Globalization Books
Indiana University Press Fast Money Schemes
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsDramatis Personae1. Studying Scams2. The Story of U-Vistract3. Money Schemes in Melanesia4. Cargo Cult Mentality5. Plausibility, Experimentation and Deception6. U-Vistract and the Prosperity Gospel7. Negative Nationalism and Christian Citizenship8. Christian Patrons and Cosmopolitan Sentiments9. "Some of us are fed up of banks!"10. Nationals Investing in the GlobalConclusion: DisillusionmentSelected GlossaryBibliographyIndex
£49.30
Indiana University Press Fast Money Schemes
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsDramatis Personae1. Studying Scams2. The Story of U-Vistract3. Money Schemes in Melanesia4. Cargo Cult Mentality5. Plausibility, Experimentation and Deception6. U-Vistract and the Prosperity Gospel7. Negative Nationalism and Christian Citizenship8. Christian Patrons and Cosmopolitan Sentiments9. "Some of us are fed up of banks!"10. Nationals Investing in the GlobalConclusion: DisillusionmentSelected GlossaryBibliographyIndex
£24.29
Indiana University Press Transformations on the Ground
Book SynopsisIn Botswana's struggle to access international economies, few resources are as fundamental and fraught as control over land. Land, Power, and the Global considers the ways in which power in all its formslocal, international, legal, familialaffects the collision of global with local concerns over access to land and control over its use.Trade Review"An important and original contribution to scholarship. Transformations on the Ground offers a nuanced and empirically dense account of land issues —a hot and controversial topic both in academic and political discussions. This book adds a particular dimension to the very large body of literature with its specific mix of legal aspects, ethnographic data, and a global framework."—Dr. Andreas Eckert, coeditor of Afrika 1500 - 1900: Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taschenbuch [Africa 1500 - 1900: History and Society] and Director Re-Work Humboldt University Berlin"Botswana is a darling of international donors and regularly praised as an upwardly mobile, prosperous and successful country. At the same time, it is characterized by poverty and exclusion, especially of women. In her insightful case study on land politics, Anne Griffiths effectively contrasts the image of a coherent state against myriad realities and confusion of competences on the ground. Based on decades of ethnographic fieldwork, this book masterfully demonstrates how in the realm of land and law, international, national, regional and local domains intersect and overlap, and come into conflict with one another."—Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin"Anne Griffiths' ambitious and original book reveals how the 'global' is always situated in specific places and times through her insightful analysis of how land in Botswana has figured in practices, policy and politics from the standpoints of household, family, village, district, national and international levels. Griffiths' astute use of political and legal history, legal documents, observation of statutory and customary law settings, multi-generational life histories and detailed ethnography enable her to provide a rich and informative account that goes well beyond the mantra of 'the global in the local'. While insisting on foregrounding "the voices, perceptions, and experiences of people's relationships with land", Griffiths shows how these interact with national politics, policies, laws and legal practice and with the effects of international and global agencies and processes to produce inequality and class differences, despite some improvement in gendered patterns of land entitlement. "—Pauline Peters, Faculty Associate, Harvard Kennedy School and Center for African StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Historical Dimensions of Land in Botswana: Contemporary Entanglements1. The International Landscape and its Influence on Land in Botswana2. Reframing the Governance of Land3. Institutional Frameworks and GovernanceSection II: The Bottom Up Impact of Land on Diverging Family Lifeworlds and Gender Relations4. Families, Networks and Status5. Transformations on the GroundSection III: Law and Space: Negotiating Legal Plurality in Botswana6. Negotiating Conflict: The Handling of Disputes in the Land Tribunal7. Constructing Legality in the High Court and Court of AppealFinal ReflectionsAppendixBibliographyIndex
£56.10
Indiana University Press Transformations on the Ground
Book SynopsisIn Botswana's struggle to access international economies, few resources are as fundamental and fraught as control over land. Land, Power, and the Global considers the ways in which power in all its forms—local, international, legal, familial—affects the collision of global with local concerns over access to land and control over its use.Trade Review"An important and original contribution to scholarship. Transformations on the Ground offers a nuanced and empirically dense account of land issues —a hot and controversial topic both in academic and political discussions. This book adds a particular dimension to the very large body of literature with its specific mix of legal aspects, ethnographic data, and a global framework."—Dr. Andreas Eckert, coeditor of Afrika 1500 - 1900: Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taschenbuch [Africa 1500 - 1900: History and Society] and Director Re-Work Humboldt University Berlin"Botswana is a darling of international donors and regularly praised as an upwardly mobile, prosperous and successful country. At the same time, it is characterized by poverty and exclusion, especially of women. In her insightful case study on land politics, Anne Griffiths effectively contrasts the image of a coherent state against myriad realities and confusion of competences on the ground. Based on decades of ethnographic fieldwork, this book masterfully demonstrates how in the realm of land and law, international, national, regional and local domains intersect and overlap, and come into conflict with one another."—Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin"Anne Griffiths' ambitious and original book reveals how the 'global' is always situated in specific places and times through her insightful analysis of how land in Botswana has figured in practices, policy and politics from the standpoints of household, family, village, district, national and international levels. Griffiths' astute use of political and legal history, legal documents, observation of statutory and customary law settings, multi-generational life histories and detailed ethnography enable her to provide a rich and informative account that goes well beyond the mantra of 'the global in the local'. While insisting on foregrounding "the voices, perceptions, and experiences of people's relationships with land", Griffiths shows how these interact with national politics, policies, laws and legal practice and with the effects of international and global agencies and processes to produce inequality and class differences, despite some improvement in gendered patterns of land entitlement. "—Pauline Peters, Faculty Associate, Harvard Kennedy School and Center for African StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Historical Dimensions of Land in Botswana: Contemporary Entanglements1. The International Landscape and its Influence on Land in Botswana2. Reframing the Governance of Land3. Institutional Frameworks and GovernanceSection II: The Bottom Up Impact of Land on Diverging Family Lifeworlds and Gender Relations4. Families, Networks and Status5. Transformations on the GroundSection III: Law and Space: Negotiating Legal Plurality in Botswana6. Negotiating Conflict: The Handling of Disputes in the Land Tribunal7. Constructing Legality in the High Court and Court of AppealFinal ReflectionsAppendixBibliographyIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press Ethnicity Commodity InCorporation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a vibrant follow-up on the Comaroffs' Ethnicity, Inc. (2009), further unfolding the full riches of the idea of a growing 'incorporation' of ethnicity. It highlights that in the meantime ethnicity's commoditization and the branding of belonging have developed to new heights, but with startlingly variable results. Through a comparison of different trajectories—from the counter-productive celebration of dot-painting by Australian Aborigines, to Samburu beach-boys in Kenya violently defending their status as sexual icons, to ethnicity-as-(apparent)-abundance among Peruvian peasants—this collection manages to chart the uncertainties of identity and the increasingly enigmatic role of culture in a neoliberal world."—Peter Geschiere, author of The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europ"Just over a decade after the publication of Ethnicity, Inc., the heady cocktail of commoditization, culture, and corporation originally modelled there has only further entangled itself in global social processes. This stunning new collection traces myriad extensions and analogs of ethnocommodities within contemporary late capitalism, while courageously exploring the limits of the model in places where the economic logic of ethnic distinction is muddled by pan-regional identities, nation-branding, and economies of violence. As these authors deftly demonstrate, even as the Durkheimian enchantment of the collective can conjure quantifiable brand value, the capacity of the brand itself to enchant is increasingly the dominant mode with which to produce—and consume—collectivity."—Sasha Newell, author of The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenshio in Côte d'IvoireTable of ContentsEditorial NoteIntroduction: Ethnicity, Inc., Revisited / George Paul Meiu, Jean Comaroff, and John L. Comaroff1. On Branding, Belonging, and the Violence of a Phallic Imaginary: The Maasai Warrior in Kenya Tourism. / George Paul Meiu2. The Scarce and the Sacred: Managing Afterlives and Branding the Derivative in Post-Soviet Buddhism (Inc). / Tatiana Chudakova3. Ethnicity as Potential: Abundance, Competition, and the Limits of Development in Andean Peru's Colca Valley. / Eric Hirsch4. Warriors Incorporated: The Militarization of Fijian Identity in the Era of Neoliberal Warfare. / Simon May5. Story, Brand, or Share? Bafokeng, Inc. and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. / Susan E. Cook6. The Hunter Hype: Producing 'Local Culture' as Particularity in Mali. / Dorothea E. Schulz7. The Affective Potentialities and Politics of Ethnicity, Inc. in Restructuring Nepal: Social Science, Sovereignty, and Signification. / Sara Shneiderman8. Cultural Commodification in Global Contexts: Australian Indigeneity, Inequality, and Militarization in the Twenty-first Century. / Eve Darian-SmithList of ContributorsIndex
£56.10
