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Book SynopsisIn 2007-8 the world economy started its heady journey to recession. The Queen herself asked why didn't we see this coming, but it's a question that remains unanswered. A decade later and it is still not clear exactly who is responsible for the crisis. The world has experienced the long-term impact of austerity policies on its welfare system and the political landscape is completely changed.This analysis of the media that reported on this crisis and where it came from is long overdue. The media were responsible for warning the publica role they failed in. This book provides evidence that journalists, like bankers and regulators, need to be held accountable. The Global Financial Crisis is a starting point, but it deserves a much wider context and explanation, one this book provides for the first time. Looking at three global and pivotal financial crises, this book assesses the degree to which financial and economics journalists have played a watchdog role for society. ItTrade Review“This crisply written and compelling book does the business press the honour of taking it and its role seriously, giving credit where it is due, acknowledging the challenges it faces, but forthrightly and illuminatingly holding it to account where deserved. And it often is. The book’s historical and comparative approach, comparing coverage of the 2008 crisis to previous modern crises, provides vital context for the press’s buy-in to a deregulatory agenda and other pro-industry assumptions. And by comparing the press’s role in different countries—in the U.S., U.K. and Australia—it exposes how ‘group-think,’ as she rightly calls it, crossed borders and took over Anglo-Saxon newsrooms. And to her great credit, Sophie Knowles gets out into the field to asks the press for its side of the story, through qualitative interviews that add another essential dimension to the analysis. As we continue to struggle through a post-crisis world, Knowles challenges the press to do better—to marshal its formidable resources and talents to puncture the myths that got us here and to help build a more stable future. The Mediation of Financial Crises is a vital contribution to our understanding of the financial press and of the press in general.”—Dean Starkman, Senior Editor, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; Author, The Watchdog That Didn't Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative JournalismTable of ContentsList of Figures – Foreword – Financial Journalism Then and Now: Why Should We Care? – Challenges and Pressures in Financial Journalism – Case Study I: The Recession of the Early 1990s; the Recession We "Had to Have"? – Case Study II: The "Irrationally Exuberant" Dot Com Boom of 2000–1 – The Global Financial Crisis: "Why Did Nobody See It Coming?" – Financial Journalism in the Digital Age – Does Alternative News Provide Alternatives? – Beyond the Crisis – Appendix: Methodology for Assessing the Financial Press – Index.

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Book SynopsisToday, the United States seems to be taking a leading role in anti-globalization. What impact will this have on the future of globalization and the development of the world economy? How should developing countries respond to the changes? This book systematically collates and analyzes China's unique development model while reflecting on China's challenges and countermeasures in the face of the globalization crisis. The author shares his in-depth thinking on many trending issues such as technological innovation, green development, financial reform, international cooperation, and China's foreign relations. This book highlights the urgency and necessity of global governance to achieve the common good in the global community, and it also reflects China's long-term commitments and practices to contribute to peacebuilding and sustainable development.The target readers of this book are scholars, analysts, instructors, and students in the fields of regional studies (especially Table of ContentsPreface – Introduction – What Drives China’s Economic Growth under the "New Normal"? – Core Competitiveness of China’s Equipment Manufacturing Industry and National Economic Growth – The Reform and Development of China’s Financial System – How to Better Use China’s Massive Foreign Exchange Reserves – China’s International Discourse Power – China’s Institutional Advantage – The Globalization Crisis and the New Globalization – Global Governance and the New Globalization – How China and the U.S. Can Achieve Mutual Benefits – Constructive Partnership between China and the EU in the Process of Globalization – The Rise of the BRICS – How Could China Contribute to The Development in Africa? – Building a Community of Shared Future – Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the many facets of globalization and its feasible reform in easy-to-understand language. Is it possible to harness the benefits of economic globalization without sacrificing social equity, ecological sustainability, and democratic governance? The first edition of Civilizing Globalization (2003) explored this question at a time of widespread popular discontent. This fully revised and expanded edition comes at an equally crucial juncture. The period of relative stability and prosperity in the world economy that followed the release of the first edition ended abruptly in 2008 with a worldwide economic crisis that illustrated in dramatic fashion the enduring problems with our global order. Yet despite the gravity of the challenges, concrete initiatives for change remain insubstantial. Richard Sandbrook and Ali Burak Güven bring together international scholars and veteran activists to discuss in clear, nontechnical language the innovative political strategies, participatory institutional frameworks, and feasible regulatory designs capable of taming global markets so that they assume the role of useful servants rather than tyrannical masters.

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Book SynopsisIn-depth study of the enduring impact of the 1970s debate between state theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas.We have recently lived through the turmoil of a global financial crisis that originated in the United States and, despite the platitudes of neo-liberal ideology, nation-states were deeply involved in managing this crisis. If "the state" is again a preeminent actor in the global economy, then state theory and the problem of the state should also return to the forefront of political theory. Toward a Critical Theory of States is an intensive analysis of the 1970s debate between state theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas, including its wider impact on Marxist theories of the state in subsequent decades. Clyde W. Barrow makes unique arguments and contributions to this continuing discussion in state theory and lays the foundation for more theoretically informed empirical and historical research on the state in the age of globalization. He argues that by merely moving past the Poulantzas-Miliband debate, as some have recommended, scholars have abandoned much that is valuable in understanding the state, particularly the need to comprehend the contemporary transformation of the state form and the state apparatuses as part of the new conditions of globalization and transnational capital accumulation. Building upon themes of state restructuring found in Poulantzas and Miliband, Barrow establishes the outlines of an approach that integrates the thought of both to propose a synthetic understanding of the new imperialism.

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Book SynopsisArgues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence.Convergence as Adaptivity explores under what conditions policy convergence may be seen an indication of policy autonomy. Zhiyuan Wang advances a theory that argues states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones. Investigating bilateral investment treaties, preferential trade agreements, corporate taxation, and central bank independence as policy substitutes, he provides both quantitative and qualitative evidence to substantiate the core theoretical argument and explores under what conditions policy convergence can be an indication of policy autonomy and through what manner. The result is a systemic and rigorous exploration of the idea of policy substitution and its consequences under globalization. Wang''s findings will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, and concerned citizens hoping to deepen their understanding of globalization as well as useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in international relations, international and comparative political economy, and globalization.

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Book SynopsisPresents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.Presenting the historical, socioeconomic, political, and security conditions experienced by three peasant communities, Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age provides readers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of Colombia''s peasants currently available. Nazih F. Richani examines their adaptive strategies and resistance to subsumption processes and the prospects for the sustainability of their modes of production, culture, and livelihood. In addition, he explores each communities'' level of agency that has allowed them to respond to the encroachments of rentier economy by devising adaptive strategies and building collaborative networks, forging new partners at the national, regional, and global levels. These findings are timely given the historic change in Colombia''s leadership as represented by President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a leftist leader, and his vice president Francia Elena Marquez, an Afro-Colombian woman activist. The Petro administration offers an exceptional opportunity for radical policy change toward national development, particularly towards peasants and agrarian issues. The research undertaken in this book holds the potential to enrich political discussions and inform new policies.

