can only be understood through a focus on political power. They bemoan the capture of environmental discourse by neoclassical economists. They claim that the discussion of environmental issues is rarely seen as a matter of ethics, but instead as a problem in economics. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1: What are “Global Environmental Politics?” Chapter 2: Deconstructing the Global Environment and “Global Environmental Politics” Chapter 3: Capitalism, Globalization, and the Environment Chapter 4: Civic Politics and Social Activism: Environmental Politics “On the Ground’ Chapter 5: Domestic Politics and Global Environmental Politics Chapter 6: Global Environmental Politics, Society and You

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Book SynopsisThe updated ninth edition of Challenges of the Developing World examines political, social, and economic development in the diverse countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In doing so, it explores the political economy of policymaking, investigates the uncertain dynamics of democratization, highlights the impact of ethnic and religious tensions on developing countries, and looks at revolution and military intervention in politics. Key issues such as the environment, sustainable development, globalization, corruption, rural and urban poverty, and gender receive particular attention. Throughout, the book also highlights the contribution of different analytical perspectives within political science and development studies. Clearly written and frequently illustrated with examples, Challenges of the Developing World is designed to provide the reader with knowledge of the essential concepts, relationships, and approaches in a way that will be of lasting value.Trade ReviewChallenges of the Developing World is a highly remarkable text. It is what students of development have been waiting for – a thoughtful, comprehensive, critical, and engaging study of issues and challenges in the developing world. In the end, this well-documented, elegantly written, and thought-provoking text is a wonderful introduction to the field. -- Michael Cairo, Transyvlania UniversityAn excellent and comprehensive introduction to the politics of developing nations. -- Angela Wolfe, University of DelawareA sophisticated, thorough introduction to the politics of the developing world that makes good use of current research and is suitable for upper level undergraduate students. -- Brian Kessel, Columbia CollegeTable of Contents1. Understanding Underdevelopment 2. The Political Economy of the Developing World 3. The Surge and Partial Retreat of Democracy 4. Corruption as an Obstacle to Development 5. Religion and Politics 6. Politics of Cultural Pluralism and Ethnic Conflict 7. Gender and Development 8. The Politics of the Rural and Urban Poor 9. Revolutionary Change 10. Soldiers and Politics

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Book SynopsisNew Perspectives in International Development focuses on the latest thinking in the field, moving the debate into areas such as the connection between security, conflict, and development, managing energy crises, the impact of environmental and climate change, and the role that technology can play in alleviating these challenges. The book explores the theme of development as a process of change; as historical transformation in relation to contested sites of power; it considers how human agency can affect change and the different scales, from the local to the transnational, at which change can occur. The interaction between these threads highlights the complex processes involved in international development that cannot be understood in isolation. Writers bring their own theoretical and empirical tools from social sciences including geography, politics, economics and environmental science. Chapters move from the theoretical to include case studies, placing theory in the context of the deliberate actions of people to improve their lives. The book concludes by suggesting possible ways forward to link development theories, models and practices. New Perspectives in International Development is the second of two books in The Open University's International Development series.Table of ContentsIntroduction Fear and Development Wars, States and Development Human Security or Human Development in a World of States? Solidarity, Sovereignty and Intervention Vulnerability in a World Risk Society Perspectives on Development, Technology and the Environment The Challenge for Environment, Development, and Sustainability in China Environment, Inequality and the Internal Contradictions of Globalisation Climate Change: Causes and Consequences for Development Making International Development Personal Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFor the past thirty years or more, the global economy has been run based on three big assumptions: globalisation will continue to increase; trade is the route to growth and development; and economic power is moving from West to East. But what if all these are wrong? From Global to Local shows how the world trading structure has already begun to shift, with irrevocable consequences for the global economy. Volatile oil prices, the pressures of sustainability and the availability of new technologies - such as 3D printing and automation - mean that companies, from General Electric to Apple, are beginning to move production away from distant countries and back home. If robots can make everything, why would companies use Chinese workers? Power is shifting, trade is shrinking and making things is revolutionising. Finbarr Livesey explores the making of this new world economic order, revealing the processes that lie behind it and showing how no one will be left untouched by its arrival.