Indiana University Press Ethnicity Commodity InCorporation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a vibrant follow-up on the Comaroffs' Ethnicity, Inc. (2009), further unfolding the full riches of the idea of a growing 'incorporation' of ethnicity. It highlights that in the meantime ethnicity's commoditization and the branding of belonging have developed to new heights, but with startlingly variable results. Through a comparison of different trajectories—from the counter-productive celebration of dot-painting by Australian Aborigines, to Samburu beach-boys in Kenya violently defending their status as sexual icons, to ethnicity-as-(apparent)-abundance among Peruvian peasants—this collection manages to chart the uncertainties of identity and the increasingly enigmatic role of culture in a neoliberal world."—Peter Geschiere, author of The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europ"Just over a decade after the publication of Ethnicity, Inc., the heady cocktail of commoditization, culture, and corporation originally modelled there has only further entangled itself in global social processes. This stunning new collection traces myriad extensions and analogs of ethnocommodities within contemporary late capitalism, while courageously exploring the limits of the model in places where the economic logic of ethnic distinction is muddled by pan-regional identities, nation-branding, and economies of violence. As these authors deftly demonstrate, even as the Durkheimian enchantment of the collective can conjure quantifiable brand value, the capacity of the brand itself to enchant is increasingly the dominant mode with which to produce—and consume—collectivity."—Sasha Newell, author of The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenshio in Côte d'IvoireTable of ContentsEditorial NoteIntroduction: Ethnicity, Inc., Revisited / George Paul Meiu, Jean Comaroff, and John L. Comaroff1. On Branding, Belonging, and the Violence of a Phallic Imaginary: The Maasai Warrior in Kenya Tourism. / George Paul Meiu2. The Scarce and the Sacred: Managing Afterlives and Branding the Derivative in Post-Soviet Buddhism (Inc). / Tatiana Chudakova3. Ethnicity as Potential: Abundance, Competition, and the Limits of Development in Andean Peru's Colca Valley. / Eric Hirsch4. Warriors Incorporated: The Militarization of Fijian Identity in the Era of Neoliberal Warfare. / Simon May5. Story, Brand, or Share? Bafokeng, Inc. and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. / Susan E. Cook6. The Hunter Hype: Producing 'Local Culture' as Particularity in Mali. / Dorothea E. Schulz7. The Affective Potentialities and Politics of Ethnicity, Inc. in Restructuring Nepal: Social Science, Sovereignty, and Signification. / Sara Shneiderman8. Cultural Commodification in Global Contexts: Australian Indigeneity, Inequality, and Militarization in the Twenty-first Century. / Eve Darian-SmithList of ContributorsIndex
£26.99
Indiana University Press The Digital Frontier
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finally here is a truly global perspective on digital media technologies. Sangeet Kumar's The Digital Frontier offers a much needed comprehensive analysis of technological infrastructures that undergird the cultural architecture of the Web while making sense of the geopolitical contests played out over these technologies. Kumar's work is original and inspiring: an eye-opener for students and scholars of the internet."—José van Dijck, professor of media and digital society and author of The Culture of Connectivity and The Platform Society, Utrecht University"Sangeet Kumar takes us beyond the lazily Americanist vision of most internet studies. With a deep imagination for fresh critiques and savvy eye for compelling case studies, he reveals the vexed entanglements of freedom and control on the web from the geopolitical vantage point of the global south."—John Durham Peters, author of The Marvelous Clouds and Promiscuous Knowledge, Professor of English, Film and Media Studies at Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Infrastructures of Control2. Frontier3. Knowledge4. Selfhood5. SovereigntyConclusionBibliographyIndex
£49.30
Indiana University Press The Digital Frontier
Book SynopsisThe global web and its digital ecosystem can be seen as tools of emancipation, communication, and spreading knowledge or as means of control, fueled by capitalism, surveillance, and geopolitics. The Digital Frontier interrogates the world wide web and the digital ecosystem it has spawned to reveal how their conventions, protocols, standards, and algorithmic regulations represent a novel form of global power. Sangeet Kumar shows the operation of this power through the web's infrastructures of control visible at sites where the universalizing imperatives of the web run up against local values, norms, and cultures. These include how the idea of the global common good is used as a ruse by digital oligopolies to expand their private enclosures, how seemingly collaborative spaces can simultaneously be exclusionary as they regulate legitimate knowledge, how selfhood is being redefined online along Eurocentric ideals, and how the web's political challenge is felt differentially by sovereign Trade Review"Finally here is a truly global perspective on digital media technologies. Sangeet Kumar's The Digital Frontier offers a much needed comprehensive analysis of technological infrastructures that undergird the cultural architecture of the Web while making sense of the geopolitical contests played out over these technologies. Kumar's work is original and inspiring: an eye-opener for students and scholars of the internet."—José van Dijck, professor of media and digital society and author of The Culture of Connectivity and The Platform Society, Utrecht University"Sangeet Kumar takes us beyond the lazily Americanist vision of most internet studies. With a deep imagination for fresh critiques and savvy eye for compelling case studies, he reveals the vexed entanglements of freedom and control on the web from the geopolitical vantage point of the global south."—John Durham Peters, author of The Marvelous Clouds and Promiscuous Knowledge, Professor of English, Film and Media Studies at Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Infrastructures of Control2. Frontier3. Knowledge4. Selfhood5. SovereigntyConclusionBibliographyIndex
£21.59
Pennsylvania State University Press Harnessing Globalization The Promotion of
Book SynopsisAn analysis of recent government efforts to promote nontraditional foreign direct investment (FDI) in Costa Rica; the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and Chile. For comparative purposes, the book also examines the highly successful cases of Ireland and Singapore.Trade Review“Roy Nelson’s research has shed light on an immensely important subject and offered a new understanding of the way that investment promotion agencies (IPAs) can make a difference in the decisions of corporations with global reach. Nelson uses the comparative method intelligently through the careful design of qualitative comparisons that span multiple cases within Latin America, traverse the national-subnational divide, and include cross-regional comparisons of archetypal cases for good measure. The research, based on extensive interviews with IPA officials and politicians, official documents, and secondary sources, is extremely well crafted, with rich detail and nuanced analysis. This enables Nelson to take the reader into the thinking of public officials in a way that only the most finely done fieldwork can make possible.”—Alfred P. Montero,Carleton College“Latin American countries are in the throes of redefining their policies toward foreign direct investment in order to harness the forces of globalization to the structural transformation of their own economies. Professor Nelson’s book is a ‘must-read’ for policy makers and academics interested in this process and in the practical lessons that can be derived from the experiences of Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Ireland, and Singapore.”—Manuel R. Agosin,Chairman, Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile“This book is a fascinating account of the comparative strategies of Brazil, Costa Rica, and Chile to attract foreign direct investment. In particular, it concentrates on those foreign investors who can bring in high technology, new services, and research and development. Modern development theories now accept the fact that quality foreign investments can both contribute to the economic growth rate of a country and become a key pillar for long-term development in less developed countries. Harnessing Globalization focuses on providing solid evidence for the Asiatic and European models. These comparative policies should be considered by countries that are still thought of as newcomers in this grand strategic game.”—Eduardo Aninat,Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Austral; former Finance Minister of Chile (1994–99); former Deputy Managing Director of the IMF (1999–2003)“While the focus of the book is Latin America, Nelson also provides cases from Ireland and Singapore, adding breadth to the applicability of the conclusions. This volume will be of value to students and practitioners of international business, public policy, and development economics.”—S. Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres Choice
£26.96
MV - University of Washington Press Technological Competition and Interdependence
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£62.03
University of Washington Press Fair Trade from the Ground Up
Book SynopsisDocuments achievements at both the producer and the consumer ends of commodity chains and assesses prospects for future growthTrade Review". . . an intriguing and informational read for anyone who is involved or interested in the fair trade movement." * Contemporary Sociology *"This volume provides a rich, detailed framework for examining and discussing fair trade and the sustainability it encourages across the developed and developing worlds. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Fair Trade from the Ground Up 2. Fair Trade Coffee in Guatemala 3. How Do Producers Spend the Social Premium? 4. Selling and Buying Fair Trade 5. Fair Trade Activisim in the United States 6. A Fair Trade University 7. Growing Fair Trade Notes References Contributors Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press Contagion
Book SynopsisUtilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itselfTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The Hydra of Contagion Bruce Magnusson and Zahi Zalloua 1 Rethinking the War on Terror New Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Management in the Post-9/11 World Paul B. Stares and Mona Yacoubian 2 Epidemic Intelligence Toward a Genealogy of Global Health Security Andrew Lakoff 3 The Aesthetic Emergency of the Avian Flu Affect Geoffrey Whitehall 4 Bio Terror Hybridity in the Biohorror Narrative, or What We Can Learn from Our Monsters Priscilla Wald 5 Contagion, Contamination, and Don DeLillo’s Post–Cold War World-System Steps toward a Haptical Theory of Culture Christian Moraru 6 Contagion of Intellectual Traditions in Post-9/11 Novels Alberto S. Galindo Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£31.38
MV - University of Washington Press Power Interrupted
Trade Review"In the ardently thought-provoking and often stirring Power Interrupted, Falcón, a sociologist and assistant professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, sets out to reveal how feminist activists of color ‘advocate for a more comprehensive approach to understanding racism at the UN level’ by offering a candid and, at times, caustic critique of Western feminism as practiced within the UN." * National Political Science Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction | The Challenging Road to the Durban Conference 1. Race, Gender, and Geopolitics in the Establishment of the UN 2. UN Citizenship and Constellations of Human Rights 3. A Genealogy of World Conferences against Racism and the Progression of Intersectionality 4. Making the Intersectional Connections 5. Intersectionality as the New Universalism Appendix | Copy of the E-mail and Non-Paper Sent by the US Government to US NGOs during the Preparatory Period of the 2001 WCAR Notes Bibliography Index
£110.48
University of Washington Press Power Interrupted
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In the ardently thought-provoking and often stirring Power Interrupted, Falcón, a sociologist and assistant professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, sets out to reveal how feminist activists of color ‘advocate for a more comprehensive approach to understanding racism at the UN level’ by offering a candid and, at times, caustic critique of Western feminism as practiced within the UN." * National Political Science Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction | The Challenging Road to the Durban Conference 1. Race, Gender, and Geopolitics in the Establishment of the UN 2. UN Citizenship and Constellations of Human Rights 3. A Genealogy of World Conferences against Racism and the Progression of Intersectionality 4. Making the Intersectional Connections 5. Intersectionality as the New Universalism Appendix | Copy of the E-mail and Non-Paper Sent by the US Government to US NGOs during the Preparatory Period of the 2001 WCAR Notes Bibliography Index