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Book SynopsisPresents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.Presenting the historical, socioeconomic, political, and security conditions experienced by three peasant communities, Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age provides readers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of Colombia''s peasants currently available. Nazih F. Richani examines their adaptive strategies and resistance to subsumption processes and the prospects for the sustainability of their modes of production, culture, and livelihood. In addition, he explores each communities'' level of agency that has allowed them to respond to the encroachments of rentier economy by devising adaptive strategies and building collaborative networks, forging new partners at the national, regional, and global levels. These findings are timely given the historic change in Colombia''s leadership as represented by President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a leftist leader, and his vice president Francia Elena Marquez, an Afro-Colombian woman activist. The Petro administration offers an exceptional opportunity for radical policy change toward national development, particularly towards peasants and agrarian issues. The research undertaken in this book holds the potential to enrich political discussions and inform new policies.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and Money explores how men and women, particularly the poor and the unbanked in the global South, use money in ways that empower themselves and their families. Supriya Singh argues that money as a medium of relationships across cultures is a central component of globalization. She deftly weaves theory and individual stories to show how money is emblematic of interconnected markets, the half of the world that is unbanked, and gender disparities. She shows how men's and women's banking patterns are tied to their management of money in the household. Migrants send money home to show they care for their families and communities left behind. Yet these remittances are far from symbolic; instead they represent more than three times the total amount of official development assistance. This book illustrates how many of the most exciting changes in harnessing people's savings; widening credit and insurance; and lowering the cost of technologies, payments and money transfers are takTrade ReviewGlobalization and new technologies are transforming the world of money. In this pioneering study, Supriya Singh offers a sweeping and compelling account of those changes. A book that will inspire researchers, inform policy makers, and fascinate students and general readers. -- Viviana A. Zelizer, Princeton University; author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the EconomyMoney is changing—in its flows, its figurings, its very form. Supriya Singh’s marvelous book demonstrates how much of this change today is coming from the global South. From remittance flows that challenge easy understandings of GDP, gender, and family to the global spread of mobile computing—backed by powerful corporate, philanthropic, and government interests but just as much by everyday people’s own wishes, desires, and dramas—this book charts a course for a new global sociology of money for the twenty-first century. -- Bill Maurer, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsChapter 1: Money: Historical, Social, and Cultural Dimensions Chapter 2: Globalization and Technologies Chapter 3: Half the World Is Unbanked Chapter 4: Women, Money, and Globalization Chapter 5: Banking: Connecting Markets and Intimate Lives Chapter 6: Electronic Money: Information and Timeliness Chapter 7: Mobile Money: The Power of Immediacy Chapter 8: Migrant Money: Intertwining the Global and Personal Chapter 9: Rethinking Money, Technology, and Globalization

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and Money explores how men and women, particularly the poor and the unbanked in the global South, use money in ways that empower themselves and their families. Supriya Singh argues that money as a medium of relationships across cultures is a central component of globalization. She deftly weaves theory and individual stories to show how money is emblematic of interconnected markets, the half of the world that is unbanked, and gender disparities. She shows how men's and women's banking patterns are tied to their management of money in the household. Migrants send money home to show they care for their families and communities left behind. Yet these remittances are far from symbolic; instead they represent more than three times the total amount of official development assistance. This book illustrates how many of the most exciting changes in harnessing people's savings; widening credit and insurance; and lowering the cost of technologies, payments and money transfers are takTrade ReviewGlobalization and new technologies are transforming the world of money. In this pioneering study, Supriya Singh offers a sweeping and compelling account of those changes. A book that will inspire researchers, inform policy makers, and fascinate students and general readers. -- Viviana A. Zelizer, Princeton University; author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the EconomyMoney is changing—in its flows, its figurings, its very form. Supriya Singh’s marvelous book demonstrates how much of this change today is coming from the global South. From remittance flows that challenge easy understandings of GDP, gender, and family to the global spread of mobile computing—backed by powerful corporate, philanthropic, and government interests but just as much by everyday people’s own wishes, desires, and dramas—this book charts a course for a new global sociology of money for the twenty-first century. -- Bill Maurer, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsChapter 1: Money: Historical, Social, and Cultural Dimensions Chapter 2: Globalization and Technologies Chapter 3: Half the World Is Unbanked Chapter 4: Women, Money, and Globalization Chapter 5: Banking: Connecting Markets and Intimate Lives Chapter 6: Electronic Money: Information and Timeliness Chapter 7: Mobile Money: The Power of Immediacy Chapter 8: Migrant Money: Intertwining the Global and Personal Chapter 9: Rethinking Money, Technology, and Globalization