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Book SynopsisIt's no secret that the 1%-the business elite that commands the largest corporations and the connected network of public and private institutions-exercise enormous control over the US government. While this control is usually attributed to campaign donations and lobbying, Levers of Power argues that corporate power derives from control over the economic resources on which daily life depends. Government officials must constantly strive to keep capitalists happy, lest they go on "capital strike"-that is, refuse to invest in particular industries or locations, or move their holdings to other countries-and therefore impose material hardship on specific groups or the economy as a whole. For this reason, even politicians who are not dependent on corporations for their electoral success must fend off the interruption of corporate investment. Levers of Power documents the pervasive power of corporations and other institutions with decision-making control over large pools of capital, particularly the Pentagon. It also shows that the most successful reform movements in recent US history-for workers' rights, for civil rights, and against imperialist wars-succeeded by directly targeting the corporations and other institutional adversaries that initiated and benefitted from oppressive policies. Though most of today's social movements focus on elections and politicians, movements of the 99% are most effective when they inflict direct costs on corporations and their allied institutions. This strategy is also more conducive to building a revolutionary mass movement that can replace current institutions with democratic alternatives.Trade ReviewPraise for Radical Protest and Social Structure: The Southern Farmers' Alliance and Cotton Tenancy, 1880-1890:Michael Schwartz's book is really three books in one-an analysis of the structural changes that produced one of the most oppressive social systems the world has known (the one-crop cotton tenancy economy and the system of institutionalized racism and authoritarian one-party politics that was required to preserve the fragile economic arrangement); a theoretical analysis of the origins, mobilization, and outcome of insurgent challenges; and a meticulous application of that theory to the rise and collapse of the Populist movement. -- Craig Jenkins * Theory and Society *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:The importance of this book to contemporary conversations about extractivism in Bolivia cannot be overstated. * Latin American Perspectives *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:[Young] draws a complex and fascinating picture of the struggles over mining and oil from the Chaco War in the 1930s through the 1952 Revolution and the unraveling of the revolutionary state in the 1960s. * Against the Current *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:Young is to be congratulated on creating a comprehensive history of recent Bolivian history that also offers a new lens for interpreting Latin American populism. It is one of the finest examples of the recent, and very welcome, production of works on Latin American economic history. * The Americas *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:Young expertly contextualizes his discussion of resource nationalism with previous attempts to bring natural resources under governmental control...[A] compelling and wonderful book. * American Historical Review *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:Blood of the Earth makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the Bolivian revolution and provides new analytical insights into U.S. Cold War objectives in Latin America. * Diplomatic History *Praise for Blood of the Earth, Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia:Blood of the Earth provides a compelling retelling of a Cold War story against the grain, in which the United States funded and tamed a revolution instead of intervening with force. * Hispanic American Historical Review *Young, Banerjee and Schwartz identify the importance of capital strikes in forcing government officials to provide the tax cuts, subsidies and regulatory cutbacks business demands. Focusing on key episodes during the Obama era, Levers of Power explains how capitalists really exert pressure on legislators and regulators and shows why popular forces accomplish more when they pressure capitalists with strikes, boycotts and demonstrations rather than targeting elected officials. This book is essential if we want to understand what tactics will be most effective in building mass power. -- Richard LachmannLevers of Power disrupts American democratic myths. Through rigorous research and penetrating analysis, Levers of Power dissects the power of elections, courts, Congress, politicians, presidents, lobbyists, social movements, and major corporations. It provides jarring and surprising conclusions of who really rules America; changes how we think about American centers of power; and which among them governs our lives. Everyone interested in democracy should read Levers of Power to become enlightened citizens. -- Aldon Morris, Author of The Scholar DeniedLevers of Power is a powerful tool for activists and scholars alike, detailing how power remains in the hands of the 1% while also showing how elite institutions and structures can be undermined and even defeated, creating a world of, by, and for the 99%. -- Marina Sitrin

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Book SynopsisClassical liberalism regarded universal suffrage as a mortal threat to property. So what explains the advent of liberal democracy, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital?Across every continent, people think inequality is a 'very big problem'. Even the Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. And yet capitalist states don't respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice into a professional power game?To dispel our worsening political malaise, Göran Therborn argues, requires a 'disruptive democracy' of radical social movements, such as the climate strike. Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy opens with a major new essay mapping the social fractures of the present era. There is also a compact historical survey of worldwide patterns of democratization and a landmark analysis of the OECD economies, 'The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy', originally published in New Left Review and collected here in book form for the first time.Trade ReviewAt a time when historians and economists tend to retire behind the barricades of their increasingly specialized professions, answering the big comparative questions about the pathways into and out of modernity, the global processes of inequality and the forces of possible change have been largely left to the sociologists. In my view, Göran Therborn, has made more essential contributions in these fields than anyone else, by a combination of analytical lucidity, common sense and an extraordinary command of international comparative data. -- Eric Hobsbawm, author of The Age of ExtremesA tour de force. Therborn explores the complex relationship between capitalism and democracy with great originality and insight -- Colin Crouch, author of Post-Democracy After the CrisesHow much inequality can democracy withstand before it collapses? Göran Therborn addresses this fundamental question and gives us cause to hope for a more egalitarian future -- Donatella della Porta, author of Where Did the Revolution Go?One of the world's leading analysts. Therborn has given us valuable intellectual tools with which to work. -- Chris Maisano * Jacobin *