£29.66
Yale University Press Bound Together How Traders Preachers Adventurers
Book SynopsisSince humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world.Trade Review"By unbundling the attributes of modern globalization and linking them to an almost endless chain of historical precedents, Mr. Chanda demystifies a phenomenon invested by its enemies with nearly satanic properties."—William Grimes, New York Times"A lively book that is packed with incident, anecdote and derring-do. . . . Mr. Chanda makes a solid and attractive case for globalisation and its potential as a force for good. But he also has a great deal of sympathy for globalisation's losers."—Economist"While most of us consider globalization to be a purely contemporary phenomenon—conjuring up images of multinational coffee chains and multilingual call centers—to Chanda it is as old as humanity itself, and as complex and unpredictable. . . . His encyclopedic survey of the forces and events that have connected individuals, societies and cultures is nimbly paced and punctuated by lively anecdotes. . . ."—Ishaan Thardoor, Time"[An] engaging analysis. . . . This is a book filled with fascinating information. And Chanda makes the most of his training as both a journalist and a scholar, bringing to his tale a reporter's eye and sense of pacing as well as an impressive breadth of knowledge."—Jeffrey N. Wasserstein, Newsweek"With the perspective of a historian and the savvy of a political scientist, Chanda skillfully argues that globalization was, is and will always be inevitable. . . . Like a good mystery, Chanda's chronology is rich with surprises and moments of revelation."—Publishers Weekly"What stands out in Bound Together is its astonishing historical reach - which provides the basis for Chanda's examination of globalization."—Sam Mendelson, Financial World"To find a book that is prepared to venture into the lion's den, and actually say something new and interesting about a subject that has been done to death and contaminated by polemics is a rariety. To find a book that can say this with calm fluency and gentle argument is a pleasure . . . Bound Together does all this, and it does it in a literary style that is largely free of both economic theory and jargon."—Julius Sen, World Business"Well told, full of interesting details. . . . It should be prescribed reading for all those who think they are still living in a world of nation-states or who even want to migrate there in their minds."—Hans-Heinrich Nolte, Global HistoryReceived Honorable Mention for the 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in the History category"Nayan Chanda has written an invaluable, and in my view unique, history of globalization—how the concept emerged, evolved, was defused, and has now come to define today's international system. I learned a ton from this book, and I've already written two books on the subject. Students will find its analyses and anecdotes easily accessible and experts will find its arguments original and provocative. It is a real contribution to the literature—a must-read for anyone interested in understanding or teaching this subject."—Thomas L. Friedman, author of The World Is Flat"Bound Together is a graceful recounting of modern globalization with a panoramic perspective. Studded with meaningful and entertaining anecdotes, it is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got where we are today."—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics"A magnificent and masterly achievement. Nayan Chanda has taken a buzzword of our era, globalization, and defined it in the full, rich, complex context of a phenomenon that has shaped humanity over the millennia. He conveys his prodigious knowledge with clarity, wit, and narrative verve, weaving themes from the history of science, politics, commerce, and religion into a coherent, compelling story."—Strobe Talbott, president, The Brookings Institution"Bound Together is a wonderful book that provides us with a rich and holistic perspective on globalization. The book is a must for every student of globalization."—R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd."Bound Together is destined to be a classic book for the 21st Century. Author Nayan Chanda has combined deep and far-ranging scholarship with a journalist’s touch for story telling to craft an enthralling narrative of humankind from our birth in Africa to our addiction to the Internet. Chanda is a true global citizen. His book should be read in every home, school, business and embassy in the world, and become a vital part of our common intellectual heritage."—Ambassador Derek Shearer, Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and Director of Global Affairs, Occidental College, Los Angeles
£22.50
Yale University Press Flourishing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Volf brilliantly weaves several strands of argument into an ambitious brief for the positive functions of religion in today’s global village, where the negative consequences of religion are too often written in the blood of innocents."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A stimulating work on a topic of major importance."—Paul Richardson, Church of England Newspaper"Volf convincingly tackles one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century: how we can have a peaceful religious pluralism together with healthy globalisation. He not only gives the facts and analyses the situation perceptively, he also has the depth of understanding of a range of religions to produce a practical way forward that is both realistic and attractive."—David F. Ford, University of Cambridge"Miroslav Volf's prophetic voice brings a new perspective to the question of what it means to live the good life in a world shaped by globalization."—John J. DeGioia, Georgetown University"In Flourishing, Miroslav Volf offers us an enthralling analysis of the mutual interplay between globalization and the world’s great religions, along with an inspiring vision of how great faiths can be enlarged rather than threatened by diversity. An outstanding and timely work by one of the great theologians of our time."—Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks"The contemporary globalized world offers a bewildering scene: horrifying acts of religious hatred and cruelty exist alongside zones where people of different religions live in unprecedented mutual respect, even friendly exchange. Digging deep into the sources of his own, Christian faith, Volf offers an insightful and penetrating answer to both these questions."—Charles Taylor, McGill University
£14.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc A Year Without Made in China
Book SynopsisA Year Without Made in China provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with engaging stories and anecdotes of her family''s attempt to outrun China''s reachby boycotting Chinese made productsand does a remarkable job of taking a decidedly big-picture issue and breaking it down to a personal level.Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE Farewell, My Concubine 5 CHAPTER TWO Red Shoes 31 CHAPTER THREE Rise and China 47 CHAPTER FOUR Manufacturing Dissent 63 CHAPTER FIVE A Modest Proposal 79 CHAPTER SIX Mothers of Invention 95 CHAPTER SEVEN Summer of Discontent 111 CHAPTER EIGHT Red Tide 127 CHAPTER NINE China Dreams 141 CHAPTER TEN Meltdown 155 CHAPTER ELEVEN The China Season 175 CHAPTER TWELVE Road’s End 191 Epilogue 219 About the Author 229 Index 231
£11.39
John Wiley & Sons Inc International Acc Standards Explained
Book SynopsisWith increased globalization of industry and investment, there has been pressure to harmonise all accounting standards throughout the world. This book contains a set of standards which can be used to bring about uniformity in financial reporting, on a global basis.Table of ContentsPreface. An Important Note About IASC Standards. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IASC. INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. Fundamentals of International Accounting Standards. Financial Statement Presentation. Accounting for Assets. Accounting for Liabilities. Accounting for Revenue and Expenses. Financial Instruments. Corporate Groups. Glossary. Index.
£71.25
LUP - University of Michigan Press Technical Territories
Book SynopsisFrom subsea cables to server halls, data infrastructures underpin new forms of governance, shaping subjects and their lives. This book moves from protestors in Hong Kong to sand miners in Singapore and asylum-seekers in Christmas Island, exploring how these territories are political and visceral, altering the experience of their inhabitants.Trade ReviewTechnical Territories makes a strong case that we cannot ignore how developments in the data infrastructure arena are shaping geopolitics and international relations. This is an important contribution—one that focuses attention on the influence of material developments for how we think about and understand the changing political geography of the planet." - Alexander B. Murphy, University of OregonTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I: Technical Territory 1. Introduction 2. Assembling Technical Territory Part II: How to Do Things with Territory 3. Countering the Protestor in Hong Kong 4. Filtering the Migrant on Christmas Island 5. Constructing the Nation in Singapore Part III: The Future of Territory 6. From the Cloud to the Edge 7. Unmaking and Remaking Territory References
£23.70
University of Michigan Press Interlingual Relations
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£44.96
The University of Michigan Press Markets and Cultural Voices
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Early Years and the Quest for Markets; 3. American Discovery; 4. The Lives Today; 5. How the Outside World Shapes Politics: Public Choice and Local Government; 6. Concluding and Summary Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
£26.55
The University of Michigan Press Monetary Divergence
Book SynopsisAnalyzes fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy, demonstrating why the convergence thesis is overstated and misleading, and explaining how the evidence actually contradicts it. This book explains partisan economic differences in the capitalist global economy, and offers an explanation for the observed gap between governments' exchange rates.Trade ReviewIn a meticulously researched study, David Bearce demonstrates that, contrary to predictions, financial globalization has not resulted in a systematic convergence of national monetary policies. The book is a must-read for students of the political economy of international finance. Highlighting the critical role of partisan politics in determining policy outcomes, Bearce adds a new and important dimension to our understanding of the impacts of international capital mobility in the contemporary era. - Benjamin Jerry Cohen, Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
£23.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press Technical Territories
Book SynopsisFrom subsea cables to server halls, data infrastructures underpin new forms of governance, shaping subjects and their lives. This book moves from protestors in Hong Kong to sand miners in Singapore and asylum-seekers in Christmas Island, exploring how these territories are political and visceral, altering the experience of their inhabitants.Trade ReviewTechnical Territories makes a strong case that we cannot ignore how developments in the data infrastructure arena are shaping geopolitics and international relations. This is an important contribution—one that focuses attention on the influence of material developments for how we think about and understand the changing political geography of the planet." - Alexander B. Murphy, University of OregonTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I: Technical Territory 1. Introduction 2. Assembling Technical Territory Part II: How to Do Things with Territory 3. Countering the Protestor in Hong Kong 4. Filtering the Migrant on Christmas Island 5. Constructing the Nation in Singapore Part III: The Future of Territory 6. From the Cloud to the Edge 7. Unmaking and Remaking Territory References