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Book SynopsisDuring the past decade, the world reached the point of becoming more urban than not, as the majority of people on the planet now live not in small towns or villages but in provincial, national, and global cities. Scholars have long been fascinated by so-called global cities, world cities, and the urban engines of the global economy. James H. Spencer argues, however, that such an emphasis misses the central fact that urbanization goes well beyond the usual suspects of New York, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. The author charts urbanization across the Global South and North, resulting in what he describes as a planetary global urban ecosystem. This concept that challenges us to realize that in daily life, their similar physical and social ecosystems that make cities more understandable to each other than to their own rural hinterlands. Spencer's vivid case studies of Addis Ababa, Ho Chi Minh City, Honolulu, and New York draw out the commonalities of our intertwined built and social environmTrade ReviewWhether from the perspective of supporters/critics or specialists/nonspecialists, the related processes of globalization and urbanization are two of the defining trends of the 21st century. Spencer utilizes secondary scholarly literature, life stories, popular media, and personal experiences to make sense out of the diversity of the ‘global urban ecosystem.’ While each city has its own history, culture, and physical environment, the attractive ones benefit from three characteristics: economic and productivity efficiencies, differences and diversities, and a global connectivity. In order to provide a picture of what this ecosystem looks like, Spencer devotes four of his seven chapters to a tour of cities that illustrate each of his three types. Two of these cities are from the Global South and represent ‘Do-Your-Timers’ (Saigon and Addis Ababa), and two are from the Global North and represent ‘Old-Timers’ (Honolulu) and ‘For-All-Timers’ (New York). However, ‘every city has elements of each, but it is the particular combination and concentrations that give individuality to any case.’ This well-written, insightful, and informative book should appeal to all professionals and nonprofessionals interested in acquiring a new lens through which to make sense of the interrelated processes of globalization and urbanization. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. * CHOICE *Fueled by advances in electronic communication and transportation technology, the globe is becoming more and more urbanized. Over the past two decades the expanding megacities of the Global South have had and continue to have a profound effect on the character of globalization at this critical historical juncture. Spencer’s book is a path-breaking contribution to our understanding of this process. -- Edmond J. Keller, University of California, Los AngelesThis book illuminates and excites with its fresh approach to globalization and urbanization. Spencer argues for a new approach to understanding contemporary cities, highlighting four cities that are connected to world processes of long-distance interaction. Offering an innovative lens for interpreting and understanding cities in the new century, his work will appeal to new and seasoned students alike. -- Yue-man Yeung, Chinese University of Hong KongJames Spencer’s superb new study points us in a different direction as we struggle to understand the rapid urban transformation sweeping the planet. Spencer argues that an overly heavy emphasis on the change occurring in such 'global cities' as New York, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai is causing us to miss the most important panorama, the urban transformation of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. He takes us on a grand tour to shift our perspective. He does not want us to miss what is perhaps the most important transformation in world history. -- Elliott Sclar, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Urbanization and the Construction of the Global Urban Ecosystem Chapter 2: Urban Histories: Arriving at the Global Urban Ecosystem Chapter 3: Saigon’s “Do-Your-Timers”: Rural Transformation and the Urban Transition in Saigon Chapter 4: “Do-Your-Timers” African Style: Addis Ababa, the Unlikely Capital of Africa Chapter 5: The Indigenous City? Reconciling an Old-Timers' Honolulu with a Global Society Chapter 6: “For-All-Timers”: New York City’s Empire State of Mind Chapter 7: The Global Urban Ecosystem: A Globally Integrated Ecology of Everyday Life Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Globalization introduces students to the concept of globalization, providing an essential history, overview of key themes and theories, and a wealth of engaging examples. The fifth edition has been completely revised to connect with students today, opening with a discussion of the far-reaching causes and effects of the recent financial crisis and including new material on global migration patterns, ISIS, and more, while maintaining the book's accessible and student-friendly style.The book begins by examining the roots of the recent global financial crisis, looking at the roles of inflation, the housing crisis, Wall Street, policy makers, and more. It also explores the varying impact of globalizationfrom democratization and equality in some countries to destabilization and inequality in others. The fifth edition of Understanding Globalization is a compelling and current introduction to the myriad influences of globalization in our lives.Trade ReviewThis book is wonderful. It presents a very clear history of modern globalization and the role the United States has played in this process. It is currently the best book on explaining the historical conditions that have led to modern globalization. -- Gabriel Aquino, Westfield State UniversityUnderstanding Globalization reveals the complex, uneven, and often contradictory outcomes of globalization, such as growing economic inequality in some places, and increasing equality in others. It can facilitate economic integration as it has done in China or exacerbate disintegration and marginalization as it has in Africa. In this fifth edition, Robert Schaeffer explores how globalization impacts long-term processes such as development, democratization, and climate change, and how it can create short-term crises, such as war and conflict, and the 2008 global financial crisis that began in the United States. As a geographer, I appreciate that the book soundly documents the consequences that globalization has on both people and places, and that it seeks to explain a dynamic that is unevenly experienced around the world. The book is both accessible and substantial—a rare accomplishment. It has become my 'go-to' book on globalization. -- Lisa Benton-Short, George Washington UniversityPraise for previous editions: This clearly written and vastly comprehensive book is a valuable and fascinating read. . . . Schaeffer turns his gaze to topics as varied as inflation, debt crises at home and abroad, stock market booms and busts, hunger and agriculture, free trade agreements, global climate change, democratization, and the global drug trade. In nearly every case, the research is solid and the choice of details fascinating. . . . I would recommend this book for general readers . . . or mid-level courses wishing to incorporate a global perspective. * Contemporary Sociology *Understanding Globalization is an exceptional book that thoroughly covers contemporary issues relating to globalization that students find extremely readable. -- Ione DeOllos, Ball State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1.The Crisis of Globalization 2.The Rise of Wall Street 3.The Housing Boom 4.Financial Crisis and Great Recession 5.Democratization in the Republics 6.Division and Sub-division, Conflict and War 7.Globalization and China 8.Marginalization and Exit in Africa 9.Globalization and Global Warming

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Book SynopsisIn today's world, students need to know that there is more to politics than just politics. This clearly written text introduces students to world politics as a combination of comparative politics and international relations in an increasingly interconnected globe and explores topics that are sometimes left out of the equation: health care; the status of children; changing roles of women in the developing world; and the interplay among population growth, resources, the environment, and sustainable development. Designed specifically for introductory-level students, the book balances theory with authentic insights and examples that provide a compelling window into the struggles of citizens worldwide.Trade ReviewA spectacular 360-degree view, this book presents a complete and organic discussion of the most salient issues, actors, principles, concepts, and debates in world politics today. By offering a vast array of relevant examples, current data, and precise accounts and discussions of what it all means, Collin and Martin provide the reader with the perfect tools to unravel and enjoy the complexities of world politics. This excellent textbook is a 'must have' for any student interested in international affairs. -- Valentina Padula, University of California at Santa BarbaraMost introductory international relations texts fail in two main ways that are troublesome for instructors. The first is the failure to provide the background necessary to consider theories and ideas in the field. This text provides this material in a thoughtful and creative way before discussing the formalities of the discipline, preparing the students to go beyond recapitulation to genuine understanding. The second is the failure to prepare for a lack of motivation by students often uninformed about world concerns, who require an original way to entice them forward. This text utilizes a broad approach that will appeal to the interests of diverse undergraduates by its presentation of relevant examples and current dilemmas, reflecting the teaching expertise of its authors and their singular background as world citizens. I would highly recommend this book for any international relations course. -- Chris Van Aller, Winthrop UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Introduction to a Small Planet 1. Global Literacy: Understanding a Complicated World 2. Levels of Analysis: The People, Places, and Things We Study 3. Community and Conflict: A Quick Look at the Planet 4. The Country in Question: Sovereign States and Nations Part II: How the World Functions: Freedom and Political Conflict 5. Containing Conflict: The International Community 6. Freedom and Ideology: Imagining an Ideal World 7. How Democracies Manage Freedom and Conflict Part III: Kinds of Conflict: The World When Things Go Wrong 8. Conflict and Less-Free Societies 9. Conflict, Violence, War, and Mayhem 10. The War of the Mind: Violent Ideological Conflict 11. The War of the Heart: Violent Nationalist Conflict Part IV: Population, Poverty, Resources, and Human Development 12. Economic Development: The Rich and the Wretched 13. Too Many Plates at the Table: Population and Political Conflict 14. The Greening of a Blue Planet Appendices Glossary