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Book SynopsisOh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you re wearing out, But human creatures lives! Stitch stitch stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. --from The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood (1843) Labour in Bangladesh flows like its rivers -- in excess of what is required. Often, both take a huge toll. Labour that costs $1.66 an hour in China and 52 cents in India can be had for a song in Bangladesh -- 18 cents. It is mostly women and children working in fragile, flammable buildings who bring in 70 per cent of the country s foreign exchange. Bangladesh today does not clothe the nakedness of the world, but provides it with limitless cheap garments -- through Primark, Walmart, Benetton, Gap. In elegiac prose, Jeremy Seabrook dwells upon the disproportionate sacrifices demanded by the manufacture of such throwaway items as baseball caps. He shows us how Bengal and Lancashire offer mirror images of impoverishment and affluence. In the eighteenth century, the people of Bengal were dispossessed of ancient skills and the workers of Lancashire forced into labour settlements.In a ghostly replay of traffic in the other direction, the decline of the British textile industry coincided with Bangladesh becoming one of the world s major clothing exporters. With capital becoming more protean than ever, it wouldn t be long before the global imperium readies to shift its sites of exploitation in its nomadic cultivation of profit.Trade Review'Few writers are at once as lyrical or as precise about the living conditions of peasants and indigents. Seabrook's clear-eyed accounts of the immiseration as well as the dreams of young Bangladeshis are informed by extended conversations with scholars and activists, as well as historical research. ... What makes The Song of the Shirt especially important is its historical consciousness. ... Seabrook draws out the social, economic and imaginative parallels that connected, across decades and continents, Europe's and Asia s poor. ... Seabrook has established himself as perhaps Britain's finest anatomist of class, deindustrialisation, migration and the spiritual consequences of neoliberalism. The Song of the Shirt may well be his masterpiece.' * The Guardian *'Stitches together history, folklore and hundreds of encounters with individual Bangladeshis to give a thorough picture of the structural injustices that have led to the present situation.' * The New Statesman *'The sweat and blood of Bangladeshi garment workers is woven into the very fabric of our daily lives. Seabrook, as he always has, delivers a brilliantly written jeremiad with an urgent moral message.' * Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums *'At once illuminating, deeply absorbing, and sobering, this is an ode to the rags of humanity the labourers, young and old who sometimes perish in order to create our fashionably casual clothes. It's written by one who has long been intimate with this part of the world and its anonymous dwellers, and who has responded always with passion and eloquence.' * Amit Chaudhuri, author of Calcutta: Two Years in the City *

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Book SynopsisGlobal economic and social forces are affecting everyone, everywhere. However, their influence is shaped by local communities' interpretation of these forces and responses to them. Social identities provide a guide; they are the product of history, culture, economy, patterns of governance and degree of community cohesion. How the global and the local connect and reconfigure at various scales and through different cultures is explained in this forward-looking volume. The book's thesis, namely that localism is the crucial complement to globalism, is supported by a range of European case studies. Local responses to globalizing forces depend on the nature of the interlinkages in governance from international structures, through multilateral organizations to nation states, regions and localities, as these are mediated through social-local identity. The contributors draw on numerous themes in examining the interaction between the global and the local, such as decay and revitalization, local identity and empowerment, opportunism through sustainability and governance for the transition. This is a pioneering publication utilizing an innovative person-centred methodology. It makes an original and important contribution to the study of contemporary societies and is aimed at anyone interested in the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental implications of any move towards sustainability.Trade Review'This is an important contribution to the field and of a uniformly high standard throughout.' Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsPreface * Acknowledgements * Part 1: Providing Perspective - Synthesis and Context * Globalization and Localization * Multilevel Governance for the Sustainability Transition * Social-local Identities * Methods of Inquiry * Part 2: The Case Studies - Decay and Revitalization in Two Swedish Communities * Opportunism Via Sustainability in Austria * Coming to Terms with Globalization in Portugal * Local Identity and Survival in Greece * Local Identity and Empowerment in the UK * Taking the Transition Forward

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