£60.95
The University of Michigan Press Interlingual Relations
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£111.10
University of California Press Globalization and Human Rights
Book SynopsisIs globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability? This work addresses new questions about globalization and human rights. It also includes chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology.Trade Review"A useful examination of an important subject. This work adds important insights into human rights and globalization, a subject that is sure to remain at the center of debate for a considerable time."-David P. Forsythe, coauthor of The United Nations and Changing World PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Transnational Threats and Opportunities Alison Brysk I. Citizenship 1. Who Has a Right to Rights? Citizenship's Exclusions in an Age of Migration Kristen Hill Maher 2. Tourism, Sex Work, and Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic Amalia Lucia Cabezas II. Commodification 3. Interpreting the Interaction of Global Markets and Human Rights Richard Falk 4. Economic Globalization and Rights: An Empirical Analysis Wesley T. Milner 5. Sweatshops and International Labor Standards: Globalizing Markets, Localizing Norms Raul Pangalangan III. Communication 6. The Ironies of Information Technology Shane Weyker 7. Globalization and the Social Construction of Human Rights Campaigns Clifford Bob 8. The Drama of Human Rights in a Turbulent, Globalized World James Rosenau IV. Cooperation 9. Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank Inspection Panel Jonathan Fox 10. Humanitarian Intervention: Global Enforcement of Human Rights? Wayne Sandholtz 11. Human Rights, Globalizing Flows, and State Power Jack Donnelly Conclusion: From Rights to Realities Alison Brysk Works Cited Contributors Index
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University of California Press Domesticating the World
Book SynopsisExploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, this book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been dictated by outsiders.Trade Review"Domesticating the World comes at an important moment in the development of globalization studies." -- Jessica Lynn Achberger World History Bltn "This is truly a remarkable and important book. It is extremely well written, includes some wonderful pictures and illustrations, and is very accessible and engaging for scholars and students." -- Dorothy L. Hodgson American Historical Review "The breadth and methodological approach, along with the singularity of its content, make this book a highly necessary addition to the ever-growing body of scholarship on globalization." Journal Of World HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Histories and Globality 1. Similitude and Global Relationships: Self-Representation in Mutsamudu 2. The Social Logics of Need: Consumer Desire in Mombasa 3. The Global Repercussions of Consumerism: East African Consumers and Industrialization 4. Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Domestication: Consumer Imports in Zanzibar 5. Symbolic Subjection and Social Rebirth: Objectification in Urban Zanzibar 6. Picturesque Contradictions: New Taxonomies of East Africa Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Boundless Faith
Book SynopsisLooking at American Christianity in relation to globalization, this book shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in US policies and programs abroad. It refutes that US churches have turned away from the global church and overseas missions.Trade Review"A clear and systemic discussion of a topic that has too often been dominated by polemics." -- Timothy Renick Christian Century "Compelling... a vivid portrait of the interaction between American Christianity and the rest of the world and the future of this relationship." Foreword "Wuthnow's latest sociological masterpiece." -- Richard Fox Young Theology Today "An erudite and readable account." Publishers Weekly "Offers an abundance of interesting and highly relevant material... Like [Wuthnow's] earlier works, Boundless Faith can be recommended without hesitation." Journal American Academy Of Religion/ Jaar "Eminent" Books & Culture: A Christian Rvw "Wuthnow's thoughtful and sometimes surprising treatment of available data-statistics about membership, mission, and growth in Christian communities-makes it clear why this kind of scholarship matters." -- Marilyn McEntyre Sojourners: Faith, Pol & Culture "[Wuthnow] brings something different to the field of study." -- Todd Johnson Church History Stds In Christiany And CultureTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. At Home and Abroad The Changing Contours of American Religion 2. The Global Christianity Paradigm From Cultural Connection to Demographic Distance 3. Four Faces of Globalization Debating Heterogeneity and Inequality 4. The Evolution of Transnational Ties Changing Patterns of Social Organization 5. The Global Role of Congregations Bridging Borders through Direct Engagement 6. Faith and Foreign Policy Does Religious Advocacy Matter? 7. The Challenges Ahead Good for America, Good for the World? Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Thinking Globally
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPREFACE: A Friendly Introduction to Global Studies A. INTRODUCTION 1. THINKING GLOBALLY What is globalization and how do we make sense of it? Manfred Steger, "Globalization: A Contested Concept," from Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Thomas Friedman, "The World is Ten Years Old," from The Lexus and the Olive Tree Paul James, "Approaches to Globalization," Encyclopedia of Global Studies Steven Weber, "How Globalization Went Bad," from Foreign Policy 2. GLOBALIZATION OVER TIME Globalization has a history--the current global era is prefaced by periods of economic interaction, social expansion, and intense cultural encounters. William McNeill, "Globalization: Long-Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs?" in New Global Studies Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, "Imperial Trajectories," in Empires in World History Immanuel Wallerstein, "On the Study of Social Change," in The Modern World System Dominic Sachsenmeier, "Movements and Patterns: Environments of Global History" in Global Perspectives on Global History B. THE MARCH OF GLOBALIZATION--BY REGIONS 3. AFRICA: THE RISE OF ETHNIC POLITICS IN A GLOBAL WORLD The impact of the slave trade and colonialization on Africa, influence of African culture on the Americas, and African aspects of the global rise of ethnic politics. Nayan Chanda, "The African Beginning," in Bound Together Dilip Hiro, "Slavery," in Encyclopedia of Global Studies Jeffrey Haynes, "Africa Diaspora Religions," from Encyclopedia of Global Studies Jacob Olupona, from "Thinking Globally About African Religion," in The Oxford Handbook of Global Religion Okwudiba Nnoli, "The Cycle of 'State-Ethnicity-State' in African Politics," from MOST Ethno-Net Africa 4. THE MIDDLE EAST: RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND ANTI-GLOBALIZATION The rise of global religious cultures from the Middle East, and current religious politics as part of a global challenge to secularism. Mohammed Bamyeh, "The Ideology of the Horizons" in The Social Origins of Islam Said Arjomand, "Thinking Globally About Islam," in Oxford Handbook of Global Religion Jonathan Fox, "Are Middle East Conflicts More Religious?" in Middle East Quarterly Barah Mikail, "Religion and Politics in Arab Transitions," FRIDE policy brief 5. SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: THE FLOW OF TRADE AND CULTURE The spread of Asian cultures from India and Central Asia via trade routes; the role of South Asia in global trade and information technology. Richard Foltz, "The Silk Road and Its Travelers" in Religions of the Silk Road Morris Rossabi, "The Early Mongols," in Khublai Khan: His Life and Times Vasudha Narayanan, "Hinduism" in The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, "Revolt, the Modern State, and Colonized Subjects 1848-1885" in A Concise History of India Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi, "Outposts of the Global Information Economy" in In an Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Technology Industry 6. EAST ASIA: GLOBAL ECONOMIC EMPIRES The role of East Asia in global economic history, and the rise of new economies in China, Japan, and South Korea based on global trade. Kenneth Pomeranz, "Exotic Goods and the Velocity of Fashion," in The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy Andre Gunder Frank, "The 21st Century Will Be Asian" from The Nikkei Weekly Steven Radelet, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jong-Wha Lee, "Economic Growth in Asia" in Emerging Asia Ho-fung Hung, "Is the Rise of China Sustainable?" China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism 7. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: THE EDGES OF GLOBALIZATION The emergence of Southeast Asia from colonial control; the rise of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands on the edges of globalization. Georges Coedes, "Conclusion," in The Indianized States of Southeast Asia Benedict Anderson, "The Last Wave," in Imagined Communities Sucheng Chan, "Vietnam, 1945-2001: The Global Dimensions of Decolonization, War, Revolution, and Refugee Outflows." Celeste Lipow MacLeod, "Asian Connections," in Multiethnic Australia: Its History and Future Joel Robbins, "Pacific Islands Religious Communities, in Oxford Handbook of Global Religion 8. EUROPE AND RUSSIA: NATIONALISM AND TRANSNATIONALISM The role of Europe in creating the concept of the nation, transnational politics in the Soviet Union, and the rise of the European Union. Peter Stearns, "The 1850s as Turning Point: The Birth of Globalization?" in Globalization in World History Eric Hobsbawm, "The Nation as Novelty," from Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Seyla Benhabib, "Citizens, Residents, and Aliens in a Changing World" from The Postnational Self Odd Arne Wested, "The Empire of Justice: Soviet Ideology and Foreign Interventions" in The Global Cold War Jurgen Habermas, "Citizenship and National Identity: Some Reflections on the Future of Europe" in Praxis International 9: THE AMERICAS: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES The European conquest of the Americas, the rise of new societies, and varying patterns of economic development within a global context. Charles C. Mann, "Prologue," 1493: Discovering the New World Columbus Created Tzvetan Todorov, "Conquest: The Reasons for the Victory," in The Conquest of America Francis Fukuyama, "Introduction" in Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States Denis Lynn Daly Heyck, "Introduction" in Surviving Globalization in Three Latin American Communities C. TRANSNATIONAL GLOBAL ISSUES 10. GLOBAL FORCES IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER Paradigms for thinking about the new world order (or disorder) in the post-Cold War global era. Benjamin Barber, "Introduction" from Jihad vs. McWorld Samuel Huntington, "The New Era in World Politics-A Multipolar, Multicivilizational World," from The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, "Preface" to Empire Saskia Sassen, "Cities," Encyclopedia of Global Studies 11. THE EROSION OF THE NATION-STATE The fading strength of the nation-state and the rise of alternative conceptions