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGlobalization and Democracy examines the ways that neoliberal economics threatens democracy and whether there are alternative economic policies that can enhance democracy. For Rosow and George, democracy cannot simply be about voting and interest group politics but must include a strong, consistent, popular presence that not only demands social justice but also actively participates in the forging of public policies to achieve this goal. In this provocative book, Rosow and George take up studies of several countries where neoliberalism is ascendant, such as Russia, and countries where the authors find a popularly based democratic alternative in command, such as Venezuela. . . .[T]his lively, well-researched book challenges many popular assumptions about the benefits of globalization, particularly its effects on democracy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *In their rigorous and historically grounded account, Rosow and George demonstrate what it means to do political theory. From classical Athens to the Occupy movements, their text ranges across time and space to remind us that democracy is not liberalism and that politics is not easy. An outstanding introduction to one of the most important concepts in modern political life. -- Anthony F. Lang Jr., University of St. AndrewsThis challenging and stimulating work forcefully critiques the assumptions of post–Cold War democratic political theory and neoliberal economic ideology. Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George present imaginative new ways of rethinking democracy and its relationship to globalization through historical and current examples. By highlighting how promoting democracy and neoliberal economic policies follows limited and limiting agendas, they articulate a more subtle and socially relevant picture of what potential democratic possibilities might mean in the globalized twenty-first century. -- Daniel Warner, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, GenevaTable of ContentsIntroduction: One or Many Forms of Democracy? Chapter 1: Democracy in Historical Context: Toward Heterodoxy Chapter 2: Neoliberalism and Democracy: Debate, Conflict, and Contestation in the Current Era Chapter 3: What Does Democracy Mean in the Neoliberal Era? The Case of Venezuela and "Bolivarian Democracy" Chapter 4: Democracy as a Challenge to Neoliberalism: Heterodoxy in South Africa, India, and Russia Chapter 5: Globalization and the Destabilization of Democracy Chapter 6: New Democratic Subjects in Neoliberal Globalization Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCombining theory with compelling case studies, this book examines the globalizing world of democracy. Noted critical scholars Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George argue that democracy must be understood not as a unified concept but as a diversity of political responses to specific conditions and political struggles. Doing so reveals how democracy is taking multiple forms around the world in response to neoliberal globalism and the increasing pace and complexity of everyday life. The authors show how the current phase of globalization is destabilizing the dominance of Western democracy promotion as resisters challenge common understandings and forms of democracy. Explaining the theory behind neoliberal globalization and democracy promotion, they consider its impact and struggles against it in South Africa, post-Soviet Russia, India, and Venezuela and other pink tide states in Latin America. Rosow and George also examine how digital communications networks, the centralization of security, andTrade ReviewGlobalization and Democracy examines the ways that neoliberal economics threatens democracy and whether there are alternative economic policies that can enhance democracy. For Rosow and George, democracy cannot simply be about voting and interest group politics but must include a strong, consistent, popular presence that not only demands social justice but also actively participates in the forging of public policies to achieve this goal. In this provocative book, Rosow and George take up studies of several countries where neoliberalism is ascendant, such as Russia, and countries where the authors find a popularly based democratic alternative in command, such as Venezuela. . . .[T]his lively, well-researched book challenges many popular assumptions about the benefits of globalization, particularly its effects on democracy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *In their rigorous and historically grounded account, Rosow and George demonstrate what it means to do political theory. From classical Athens to the Occupy movements, their text ranges across time and space to remind us that democracy is not liberalism and that politics is not easy. An outstanding introduction to one of the most important concepts in modern political life. -- Anthony F. Lang Jr., University of St. AndrewsThis challenging and stimulating work forcefully critiques the assumptions of post–Cold War democratic political theory and neoliberal economic ideology. Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George present imaginative new ways of rethinking democracy and its relationship to globalization through historical and current examples. By highlighting how promoting democracy and neoliberal economic policies follows limited and limiting agendas, they articulate a more subtle and socially relevant picture of what potential democratic possibilities might mean in the globalized twenty-first century. -- Daniel Warner, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, GenevaTable of ContentsIntroduction: One or Many Forms of Democracy? Chapter 1: Democracy in Historical Context: Toward Heterodoxy Chapter 2: Neoliberalism and Democracy: Debate, Conflict, and Contestation in the Current Era Chapter 3: What Does Democracy Mean in the Neoliberal Era? The Case of Venezuela and "Bolivarian Democracy" Chapter 4: Democracy as a Challenge to Neoliberalism: Heterodoxy in South Africa, India, and Russia Chapter 5: Globalization and the Destabilization of Democracy Chapter 6: New Democratic Subjects in Neoliberal Globalization Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisMulticulturalismthe belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely differenthas come to dominate Western intellectual thought and to serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy and development aid. But what if multiculturalism itself is flawed? What if some cultures are more prone to progress than others and more successful at creating the cultural capital that encourages democratic governance, social justice for all, and the elimination of poverty? In Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence E. Harrison takes the politically incorrect stand that all cultures are not created equal. Analyzing the performance of 117 countries, grouped by predominant religion, Harrison argues for the superiority of those cultures that emphasize Jewish, Confucian, and Protestant values. A concluding chapter outlines ways in which cultural change may substantially transform societies within a generation.Trade ReviewSailing into stiff headwinds, Harrison challenges the belief—foundational to multiculturalism—that all cultures are equally valuable. Some cultures, he argues, simply are better than others at fostering economic growth, democratic governance, and social justice. It is, he asserts, a culture of education, frugality, and intracommunity trust that makes Jews financial titans. Likewise, a culture of learning and personal moderation empowers Confucian entrepreneurs in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. And it is a culture of hard work coupled to personal responsibility that elevates Protestants to top positions in global business. Other cultures—tradition-bound Catholicism, fatalistic Islam, and irrational Voodoo—come in for censure as obstacles to progress. Likewise labeled as barriers to advancement are contemporary cultural patterns among African Americans and Latino immigrants. Clearly separating himself from conservatives, Harrison outlines a progressive agenda based on deliberate cultural engineering. Still, in trying to test this agenda, Harrison’s Cultural Change Institute has encountered considerable resistance. That resistance persists in sharp debates sure to bring readers, both partisans and critics, to this book. * Booklist *Harrison vigorously defends the proposition that both human capital (e.g., educated workers) and social capital (e.g., capacity to cooperate) require the larger religious worldviews constituting cultural capital. Not all religious cultures are equally deserving of respect if measured by their score on a 25-item typology of "universal progress culture." Using league tables of national achievements regarding transparency/corruption, political and civil freedoms, income distribution, female literacy, and per capita income--reinforced by anecdotes from his own experience in economic development projects in Latin America--Harrison concludes that the three religious cultures of the book's title are markedly superior on all counts in comparison with Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. And, to demonstrate that culture matters and race does not, he uses the same typology to show the high achievements of minority religious/cultural outliers such as Basques (Catholic), Ismailis (Muslim), and Sikhs (Hindu) as well as African Americans descended from pre-Civil War freedmen or from immigrants from Jamaica. The lesson he draws for US educational, social-welfare, and immigration policy is obvious: assimilation into US national culture must supplant multiculturalism in theory and practice. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty * CHOICE *Harrison structures his book by creating a foundation for his argument and then examining numerous cultures by way of many different factors. The book travels widely, from the Ten Commandments to the Reformation, from Islam to Mormonism and from the Basques to the Sikhs. Throughout, the author attempts to analyze each culture’s effectiveness by how it addresses human rights and social, economic and political achievement. . . .The result is a comprehensive and controversial book, guaranteed to make readers sit up and take notice, agreeing or disagreeing to the full extent of their varied and individual voices. * Martha's Vineyard Gazette *Why are some cultures more successful than others? One answer was delivered a century ago by the great German sociologist Max Weber, who drew a causal connection between “the Protestant ethic” and “the spirit of capitalism.” In his fascinating new book Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence Harrison offers a more comprehensive answer. He has examined cultures as diverse as Jews and Confucians and found that, contrary to the central precept of multiculturalism, some cultural groups have been substantially more successful than others in mastering the challenges of modernity. Separated by faith and space, Jews, Confucians, and Protestants have followed similar courses. They have invested heavily in education and human capital; they have stressed achievement over instant gratification. This book is must-reading for political leaders, development experts, philanthropists, pundits, and NGOs who want to improve the lot of humanity around the world. -- Josef Joffe, publisher-editor, Die Zeit; Abramowitz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityLawrence Harrison has written a book of bracing intellectual courage and luminous clarity. A brilliant assault on the cardinal principles of multiculturalism. Written with both sweep and detail, the writing fluid and engaging throughout. A seminal contribution to the link between culture and human progress. -- Fouad Ajami, Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, cochair of the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order[Harrison] lays out a convincing case, albeit politically incorrect, that will be unfairly attacked by the usual cast of characters. It is the best argument against multiculturalism and multicultural equivalence I have ever read. . . . I hope this book not only gets wide reading and acceptance among the general public, but perhaps even more important, among bureaucrats, governments, philanthropic and NGO leaders, as well as academics, so that positive actions can result from [Harrison's] efforts. -- Steven Pease, author of The Golden Age of Jewish Achievement and co-chair of the US-Russia FoundationHarrison has the courage to write the truth, a dangerous virtue these days. -- Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityLawrence Harrison has created a masterpiece in the tradition of Carlos Rangel, Claudio Veliz, Mario Vargas Llosa, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner and Alvaro Vargas Llosa; one can consider Lawrence Harrison as the Max Weber of the 21st Century! In just eleven chapters, he succinctly explains the differences between High & Low Cultural Capital as they relate to religion, destiny, time orientation, wealth, knowledge, ethical codes, lesser virtues, education, work and achievement, frugality, entrepreneurship, risk, competition, innovation, advancement, rule of law, radius of trust, family, association of individuals, groups, authority, elites, church-state and gender. In so doing, he effectively makes the case that some cultures are more capable of creating the cultural capital that is a catalyst for democratic governance, social justice, the elimination of poverty, and creation of wealth. This author will be the object of hate-speech by the far left because he has invalidated the self-anointed political elites' view that serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy as well as foreign aid. Bravo Dr. Harrison! You have shattered the multicultural myth that all cultures are equal, and have provided a reasonable "way ahead" for countries that have fallen behind! -- Dr. B Leland BakerTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Cultural Capital Defined Chapter 2: Why Jews, Confucians, and Protestants? Chapter 3: Jews Chapter 4: Confucians Chapter 5: Protestants Chapter 6: Other High Achievers I: Basques and Sikhs Chapter 7: Other High Achievers II: Mormons and Ismailis Chapter 8: Catholic Latin America Chapter 9: Latino Immigration into the United States Chapter 10: African Americans Chapter 11: What to Do