of world order. Kenichi Ohmae, "The Cartographic Illusion" from The End of the Nation-State Susan Strange, "The Westfailure System" from Review of International Studies Zygmunt Bauman, "After the Nation-State, What?" in Globalization: The Human Consequences. William Robinson, "The Transnational State" from A Theory of Global Capitalism 12. RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER The religious challenge to the secular state in new conceptions of political order. Monica Duffy Toft, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah, "The Twenty-First Century as God's Century," in God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics Mark Juergensmeyer, "Religion in the New Global Order" Olivier Roy, "Al Qaeda and the New Terrorists" from Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah Richard Falk, "Gaining Perspectives on the Present," from Religion and Humane Global Governance 13. TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMY AND GLOBAL LABOR Economic globalization-- its relation to national economies, the growth of transnational corporations, and the changing role of labor. Richard P. Appelbaum, "Outsourcing," in The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Nelson Lichtenstein, "The Wal-Mart Template for Global Capitalism" in New Labor Forum Robert B. Reich, "Who is Us?" Jagdish Bhagwati, from "Two Critiques of Globalization," in In Defense of Globalization Joseph Stiglitz, from "The Way Ahead" in Globalization and its Discontents 14. GLOBAL FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INEQUALITY Changes in the concept of money and international financial markets. Benjamin J. Cohen, "Money in International Affairs" from The Geography of Money Stephen J. Kobrin, "Electronic Cash and the End of National Markets" from USIA Electronic Journal Glenn Firebaugh, "Massive Global Income Inequality," in The New Geography of Global Income Inequality Dani Rodrik, "Globalization for Whom?" Harvard Magazine 15. DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN Competing views of development and the role of women in the global economy. Alvin Y. So, "Conclusion" from Social Change and Development Mayra Buvinic, "Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass" from Foreign Policy pop Kum Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya Kuriyan, Debashish Munshi, "From the Edges of Development" from On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions 16. THE HIDDEN GLOBAL ECONOMY OF SEX AND DRUGS Illegal traffic in people and drugs, and the global attempts to control them. David Shirk, "Introduction," The Drug War in Mexico: Confronting a Common Threat Eduardo Porter, "Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War," New York Times Kevin Bales, from "The New Slavery," in Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, "Introduction" Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the Global Economy 17. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CRISES The principal environmental and health problems that transcend national boundaries and global attempts to alleviate them. Catherine Gautier, "Climate Change," Encyclopedia of Global Studies Ron Fujita, "Turning the Tide," in Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving our Seas Hakan Seckinelgin, "HIV/AIDS" in Encyclopedia of Global Studies 18. GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA The role of new media--video, internet, social networking--on global culture and organization. Yudhishthir Raj Isar, "Global Culture and Media," from The Encyclopedia of Global Studies Michael Curtin, "Media Capital in Chinese Film and Television" in Playing to the World's Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV Natana DeLong-Bas, "The New Social Media and the Arab Spring," Oxford Islamic Studies Online Pippa Norris, "The Worldwide Digital Divide," Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 19. THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Transnational networks supporting human rights and legal protection for all. Micheline Ishay, "Globalization and Its Impact," The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era Alison Brysk, "Transnational Threats and Opportunities," in Globalization and Human Rights Eve Darian-Smith , "Human Rights as an Ethic of Progress," in Laws and Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches David Held, "Changing Forms of Global Order," Cosmopolitanism 20. THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY The emerging sense of global citizenship, and nongovernmental organizations and movements comprising a new "global civil society"--is this the global future? Mary Kaldor, "Social Movements, NGOs and Networks" from Global Civil Society Jan Nederveen Pieterse, "Shaping Globalization" in Global Futures Giles Gunn, "Being Other-Wise" from Ideas to Die for: Cosmopolitanism in a Global Era Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Making Conversation" from Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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University of California Press Global Middle East Into the TwentyFirst Century 3
Book SynopsisLocalities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both global-in and global-out. It delves into the region's scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion, music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas. The text explores social and political movements from human rights, Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using the insights of global studies, students will glean new perspectives about the region.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part One: Introduction 1 • Global Middle East Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera Part Two: Nations without Borders 2 • God Ebrahim Moosa 3 • Algebra, Alchemy, Astronomy Robert Morrison 4 • Rumi, the Bridge Builder Fatemeh Keshavarz 5 • On Nations without Borders Hamid Dabashi Part Three: Home and the World 6 • Reflections on Exile Edward Said 7 • Mo Salah, a Moral Somebody? Amro Ali 8 • Gamal Abdel Nasser Khaled Fahmy Part Four: Food, Film, Fashion, Music 9 • Circuits of Food and Cuisine Sami Zubaida 10 • Pictures in Motion Kamran Rastegar 11 • Musical Journeys Michael Frishkopf 12 • The Kufiya Ted Swedenburg Part Five: Geopolitics of Goods 13 • Water of Vulnerability Jeannie Sowers 14 • Cycle of Oil and Arms Timothy Mitchell 15 • Cotton, Made in Egypt Ahmad Shokr 16 • Ports of the Persian Gulf Laleh Khalili Part Six: Human Flows 17 • Touring Exotic Lands Waleed Hazbun 18 • Outsiders of the Oil States Ahmed Kanna 19 • The Levant in Latin America John Tofik Karam Part Seven: Politics and Movements 20 • Global Tahrir Asef Bayat 21 • Islamizing Radicalism Olivier Roy 22 • Global Movement for Palestine Ilana Feldman 23 • Human Rights, Indigenous and Imperial Lori Allen 24 • Cosmopolitan Middle East? An Interview with Seyla Benhabib Linda Herrera Contributors Index
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University of California Press Global East Asia
Book SynopsisHome to a rapidly rising superpower and the two largest economies in the world after the US, a global East Asia is seen and felt everywhere. This dynamic text views the global square from the perspective of the worldâs most important rising global center. East Asiaâs global impact is built on a dizzying combination: a strong and deep civilizational self-consciousness fused with hypermodernity, wealth, influence, and power, which have made the region a beacon for the world and an alternative to the West. Short, accessible essays by prominent experts on the region cover the core of East AsianâJapan, China, and Koreaâas well as Mongolia and Taiwan. Topics include contemporary culture, artistic production, food, science, economic development, digital issues, education and research, and international collaboration. Students will glean new perspectives about the region using the insights of global studies. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Many Faces of Global East Asia Frank N. Pieke and Koichi Iwabuchi Part One • Global East Asia: Past and Present Frank N. Pieke 1 • Reluctant Keystone: The Nexus of War, Memory, and Geopolitics in Okinawa Jeff Kingston 2 • From Jazz Men to Jasmine: Transnational Nightlife Cultures in Shanghai from the 1920s to the 2010s Andrew Field and James Farrer 3 • Maoism as a Global Force Julia Lovell 4 • Japanese Development Aid and Global Power Hiroshi Kan Sato and Akiko Hiratsuka-Sasaki 5 • Conflict and Cooperation in Global East Asia Lindsay Black Part Two • East Asian Global Cultures Koichi Iwabuchi and Frank N. Pieke 6 • Hybridity and Authenticity in Global East Asian Foodways Sidney Cheung 7 • Trans-Pacific Flows and US Audiences of Korean Popular Culture Jung-Sun Park 8 • Ai Weiwei and the Global Art of Politics William A. Callahan Part Three • Education, Science, and Technology Frank N. Pieke 9 • China, Japan, and the Rise of Global Competition in Higher Education and Research Futao Huang 10 • The Educational Exodus from South Korea Adrienne Lo and Leejin Choi 11 • From "Wild East" to Global Pioneers: Life Science Developments in East Asia Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner 12 • A Concise History of Worlding Chinese Medicine Mei Zhan Part Four • East Asian Mobilities and Diversities Frank N. Pieke 13 • Of Married Daughters and Caged Chickens: The History and Significations of Being "Chinese" in Southeast Asia Kwee Hui Kian 14 • The Korean Diaspora in the United States John Lie 15 • The Japanese Diaspora in the Americas and the Ethnic Return Migration of Japanese Americans Takeyuki Gaku Tsuda 16 • Chinese Labor Migrants in Asia and Africa Miriam Driessen and Biao Xiang 17 • Uncertain Choices of Chinese-Foreign Children's Citizenship in the People’s Republic of China Elena Barabantseva, Caroline Grillot, and Michaela Pelican 18 • From Hmong Versus Miao to the Making of Transnational Hmong/Miao Solidarity Louisa Schein and Chia Youyee Vang 19 • An East Asian Nation without a State: Xinjiang and China's Non-Chinese Ildikó Bellér-Hann Part Five • The Rise of China and East Asia as the New Center of the World Frank N. Pieke 20 • Global China's Business Frontier: Chinese Enterprises and the Reach of the State Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente 21 • Common Destiny in Cyberspace: China's Cyber Diplomacy Rogier Creemers 22 • Chinese Correspondents around the World Pál Nyíri 23 • Decoupling the US Economy: Preparations for a New Cold War? Richard McGregor and Hervé Lemahieu 24 • State-Led Globalization, or How Hard Is China’s Soft Power? Ingrid d’Hooghe and Frank N. Pieke Afterword • East Asia: Being There and Being Elsewhere Ulf Hannerz List of Contributors Index
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University of California Press Amateurs without Borders The Aspirations and
Book SynopsisAmateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid by launching projects built around personal relationships and the skills of volunteers. This book draws on fieldwork in the United States and Africa, web data, and IRS records to offer the first large-scale systematic study of these groups. Amateurs without Borders investigates the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale.Trade Review"Amateurs Without Borders is an engaging and lively read. It is apt to be particularly useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are exploring development and constitutes an important addition to sociology’s collective understanding about the contours of the field." * Social Forces *"Amateurs without Borders offers valuable information and insights." * Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Origin Stories 2 Who, What, Where? The Projects of Grassroots International NGOs 3 Amateurs without Borders: A Role for Everyday Citizens in Development Aid 4 Provide and Transform: Grassroots INGOs' Models of Aid 5 Resources, Relationships, and Accountability 6 Seen It with Their Own Eyes: Grassroots INGOs' Discourse 7 Networks, Frames, Modes of Action: Roles for Religion Conclusion: Possibilities and Perils of Amateur Aid Appendix 1: Note on Methods Appendix 2: Codes Used in Content Analysis Appendix 3: Grassroots International NGOs in Website Sample Notes Bibliography Index