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Book SynopsisThis up-to-date text offers a clear and cogent introduction to women in development. Exploring the global structures and processes that impede or support the empowerment of women, Jana Everett and Sue Ellen M. Charlton use a feminist lens to understand contemporary gender roles. Without such a lens, they argue, our understanding of globalization and development is incomplete, resulting in flawed policies that fail to improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. After a set of introductory chapters that conceptually frame the issues, the authors then investigate women's struggles within and against globalization and development through powerful case studies of sex trafficking, water, work, and health. These chapters, by using specific examples, develop the concepts of structure and agency, levels of analysis, and feminist approaches as tools to help students understand the complexities of development and alternative strategies. Through rich interdisciplinary analysis, EveTrade ReviewEverett and Charlton have written a clear, comprehensive analysis of globalization and development examined through the lens of feminist analysis. They begin with conceptual analyses of their terms, soundly documented and referenced with key studies. They embrace multiple forms of feminism as practiced differently in diverse world areas. The authors provide a balanced emphasis on top-down structures that shape lives and on the agency that women bring, individually and collectively, to their situations. Everett and Charlton ask and answer their key questions at different levels of analysis, from local and regional to national and international. In four chapters, before their conclusion, they offer innovative applications of these concepts in four areas and eight places: human trafficking (Russia and Bangladesh), water (Peru and South Africa), work (Brazil and India), and women's health (Chile and the African Union) . . . [T]hese experienced researchers/authors . . . analyze the material in a sophisticated yet accessible way, which will be of value to upper-division or graduate students and academics. The book is as comprehensive as Mary Hawkesworth's Globalization and Feminist Activism. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. * CHOICE *Everett and Charlton, pioneering feminist scholars of international development and comparative politics, provide a dynamic analysis of the mixed blessings for women of neoliberal globalization—that is, the capitalist marketplace operating within and across spaces of limited governmental regulation. Their writing is conceptually sound, clear, and accessible, with case studies on work, water, health, and human trafficking. While attentive to the big picture of institutions and public policies at national and international levels, the authors highlight women's agency in struggles to make a better and fairer world. -- Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El PasoWomen Navigating Globalization is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the complex interplay between gender relations and globalization that neither neglects the importance of local sites and struggles nor ignores their relevance to international policy. Everett and Charlton adopt a ‘gender-plus focus’ showing the imperative of addressing gender inequalities and injustices in relation to injustices based on race, class, nationality, sexuality, and disability as part of any development scenario—whether that relates to the problems of human trafficking, the management of natural resources such as water, the quality of work, or the conditions for health and well-being. Under the ambit of globalization, this empirically rich book encompasses a broader range of development dilemmas and of country experiences to address global policy debates as well as local struggles and realities. Deploying several feminist perspectives and the inspiration of women’s movements, we see that different ways of framing the problem can lead to different solutions in different development contexts—be it Bangladesh or Russia, India or Brazil, the United States or Chile. Above all, we learn that multilevel strategies are essential for bringing about more gender-equal, inclusive, and balanced global development. -- Jacqui True, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Feminism and Development in a Global World Chapter 2: Navigating Globalization: Feminist Approaches to Development Chapter 3: Development, Globalization, and Power Chapter 4: Debates and Dilemmas: Global Sex Trafficking Chapter 5: Debates and Dilemmas: Water Chapter 6: Debates and Dilemmas: Work Chapter 7: Debates and Dilemmas: Health Chapter 8: Collective Action, Development, and the Challenges of Globalization

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Book SynopsisThis up-to-date text offers a clear and cogent introduction to women in development. Exploring the global structures and processes that impede or support the empowerment of women, Jana Everett and Sue Ellen M. Charlton use a feminist lens to understand contemporary gender roles. Without such a lens, they argue, our understanding of globalization and development is incomplete, resulting in flawed policies that fail to improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. After a set of introductory chapters that conceptually frame the issues, the authors then investigate women's struggles within and against globalization and development through powerful case studies of sex trafficking, water, work, and health. These chapters, by using specific examples, develop the concepts of structure and agency, levels of analysis, and feminist approaches as tools to help students understand the complexities of development and alternative strategies. Through rich interdisciplinary analysis, EveTrade ReviewEverett and Charlton, pioneering feminist scholars of international development and comparative politics, provide a dynamic analysis of the mixed blessings for women of neoliberal globalization—that is, the capitalist marketplace operating within and across spaces of limited governmental regulation. Their writing is conceptually sound, clear, and accessible, with case studies on work, water, health, and human trafficking. While attentive to the big picture of institutions and public policies at national and international levels, the authors highlight women's agency in struggles to make a better and fairer world. -- Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El PasoWomen Navigating Globalization is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the complex interplay between gender relations and globalization that neither neglects the importance of local sites and struggles nor ignores their relevance to international policy. Everett and Charlton adopt a ‘gender-plus focus’ showing the imperative of addressing gender inequalities and injustices in relation to injustices based on race, class, nationality, sexuality, and disability as part of any development scenario—whether that relates to the problems of human trafficking, the management of natural resources such as water, the quality of work, or the conditions for health and well-being. Under the ambit of globalization, this empirically rich book encompasses a broader range of development dilemmas and of country experiences to address global policy debates as well as local struggles and realities. Deploying several feminist perspectives and the inspiration of women’s movements, we see that different ways of framing the problem can lead to different solutions in different development contexts—be it Bangladesh or Russia, India or Brazil, the United States or Chile. Above all, we learn that multilevel strategies are essential for bringing about more gender-equal, inclusive, and balanced global development. -- Jacqui True, Monash UniversityEverett and Charlton have written a clear, comprehensive analysis of globalization and development examined through the lens of feminist analysis. They begin with conceptual analyses of their terms, soundly documented and referenced with key studies. They embrace multiple forms of feminism as practiced differently in diverse world areas. The authors provide a balanced emphasis on top-down structures that shape lives and on the agency that women bring, individually and collectively, to their situations. Everett and Charlton ask and answer their key questions at different levels of analysis, from local and regional to national and international. In four chapters, before their conclusion, they offer innovative applications of these concepts in four areas and eight places: human trafficking (Russia and Bangladesh), water (Peru and South Africa), work (Brazil and India), and women's health (Chile and the African Union) . . . [T]hese experienced researchers/authors . . . analyze the material in a sophisticated yet accessible way, which will be of value to upper-division or graduate students and academics. The book is as comprehensive as Mary Hawkesworth's Globalization and Feminist Activism. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Feminism and Development in a Global World Chapter 2: Navigating Globalization: Feminist Approaches to Development Chapter 3: Development, Globalization, and Power Chapter 4: Debates and Dilemmas: Global Sex Trafficking Chapter 5: Debates and Dilemmas: Water Chapter 6: Debates and Dilemmas: Work Chapter 7: Debates and Dilemmas: Health Chapter 8: Collective Action, Development, and the Challenges of Globalization

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Book SynopsisGlobal drug trafficking intersects with a vast array of international security issues ranging from war and terrorism to migration and state stability. More than just another item on the international security agenda, drug trafficking in fact exacerbates threats to national and international security. In this light, the book argues that global drug trafficking should not be treated as one international security issue among many. Rather, due to the unique nature of the trade, illegal drugs have made key threats to national and international security more complex, durable, and acute. Drug trafficking therefore makes traditional understandings of international security inadequate. Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a particular security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. While some texts see drug trafficking as an international threat in itself, others pTrade ReviewKan surveys the threats that drug trafficking poses to international security. Individual chapters show how drug trafficking creates narco-states, undermines fragile states, abets intrastate conflict, facilitates the spread of transnational criminal organizations, and harms global health. Chiding the international relations discipline for sidelining the study of ‘deviant globalization’ and ignoring the non-state actors that participate in drug trafficking, Kan adopts an interdisciplinary perspective focusing on flows across borders and limits to state sovereignty. The book summarizes a range of insights from the literature on the drug trade, such as the unintended consequences of prohibition, differences between narco-states, and impediments to interstate cooperation. In the concluding chapter, Kan lists a number of questions for future scholarly research and advises policy makers to focus on managing and mitigating drug trafficking and related security problems rather than trying to eliminate them…. This accessible book will appeal to those seeking a broad overview of the global implications of drug trafficking. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. * CHOICE *An intellectual tour de force related to drug trafficking as a prominent feature of deviant globalization and durable disorder and its analysis of the international implications of the new ‘drug-security’ nexus that has emerged. The work exposes the inadequacy of traditionalist perceptions related to the state-centric security environment in an age when the number of narco and fragile states is ever growing and violent non-state actors and organized crime groups are ascendant. -- Robert J. Bunker, Claremont Graduate UniversityFocusing on the convoluted but powerful intersection between drug trafficking and international security, Paul Kan emphasizes the changed nature of security and elucidates the role of drug trafficking in creating insecurity and disorder. Informative, perceptive, and far-reaching, this volume is not for the faint-hearted: it will greatly appeal to some and irritate and provoke others. Is drug trafficking no more than a hyped up threat or is it a genuine and enduring security challenge? Read this book and decide for yourself. -- Phil Williams, Wesley W. Posvar Professor of International Security in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, and Director of the University’s Ridgway Center for International Security StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One: The Scope and Scale of the Issue Chapter Two: Patterns of International Drug Trafficking Chapter Three: Narco-States Chapter Four: Fragile States Chapter Five: Intrastate Conflict and Terrorism Chapter Six: Transnational Organized Crime Chapter Seven: Human Security and Global Health Chapter Eight: Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Chapter Nine: Ways Forward

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Book SynopsisGlobal drug trafficking intersects with a vast array of international security issues ranging from war and terrorism to migration and state stability. More than just another item on the international security agenda, drug trafficking in fact exacerbates threats to national and international security. In this light, the book argues that global drug trafficking should not be treated as one international security issue among many. Rather, due to the unique nature of the trade, illegal drugs have made key threats to national and international security more complex, durable, and acute. Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a particular security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. While some texts see drug trafficking as an international threat in itself, others place it under the topic of transnational organized crime, arguing that the threats emanate from crimTrade ReviewKan surveys the threats that drug trafficking poses to international security. Individual chapters show how drug trafficking creates narco-states, undermines fragile states, abets intrastate conflict, facilitates the spread of transnational criminal organizations, and harms global health. Chiding the international relations discipline for sidelining the study of ‘deviant globalization’ and ignoring the non-state actors that participate in drug trafficking, Kan adopts an interdisciplinary perspective focusing on flows across borders and limits to state sovereignty. The book summarizes a range of insights from the literature on the drug trade, such as the unintended consequences of prohibition, differences between narco-states, and impediments to interstate cooperation. In the concluding chapter, Kan lists a number of questions for future scholarly research and advises policy makers to focus on managing and mitigating drug trafficking and related security problems rather than trying to eliminate them…. This accessible book will appeal to those seeking a broad overview of the global implications of drug trafficking. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. * CHOICE *An intellectual tour de force related to drug trafficking as a prominent feature of deviant globalization and durable disorder and its analysis of the international implications of the new ‘drug-security’ nexus that has emerged. The work exposes the inadequacy of traditionalist perceptions related to the state-centric security environment in an age when the number of narco and fragile states are ever growing and violent non-state actors and organized crime groups are ascendant. -- Robert J. Bunker, Claremont Graduate UniversityFocusing on the convoluted but powerful intersection between drug trafficking and international security, Paul Kan emphasizes the changed nature of security and elucidates the role of drug trafficking in creating insecurity and disorder. Informative, perceptive, and far-reaching, this volume is not for the faint-hearted: it will greatly appeal to some and irritate and provoke others. Is drug trafficking no more than a hyped up threat or is it a genuine and enduring security challenge? Read this book and decide for yourself. -- Phil Williams, Wesley W. Posvar Professor of International Security in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, and Director of the University’s Ridgway Center for International Security StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One: The Scope and Scale of the Issue Chapter Two: Patterns of International Drug Trafficking Chapter Three: Narco-States Chapter Four: Fragile States Chapter Five: Intrastate Conflict and Terrorism Chapter Six: Transnational Organized Crime Chapter Seven: Human Security and Global Health Chapter Eight: Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Chapter Nine: Ways Forward