£64.00
University of California Press Amateurs without Borders The Aspirations and
Book SynopsisAmateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid by launching projects built around personal relationships and the skills of volunteers. This book draws on fieldwork in the United States and Africa, web data, and IRS records to offer the first large-scale systematic study of these groups. Amateurs without Borders investigates the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale.Trade Review"Amateurs Without Borders is an engaging and lively read. It is apt to be particularly useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are exploring development and constitutes an important addition to sociology’s collective understanding about the contours of the field." * Social Forces *"Amateurs without Borders offers valuable information and insights." * Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Origin Stories 2 Who, What, Where? The Projects of Grassroots International NGOs 3 Amateurs without Borders: A Role for Everyday Citizens in Development Aid 4 Provide and Transform: Grassroots INGOs' Models of Aid 5 Resources, Relationships, and Accountability 6 Seen It with Their Own Eyes: Grassroots INGOs' Discourse 7 Networks, Frames, Modes of Action: Roles for Religion Conclusion: Possibilities and Perils of Amateur Aid Appendix 1: Note on Methods Appendix 2: Codes Used in Content Analysis Appendix 3: Grassroots International NGOs in Website Sample Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Exit and Voice The Paradox of CrossBorder
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Sometimes leaving home allows you to make an impact on itbut at what cost? Exit and Voice is a compelling account of how Mexican migrants with strong ties to their home communities impact the economic and political welfare of the communities they have left behind. In many decentralized democracies like Mexico, migrants have willingly stepped in to supply public goods when local or state government lack the resources or political will to improve the town. Though migrants' cross-border investments often improve citizens' access to essential public goods and create a more responsive local government, their work allows them to unintentionally exert political engagement and power, undermining the influence of those still living in their hometowns. In looking at the paradox of migrants who have left their home to make an impact on it, Exit and Voice sheds light on how migrant transnational engagement refashions the meaning of community, democratic governance, and practices of citizenship in the era of globalization.Trade Review"[Duquette-Rury] situates Mexico within an international context by arguing that citizenship can become “decoupled” from actual residence in a community—Recommended." * CHOICE * "In the end, Exit and Voice is to be commended for putting substance into the consequences of hometown associations beyond studies that focus more specifically on development. . . . Exit and Voice enhances our understanding of how migrants engage from abroad and the political consequences of that engagement." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Local Democratic Governance and Transnational Migrant Participation 2. Decentralization, Democratization, and the Feedback Effects of Sending State Outreach 3. Micro-Politics of Substitutive and Synergetic Partnerships 4. Effects of Violence and Economic Crisis on Hybrid Transnational Partnerships 5. Synergy and Corporatism in El Mirador and Atitlan, Comarga 6. Systematic Effects of Transnational Partnerships on Local Governance Conclusion: The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics Data Appendix A: Comparative Fieldwork in Mexico Data Appendix B: Transnational Matched Survey Data Instrument Data Appendix C: Principal Component and Cluster Analysis Using Survey Data Data Appendix D: Mexican Panel Data, Mexican Family Life Survey, and Statistical Analyses Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press All under Heaven The Tianxia System for a
Book SynopsisIn this succinct yet ample work, Zhao Tingyang, one of China's most distinguished intellectuals, provides a profoundly original philosophical interpretation of China's story and also develops a Chinese worldview for the future. Over the past few decades, the question Where did China come from?has absorbed the thoughts of many of China's best historians. Zhao, keenly aware of the persistent and pernicious asymmetry in the prevailing way scholars have gone about theorizing China according to Western concepts and categories, has tasked both Chinese and Western scholars to rethink China. Zhao introduces what he terms a distinctively Chinese centripetal whirlpool model of world order to interpret the historical progression of China's tianxia(All under Heaven) identity construction. In this book, Zhao forwards a compelling thesis not only on how we should understand China, but also on how China until recently has understood itself.Table of ContentsForeword to the Chinese Edition Foreword to the English Edition New Foreword by Odd Arne Westad Translator’s Preface Introduction. A Redefinition of Tianxia as a Political Concept: Problems, Conditions, and Methods Part I The Tianxia Conceptual Story 1. Politics Starting with the World 2. The Three-Tiered World of Tianxia 3. Correlating with Tian (peitian 配天) 4. Institutional Layout 5. No Outside (wuwai 无外) 6. Circle of Family and Tianxia 7. Tianming 天命 (Heavenly Invoked Order) 8. Virtuosic Power and Harmony 9. Why Might Good Order Collapse? 10. Tianxia as Method Part II The Encompassing Tianxia of China 11. A Whirlpool Model 12. A Condensed Version of Tianxia 13. Why Go Stag Hunting in the Central Plain? 14. Existing through Change Part III The Future of Tianxia Order 15. A World History Yet to Begin 16. Kantian Questions and Huntington's Problem 17. Two Types of Exteriority: Naturalist and Constructivist 18. Borders and No Outside 19. Materializing Conditions for a New Tianxia 20. New Tianxia: A Vocabulary Appendix. Jizi's Lost Democracy: A Continuing Narration of Tianxia—Toward a Smart Democracy Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Geographies of Global Change
Book SynopsisThis volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions of change at every geographical scale from the global to the local.Trade ReviewReviews of the previous edition: "A wonderfully rich and invigorating mapping of late modern geographies; essential reading for anyone striving to understand the complexity and diversity of the contemporary world at the end of the twentieth century - Geographies of Global Change is clearly written, rigorously argued, and gripping reading. It redefines what we mean by a "textbook" and sets new standards for teachers and students alike." John Pickles, Professor of Geography, University of Kentucky. "This book is a remarkably coherent collection and altogether a significant accomplishment. It is notable for the high standards achieved by the individual contributions and also for the contemporary relevances of the arguments marshalled. Accessible and informative, it should be indispensable reading for every geography major. Teachers will enjoy using it. Editors and authors alike are to congratulated on an impressive achievement." Kevin R Cox, Professor of Geography, The Ohio State University. "There is no better text for helping to grasp the breadth of issues implied by global change, and for getting a sense of what needs to be done." Neil Smith, Professor of Geography, Rutgers University. Second edition- "This is an excellent collection which more than maintains the high standards of the first edition... has been expanded and revised to take into account changes over the last six years, changes that are substantive in character, as well as changes in emphasis in the ongoing and broader debate about globalization. Always clear in its arguments, it takes the fertile theme of globalization in all its variety of expression, to demonstrate the many and nuanced ways in which geography matters. It will appeal particularly to undergraduates but it is a book from which we can all learn something." Kevin Cox, Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. Geography/Globalization. (Peter J. Taylor, Michael J Watts, and R J Johnston). Part I: Geoeconomic Change. 2. A Hyperactive World. (Nigel Thrift). 3. Trading Worlds. (Peter Dicken). 4. From Farming to Agribusiness: Global Agri-food Networks. (Sarah Whatmore). 5. Transnational Corporations and Global Divisions of Labor. (Richard Wright). 6. Global Change in a World of Organized Labor. (Andrew Herod). 7. Trajectories of Development Theory: Capitalism, Socialism and Beyond. (David Slater). Part II: Geopolitical Change. 8. Democracy and Human Rights After the Cold War. (John Agnew). 9. The Renaissance of Nationalism. (Nuala C. Johnson). 10. Global Regulation and Trans-state Organization. (Susan M. Roberts). 11. The Rise of the Workfare State. (Joe Painter). 12. Post-Cold War Geopolitics: Contrasting Superpowers in a World of Global Dangers. (Gerard OTualhail). Part III: Geosocial Change. 13. Population Crisis: From Global to Local. (Elspeth Graham and Paul Boyle). 14. Global Change and Patterns of Death and Disease. (John Eyles). 15. Changing Women's Status in a Global Economy. (Susan Christopherson). 16. Stuck in Place: Children in the Globalization of Social Reproduction. (Cindi Katz). 17. Race and Globalization. (Ruth Wilson Gilmore). Part IV: Geocultural Change. 18. Consumption in the Globalizing World. (Peter Jackson). 19. Understanding Diversity: The Problem of/for “Theory”. (Linda McDowell). 20. Resisting and Reshaping Destructive Development: Social Movements and Globalizing Networks. (Paul Routledge). 21. World Cities and the Organization of Global Space. (Paul L. Knox). 22. The Emerging Geographies of Cyberspace. (Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge). Part V: Geoenvironmental Change. 23.The Earth Transformed: Trends, Trajectories, and Patterns. (William B. Meyer and B. L. Turner II). 24.The Earth as Input: Resources. (Jody Emel, Gavin Bridge, and Rob Krueger). 25.The Earth as Output: Pollution. (David K. C. Jones). 26.Sustainable Development? (W.M Adams). 27.Environmental Governance. (Simon Dalby). Part VI: Conclusion. 28. Remapping the World. What sort of map? What sort of world? (Peter J Taylor, Michael J Watts, and R J Johnston). Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Justice
Book SynopsisContributors from several countries discuss the central moral issues arising in the emerging global order: the responsibilities of the strongest societies, moral priorities for the next decades, and the role of intellectuals in view of the huge gap between widely expressed moral ambitions and prevailing political and economic realities.Table of Contents1.Thomas W. Pogge: Introduction: Global Justice. 2. Thomas W. Pogge: Priorities of Global Justice. 3. Rüdiger Bittner: Morality and World Hunger. 4. Andrew Hurrell: Global Inequality and International Institutions. 5. Wilfried Hinsch: Global Distributive Justice. 6. Lief Wenar: Contractualism and Global Economic Justice. 7. Stéphane Chauvier: Justice and Nakedness. 8. Charles R. Beitz: Does Global Inequality Matter?. 9. Simon Caney: Cosmopolitan Justice and Equalizing Opportunities. 10. Stefan Gosepath: The Global Scope of Justice. 11. Rainer Forst: Towards a Critical Theory of Transnational Justice. 12. Onora O’Neill: Agents of Justice. 13. Véronique Zanetti: Global Justice: Is Interventionism Desirable?. 14. Michael W. Doyle: The New Interventionism. 15. Andreas Føllesdal: Federal Inequality Among Equals: A Contractualist Defense. Notes on Contributors. Index.
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Harvard University Press Inhuman Conditions On Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights
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Harvard University Press Global Interdependence The World after 1945
Book SynopsisGlobal Interdependence provides a new account of world history from the end of WWII to the present, an era when transnational communities challenged the long domination of the nation-state. Leading scholars elucidate the political, economic, cultural, and environmental forces that have shaped the planet in the past sixty years.Trade ReviewMost world histories of the post-1945 era place the Cold War and the rise of American power at the center of the story. In this impressive new work, Iriye and his collaborators focus on the deeper trends that have unsettled and reshaped the contemporary world system… In Iriye’s inspiring historical vision, trans-nationalism has helped usher in a more stable and peaceful world. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Indispensible for anyone interested in the modern world. -- W. B. Whisenhunt * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Desert Kingdom
Book SynopsisProvides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state. This title demonstrates how vital the exploitation of nature and the roles of science and global experts were to the consolidation of political authority in the desert.Trade Review[A] provocative book...Desert Kingdom is a much needed addition to the small shelf of Saudi Arabian histories based on archival research and political economy rather than caricatures of oil wealth and the desert. The connection of geography to political power is compelling. -- Frederick Deknatel * The Nation *For a desert kingdom to concern itself with the control of water would seem to be a given, but the subject has received slight attention in studies of Saudi Arabia. Although oil has always figured prominently in Saudi studies, this book is surely the first to trace Saudi policies concerning oil and water since the 1920s. Jones presents these policies as dictated by a Saudi drive to create not so much a nation-state as an empire in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is not all desert, but the agriculturally more advantaged Eastern Province, with its appreciable Shiite population, has been the most disadvantaged when it comes to receiving a share of the government's development projects. This explains the Shiite uprising there in 1979 and the halting Saudi efforts thereafter to address the issue. Woven into this book is a pessimistic view of technologically driven policies, environmentalist reflections, and a harsh portrayal of selfishness on the part of both the Saudi state and the oil company it owns, Saudi Aramco. -- L. Carl Brown * Foreign Affairs *Toby Craig Jones's new book about the kingdom examines the Saudi state's relationship to water and oil, the twin resources that are its blessing and its curse (or, according to some, its two curses). Jones argues that Saudi ruling classes hold their inherently fragile state together through a strict and bold program that manages these two substances. In Saudi Arabia, more so than in almost any other place on earth, the business of the state is the control of nature, because to control nature is to control people. -- Graeme Wood * The National *Desert Kingdom is sure to spark discussion and debate. It touches on some of the most sensitive nerves of a society. But, it also describes how determination and perseverance built Saudi Arabia into a Middle Eastern powerhouse. Toby Craig Jones opens the door to understanding how it happened. -- Joseph Richard Preville * Saudi Gazette *A lucid account and a comprehensive analysis of how state power unfolds in oil fields and water wells. The state of nature and the nature of the state are meticulously explored in this fascinating book that definitely succeeds in mixing oil and water and sheds light on how the Saudi state exercises power over nature and society. -- Madawi Al-Rasheed, author of A History of Saudi Arabia and Contesting the Saudi StateIt is impossible to think about Saudi Arabia's history the same way after reading this book. -- Jon Alterman, Director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International StudiesIn this highly original approach to investigating the underpinnings of power in Saudi Arabia, Toby Jones demonstrates the power of state institutions, multinational corporations and engineering firms to reshape societies and the environments they inhabit. -- David Commins, author of The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi ArabiaIn this excellent book, Toby Jones demonstrates that managing the environment was a means of building a state that could also manage its society. An outstanding contribution to the increasingly sophisticated historiography of Saudi Arabia and an essential read for those who want to understand the country's contemporary politics. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, University of VermontJones shows how technology, foreign expertise and physical resources were managed and mobilized to produce the structures of power in Saudi Arabia today—it is indispensable reading for understanding why Saudi Arabia is what it is. A signal achievement. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton UniversityToby Jones tells us things about Saudi politics that no one else has, at least not reliably, using scholarly sources and methods. This is now the go-to book that breaks both empirical and conceptual new ground in Middle East studies. -- Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania
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Harvard University Press End of Arrogance America in the Global
Book SynopsisFree-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy—ideas that shaped world politics in the 20th century and underpinned American foreign policy—have lost their strength. Hegemony (benign or otherwise) is no longer a choice. The authors argue that in the 21st century the U.S. must rely on strategy, make trade-offs, and compete.Trade ReviewIn this little book, two leading scholars offer a manifesto for U.S. leadership in a post-Western international system… Acknowledging that no country has a monopoly on good ideas, the book makes a good case that the United States needs to recast the way it talks about its role in the world. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *The End of Arrogance makes a strong case for the end of the hegemony of American ideas in the foreign-policy sphere, examines what a more complex and diverse set of influences could create in terms of a future world order, and offers some important advice on how America can keep up in a more competitive world. -- Elizabeth Dickinson * Foreign Policy blog *Dazzling. -- Ronald Brownstein * National Journal *Weber and Jentleson put forward a powerful and provocative view of the coming frontiers for foreign policy—a global competition of ideas. Their arguments pose the right challenge to governments, corporations, and NGOs operating on a global stage, and provide practical advice for what to do about it. -- Janice Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Harvard University Press Rosewood
Book SynopsisChina’s nouveau riche are purchasing billions of dollars of furniture built from endangered African rosewood. Responding to Western powers’ attempts to stop the trade, Annah Zhu uncovers Chinese initiatives to plant rosewood responsibly and shows how these efforts offer a new path forward for environmentalism in a world no longer ruled by the West.Trade ReviewRead[s] like dispatches from a foreign correspondent: intrepid, open-minded, and sympathetic to her subjects. [Zhu’s] skill as an interlocutor makes for poignant reading. -- James Herndon * Asian Review of Books *An ambitious and visionary global ethnography as exquisite as its subject matter—rosewood. Zhu reveals the intricate political, economic, and ecological dynamics of supply and demand, conservation and logging, and above all the epic contention between two paradigms of environmentalism that will shape the future of another endangered species—humanity. -- Ching Kwan Lee, author of The Specter of Global ChinaThis book presents the fascinating story of the global connections forged by the rosewood trade between China, Madagascar, and Western conservationists. Zhu carefully analyzes and deftly critiques assumptions about conservationists, consumers, and loggers, and provides a much more nuanced account. Rosewood is a must-read for anyone concerned about the social and ecological impacts of the illegal wildlife trade. -- Rosaleen Duffy, author of Security and ConservationContrasting Chinese and Western imaginaries of forests, Annah Lake Zhu takes readers along on her own transformative journey between the United States, Madagascar, and China. Rosewood is a beautiful and necessary read, opening the path to nothing less than a cultural revolution in environmental conservation. -- Philippe Le Billon, author of Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of ResourcesAnnah Lake Zhu’s Rosewood deconstructs the chasm between Western and Chinese understandings of the value of rosewood and other endangered species. Transnational environmental groups seek futilely to protect rosewood against poachers and corrupt environmental officials in remote Madagascar parks, while Chinese craftsmen and consumers seek to liberate its beauty through carved furniture that affirms the greatness of China’s cultural heritage. The book makes the provocative case that cultural relativism holds the key to conserving global biodiversity, as an increasingly dominant non-Western approach locates sustainability in engineered utility rather than utopian preservation. Fearless, challenging, and engagingly written, Rosewood is required reading for anyone concerned with global biodiversity collapse. -- Judith Shapiro, author of Mao’s War against Nature and coauthor of China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled PlanetZhu explores the difference between the prevailing Western approach to protecting endangered species, which advocates trade bans and other protections, and the Chinese one, which promotes cultivation and sustainable use…Drawing on her fieldwork in Madagascar and China, Zhu advocates for a deeper and more sympathetic understanding of China’s view on endangered species and natural resources more broadly. Her book will no doubt be controversial, but it is an important and necessary contribution. -- Temwani Mgunda * China Dialogue *
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Harvard University Press The Global in the Local
Book SynopsisIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, world-historic political, economic, and technological developments transformed everyday life in places like Zhenjiang, a midsize Chinese river town. Xin Zhang explores the local negotiation of globalization through the experience of Zhenjiang’s merchants, entrepreneurs, and ordinary residents.Trade ReviewErudite and compelling. With never-been-told stories and innovative applications of the ‘glocalization’ concept, Zhang leaves readers with a visceral understanding of time and place in nineteenth-century Zhenjiang. This will be a major contribution to both modern Chinese history and the burgeoning field of global studies. -- Stephen R. Halsey, author of Quest for Power: European Imperialism and the Making of Chinese StatecraftAn exemplary book that significantly contributes to our understanding of not only China’s important transition in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but also the extension of global linkages through war, commerce, and technology. By showing how global changes were deeply intertwined with local reality, Zhang successfully demonstrates that the interaction between the two is nonetheless a negotiation. -- Prasenjit Duara, author of Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern ChinaCrucial, agenda-setting history. In a field that has traditionally focused on the countryside or large cosmopolitan hubs like Shanghai, work on medium-sized cities is scarce. Zhang’s impressive research on Zhenjiang not only illuminates an intermediate link in the chain connecting treaty ports to village China; it also humanizes the abstract process of globalization, revealing how locals emerged as cocreators of a globally embedded city. -- Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