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The rich deposits of natural resources, such as oil and gas, suffer from a strained renewable resource base that includes water and arable land. This leads to water scarcity, desertification, and land degradation. Increasing population, industrialization, and urbanization put more and more demand on the food supply. Energy insecurity may not be generally associated with the Middle East, but the countries in the eastern Mediterranean part have been traditionally vulnerable to it as their fossil fuel endowments have been low. Another issue is the large-scale temporary labor migration and the large number of forced migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons. The book analyzes these emerging security challenges in a comprehensive and systematic manner. It draws national and regional security issues into both the global security and human security perspectives.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive analysis of the issues that destabilize the national and international politics of the Middle East. It is based on long and skilled observation of the problems of accessing secure water, energy and food supplies in the region. The authors bring the analysis right up to date by discussing the violent first and second decades of the twenty-first century. By deploying comprehensive securitization frame they effectively assist the reader to understand the variable intensity of regional conflict. They also link these dynamics with what has become known as the water, energy and food nexus. -- Prof. J. A. (Tony) Allan, Department of Geography, King's College LondonThis is an important book that deserves the attention of anyone interested in the condition of the Middle East region and its impact on the world. The book's comprehensive overview of the underlying security challenges facing the Middle East—including water, energy, arable land, urban sprawl, pollution, and demographic issues—highlights existential stresses that drive some current tensions and also threaten the region's future. If you wonder what issues the Middle East region and the world should address to lower tensions and promote stability in the decades ahead, Swain and Jägerskog's work is a compelling starting place. -- Rami G. Khouri, founding director and currently senior fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of BeirutTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Middle East and Its New Sources of Insecurity Understanding Security in the Middle East Study of Security in the Middle East The Middle East Region International Actors and Regional Security in the Middle East The Rise and Fall of the ‘Arab Spring’ and the Rise of the ISIS Future Security Threats: Emerging Scenarios Chapter 2: Achieving Food Security: A Critical Challenge Increasing Food demand in the Region Import and Export of Water from the Region Land Investments as a Strategy to Address Food Security Climate Change, Water Availability and Food Production Concluding Thoughts Chapter 3: Water Scarcity: Threat to Peace and Stability Water Scarcity and Water Governance in the Middle East Supply versus Demand Side Solutions High Degree of Shared Water Resources New Trends in the Region – The Use of Water as a Weapon Connecting to Security Architecture Chapter 4. Energy Security and its Changing Dynamics in the Middle East Exporters of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Importers of Crude Oil and Natural Gas New Challenges and New Discoveries Moving out of Oil and Gas Trap Relying on Renewables Evaluating Region’s Energy Security Scenario Chapter 5: Managing Large Population Migration Importance of Remittances and Challenges of Foreign Workers The Middle East: The Region of and for Refugees Migrants in the Middle East: More as Peace Wreckers than Peace Makers Chapter 6: Conclusion – In Search of Sustainable Regional Security Four Fault Lines in Regional Security Structure Identifying Immediate Security Risks Region to Regain the Initiative

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and Eurasia. Kay builds on the first and second edition's emphasis on the roles of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime. This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education. The author includes full updates on emerging challenges out of Iraq, Russia, and viral diseases in the context of larger strategic questions like the rise of China and America'Trade ReviewThe book is so well organized and written that it provides students with a solid foundation upon which to build their understanding of the evolving geopolitics of security. -- Bruce P. Barnes, University of OklahomaIn this fully updated edition of Global Security, Kay responds to national and transnational challenges confronting Americans after lackluster economic growth, enormous increases in the national debt, and emergence of new militarized threats, doubling down on the well-founded optimism of his earlier work. Here, students learn that great power struggle over the future of Europe and the developed world’s response to continuing poverty and public health catastrophes in the Global South are of a piece. In this democratic age, Kay teaches how ordinary individuals prepare important contributions to improve global security through determined pursuit of a liberal education, one that is imbued with scientific reasoning, empathy for the human condition, and a passion for testing theories as much as delivering the ideological goods. -- Damon Coletta, U.S. Air Force AcademyWriting in an engaging style, Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security. * International Journal of Nuclear Security *Table of ContentsContents Preface 1. Dynamics of Global Security Globalization of Security The New Distribution of Power The Nation-State Soft Power Asymmetric Power The Power of Nature Overview of the Book Suggested Reading 2. The Quest for Power The Traditions of Realism The Security Dilemma and Incentives for War Misperception, Coercion, and Credibility Offensive Realism The Realist Path to Security Deterrence Alliances and Concerts Hegemonic Stability and Offshore Balancing Realism Revised Global Security Primacy and the New Balancing Alliances, Dissuasion, and Strategic Partnerships Asymmetric Threats, Ethnic Conflict, and Identity Realism Clash of Civilizations Economic Realism Realists as Optimists Summary Suggested Reading 3. The Search for Peace Liberalism Neoliberal Institutionalism Cooperative Security Peace through Commerce Democratic Peace and Security Communities Emerging Security Paradigms Constructivism Transnational Civil Society Pacifism and Peace Movements Postmodernism Feminism and Gender Revolutionary Approaches Summary Suggested Reading 4. Great Powers and Grand Strategy The United States Russia China The European Union Summary Suggested Reading 5. Regional Flash Points India and Pakistan The Balance of Power and Nuclear Weapons Limited Deterrence Nuclear Dangers The Korean Peninsula The North Korean Threat The Nuclear Environment Averting Conflict—or a Nuclear Chain Reaction? Taiwan One China or Two? Unconventional War and Strategic Consequences Taiwan’s Security Dilemma Interdependence and the Case against War The Persian Gulf and the Middle East American Primacy and the Iraq Conundrum Iran, Israel, and the Geopolitical Balance The Saudi Question An Uncertain Future Eurasia Russian Hegemony and Balancing Great Power Alignments Beyond the Status Quo Summary Suggested Reading 6. Technology and the Business of Security Revolution in Military Affairs The Limits of Technology in War From Science Fiction to Modern War The Dilemma of Advanced Technology Information and Security Information Power Knowledge and Power The Military Use of Space Spacepower Space Dominance The Space Race Strategic Dilemmas in Space: Missile Defense and Antisatellite Weapons The Business of Security The A. Q. Khan Nuclear Shopping Center Security Privatization Private Security Companies Outsourcing War The New Agenda Setters Sanctioning Security The Sanctions Dilemma Are Sanctions Better Than Nothing? Summary Suggested Reading 7. Asymmetric Conflict Strategy and Tactics of Asymmetric Conflict Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing The Balkans Rwanda Never Again? Terrorism and Insurgency The Meaning and Use of Terror The Evolution of Modern Terrorism Al Qaeda The Globalization of Terror Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Defensive Dilemmas Summary Suggested Reading 8. Human Security What is Human Security? Human Rights and Democracy Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights Degrees of Democracy Population and Demographic Change Population Trends and Demographic Developments Migration and Refugees Food and Health The Human Costs of War The Impact of War on Individuals The Social Effects of War The Impact of War on the Environment Summary Suggested Reading 9. The Environment and Energy Security What is Environmental Security? The Environment as a Source of Conflict An Evolving Environmental Security Paradigm Beyond Environmental Security Conceptualizing Energy Security Security Energy Resources and Flows Economic Development and Energy Security Environmental Dangers Climate Change Deforestation and Land Use Water Security Energy Scarcity and Safety Nuclear Energy Summary Suggested Reading 10. Meeting the Challenges of Power and Peace Applying Global Security Concepts The Quest for Power The Search for Peace From Theory to Practice: Education and Global Security Education and Global Security Education and National Power Education in Peace and Conflict What Can You Do? Conclusion Suggested Reading