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Harvard University Press Globalization and Inequality
Book SynopsisGlobalization is not the primary cause of rising inequality. That is the conclusion of this penetrating study by Elhanan Helpman, a leading expert on international trade. If we wish to curb inequality while protecting what is best about globalization, he shows, we must start with a clear view of how globalization does, and does not, shape our world.Trade ReviewA very well done survey of what we know about this issue, from a leader in the field. -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *No one with any interest in current trade policy debates could ask for a better summer read…There is an almost voyeuristic joy in learning [Helpman’s] thoughts on one of the most pressing questions of our times. * Israel Economic Review *In the U.S., there is a backlash against free trade. Many believe globalization is responsible for rising income inequality. The central purpose of this book is to clarify that this belief is not based on evidence…Helpman concludes that the existing evidence does not support the position that increasing free trade has given rise to growing inequality. * Choice *A wonderful work of great contemporary importance. -- Stephen J. Redding, Princeton UniversityElhanan Helpman has produced a magisterial account of the study of globalization, earnings, and income inequality. Deftly weaving discussion of economic theory, empirical analysis, and quantitative modeling, Globalization and Inequality brings social science to life. -- Gordon Hanson, University of California, San DiegoGlobalization is simultaneously heralded as the engine of economic progress and maligned as a prime cause of job loss and inequality. In this wonderfully readable book that brings some sanity to this debate, Elhanan Helpman summarizes and extends what we have learned from decades of economic research. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding how our economy is changing and how we can hope to benefit from globalization without suffering some of its nasty side effects. -- Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Princeton University Press Fiscal Disobedience
Book SynopsisRepresents a different approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state. This book examines the nature of fiscal relationships between the state and its citizens. It argues that citizenship is being redefined through a renegotiation of the rights and obligations.Trade Review"The whole book is a sophisticated essay on how to bring such an area and problematic into focus: the question of regulatory authority in places where it has never been self-evident. As such, it opens up some very important analytical issues, not only for African studies but also for an anthropology of emergent economies worldwide."--Jane I.Guyer, International Journal of African Historical StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Chapter One: Introduction: An Anthropology of Regulation and Fiscal Relations 1 Chapter Two: Incivisme Fiscal 23 Chapter Three Tax-Price as a Technique of Government 48 Chapter Four Unsanctioned Wealth, or the Productivity of Debt 73 Chapter Five Fixing the Moving Targets of Regulation 100 Chapter Six The Unstable Terms of Regulatory Practice 129 Chapter Seven The Pluralization of Regulatory Authority 151 Conclusion 200 References 207 Index 227
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Princeton University Press New Wealth for Old Nations
Book SynopsisProvides a guide to policy priorities in small or regional economies. This work combines some of the world's leading economists' research insights with a discussion of the practicalities of implementing structural reforms. It is aimed at policymakers and scholars seeking avenues to improved growth, greater opportunity, and better governance.Trade Review"New Wealth for Old Nations focuses on the challenge of improving prosperity in small open economies committed to social justice and environmental sustainability... The strengths of the collection lie mainly in the astute insights and systematic analysis in the individual chapters. The book is a valuable and polished set of essays with many interesting observations on the complex dynamics and drivers of regional economic development."--Ivan Turok, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsPreface vii List of Contributors ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: The Political Economy of Scotland, Past and Present by W. Alexander, J. Armstrong, B. Ashcroft, D. Coyle, J. McLaren 11 PART 1. GROWTH 33 Chapter Two: Second Winds for Industrial Regions? by P. Krugman 35 Chapter Three: Four Sources of Innovation and the Stimulation of Growth in the Scottish Economy by W. J. Baumol 48 Chapter Four: Four Challenges for Scotland's Cities by E. L. Glaeser 73 Chapter Five: The Economic Case for Fiscal Federalism by P. Hallwood and R. MacDonald 96 PART 2. OPPORTUNITY 117 Chapter Six: Skill Policies for Scotland by J. J. Heckman and D. V. Masterov 119 Chapter Seven: Starting Life in Scotland by H. E. Joshi and R. E. Wright 166 PART 3. GOVERNANCE 187 Chapter Eight: High-Quality Public Services by N. Crafts 189 Chapter Nine: Committing to Growth in a Small European Country by J. Bradley 210 Chapter Ten: Conclusions 232
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Princeton University Press Diaspora Development and Democracy
Book SynopsisWhat happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? This book examines the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, and provides a framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association "Kapur's innovative study examines the impact of international migration from India on Indian democracy and development. His analytical framework allows him to investigate how household decision making is affected among those considering emigration, how those left behind are affected, how the diaspora affects India from abroad, and how returning Indians make a difference."--Choice "Kapur's [book] provide[s] a useful academic and analytical foil to easy generalizations about the influence of the Indian diaspora at home and abroad."--William Crawley, Asian Affairs "[T]he value of this book is extraordinary because of the author's insightful and systematic analysis of the various aspects of the Indian diaspora."--Norio Kondo, Developing EconomiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: The Missing Leg of the Globalization Triad: International Migration 1 Chapter 2: Analytical Framework and Research Methodology 23 Chapter 3: Selection Characteristics of Emigration from India 50 Chapter 4: Economic Effects 84 Chapter 5: Social Remittances: Migration and the Flow of Ideas 124 Chapter 6: International Migration and the Paradox of India's Democracy 162 Chapter 7: The Indian Diaspora and Indian Foreign Policy: Soft Power or Soft Underbelly? 185 Chapter 8: Civil or Uncivil Transnational Society? The Janus Face of Long-Distance Nationalism 210 Chapter 9: Spatially Unbound Nations 253 Appendix I: Survey of Emigration from India (SEI) 273 Appendix II: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Methodology 281 Appendix III: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Questionnaire 287 Appendix IV: Database on India's Elites (1950-2000) 293 Bibliography 297 Index 315
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Princeton University Press The Roman Predicament
Book SynopsisAddresses what the author terms "the Roman dilemma" - the paradoxical notion that while global society depends on a system of rules for building peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. This book argues that a rule-based world order eventually subverts and destroys itself.Trade Review"[A] brilliant essay."--Robert Skidelsky, New York Review of Books "Starting from an analogy with Rome, James describes the mounting domestic tensions that increasingly threaten the global system and an interconnected world... The greater challenge to the international order may lie in the tensions within, rather than between, states, as James suggests... Like Rome ... the American-led global order faces problems created primarily by its own internal dynamics. What James calls the 'Roman dilemma' arises from the fact that the way in which peaceful commerce produces a stable, prosperous and integrated global order also creates undercurrents of conflict. A vicious circle thus leads the liberal, commercial world order to subvert and destroy itself."--William Anthony Hay, The National Interest "James writes with care and nuance, rarely straying into sensationalism or political posturing... [A]bsorbing in its elaborate detail."--Jakub J. Grygiel, Claremont Review of Books "There have been rather too many books recently seeking lessons and analogies from imperial history in order to comprehend the contemporary global order and assess its viability... [The Roman Predicament] is ... far better than most because Harold James brings to it a rare combination of insight into both the history of global finance and trade and the history of modern Europe."--Dominic Lieven, American Historical Review "James conveys a genuine analytical desire to understand the current American preponderance of power, and he grounds hi analysis in thoughtful historical parallels."--Timothy J. Lomperis, Historian "If only we did teach and learn from history, Harold James's outstanding ... book would be at the center of our current political campaign, because we are faced with the Roman Predicament of which he writes."--BrothersJudd.comTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter One: The Model of Decline and Fall 6 Chapter Two: Mercury and Mars 24 Chapter Three: The Questioning of Rules in an Obscure and Irregular System 39 Chapter Four: Can It Last? 71 Chapter Five: The Victory of Mars 86 Chapter Six: Terminus: Beyond the Fringe 99 Chapter Seven: The Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Empire 118 Conclusion 141 Notes 151 Index 163
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Princeton University Press Economic Justice in an Unfair World Toward a
Book SynopsisArgues that a just international economy would be one that is inclusive, participatory, and welfare-enhancing for all states. This book asserts that a politically feasible approach to international economic justice would emphasize free trade and limited flows of foreign assistance in order to help countries exercise their comparative advantage.Trade Review"Anyone who wants an introduction to questions of moral economic philosophy would do well to start with his book. Kapstein writes in lucid prose, without the turgidity that often renders the subject as inviting as a cold bath. He makes a long-overdue challenge to the West's consensus that the aim of aid and of developing countries' own development efforts should be to reduce poverty, and that this reduction should be achieved not via industrialization and economic growth but by policies focused on poverty."-- Robert H. Wade, Foreign Affairs "[This] is a stimulating, well-researched book combining economic analysis, political philosophy, and contemporary policy... It [has] an ambitious theme and the author pursues it with originality."--Richard Jolly, Ethics and International Affairs "As Economic Justice in an Unfair World is perhaps the only truly complete philosophical treaty on economic justice that has come out of academia in the last twenty years, this book simultaneously marks the rebirth of ethics as a field of relevance and injects long overdue academic rigour into the often emotionally driven overly populist debate about globalization... [A] real must-read for anyone interested in the frontiers of economics and philosophy."--Business & Finance "Economic Justice is an important contribution to the debates on how to level the playing field in international relations."--PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsLIST OF TABLES ix PREFACE xi LIST OFA BBREVIATIONS xix CHAPTER ONE: Economic Justice in an Unfair World 1 CHAPTER TWO: Fairness in Trade 45 CHAPTER THREE: Allocating Aid 86 CHAPTER FOUR: Justice in Migration and Labor 114 CHAPTER FIVE: Harnessing Investment 147 CHAPTER SIX: Toward a Level Playing Field: A Policy Agenda 175 NOTES 197 BIBLIOGRAPHY 219 INDEX 235
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