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and Eurasia. Kay builds on the first and second edition's emphasis on the roles of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime. This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education. The author includes full updates on emerging challenges out of Iraq, Russia, and viral diseases in the context of larger strategic questions like the rise of China and America'Trade ReviewThe book is so well organized and written that it provides students with a solid foundation upon which to build their understanding of the evolving geopolitics of security. -- Bruce P. Barnes, University of OklahomaIn this fully updated edition of Global Security, Kay responds to national and transnational challenges confronting Americans after lackluster economic growth, enormous increases in the national debt, and emergence of new militarized threats, doubling down on the well-founded optimism of his earlier work. Here, students learn that great power struggle over the future of Europe and the developed world’s response to continuing poverty and public health catastrophes in the Global South are of a piece. In this democratic age, Kay teaches how ordinary individuals prepare important contributions to improve global security through determined pursuit of a liberal education, one that is imbued with scientific reasoning, empathy for the human condition, and a passion for testing theories as much as delivering the ideological goods. -- Damon Coletta, U.S. Air Force AcademyWriting in an engaging style, Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security. * International Journal of Nuclear Security *

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Book SynopsisNow in a fully revised and updated edition, this balanced and clearly written text explores globalization and its impact from economic, political, social, environmental, and cultural perspectives. Providing a framework and platform for student learning, the book gives readers the tools to unravel the complexities of globalization in all its facets. Lui Hebron and John Stack note that as a hot-button term, globalization is used to describe any number of changes within, among, and between societies and states. Their goal is to reduce the noise engulfing debates and interpretations of one of the most dynamic, contested, applauded, and disparaged phenomena of the twenty-first century.Arguing that current assessmentsboth positive and negativeof globalization are overblown, the authors treat the dramatically changing landscapes of world politics as less a revolution than an evolution of already established structures and patterns of transnational relations. They trace how globalization has aTrade ReviewGlobalization: Debunking the Myths is better than ever in its third edition. This book—a tour de force on an important subject—is rigorous yet also accessible. Hebron and Stack offer a profound assessment of globalization as an evolving concept. They address the dynamics of globalization thoroughly, offering a comprehensive account of globalization’s impact on the political economy of the world along dimensions that include stability, cooperation and conflict, sovereignty, cultural identity, and the environment. This even-handed study concludes that benefits from globalization outweigh its costs. Both academic and general audiences will learn from this valuable book. -- Patrick James, University of Southern CaliforniaThis clear and lively book provides an invaluable overview of the complexities of globalization. The authors synthesize the central debates—economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental—surrounding globalization, and do so in a manner that is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. The third edition maintains the text’s balanced, jargon-free analysis, while updating the content of ongoing contestations over globalization and its consequences. Hebron and Stack make a compelling case that both the proclaimed benefits of globalization and its alleged dangers have been exaggerated. -- Sheila Croucher, Miami UniversityWith populist anti-globalization growing in developed and developing societies alike, there has never been a more pressing time for this new edition. Thoroughly informed and always lucid, it illuminates the many dimensions of a powerful and contentious complex of forces. This sober and balanced analysis is the perfect antidote to the exaggerated claims and counter-claims distorting the public conversation. -- James Piscatori, Australian National UniversityA first-rate, clearly written, extremely informative, and thought-provoking text. Especially valuable for students are the way the authors have laid out the issues, provided questions at the end of each chapter, and integrated their extensive research. -- David J. Kramer, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs Senior Fellow, Florida International University; Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2008–2009Table of ContentsChapter 1: Globalization in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2: Conceptual Perspectives on Globalization Chapter 3: Market Integration Chapter 4: Growth and Development Chapter 5: Democratization Chapter 6: Sovereignty Chapter 7: Culture Chapter 8: The Environment Chapter 9: Globalization for All? Bibliography About the Authors

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Book SynopsisNow in a revised and updated edition, this balanced and clearly written text explores globalization and its impact from economic, political, social, environmental, and cultural perspectives. Providing a framework and platform for student learning, the book gives readers the tools to unravel the complexities of globalization in all its facets.Trade ReviewGlobalization: Debunking the Myths is better than ever in its third edition. This book—a tour de force on an important subject—is rigorous yet also accessible. Hebron and Stack offer a profound assessment of globalization as an evolving concept. They address the dynamics of globalization thoroughly, offering a comprehensive account of globalization’s impact on the political economy of the world along dimensions that include stability, cooperation and conflict, sovereignty, cultural identity, and the environment. This even-handed study concludes that benefits from globalization outweigh its costs. Both academic and general audiences will learn from this valuable book. -- Patrick James, University of Southern CaliforniaThis clear and lively book provides an invaluable overview of the complexities of globalization. The authors synthesize the central debates—economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental—surrounding globalization, and do so in a manner that is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. The third edition maintains the text’s balanced, jargon-free analysis, while updating the content of ongoing contestations over globalization and its consequences. Hebron and Stack make a compelling case that both the proclaimed benefits of globalization and its alleged dangers have been exaggerated. -- Sheila Croucher, Miami UniversityWith populist anti-globalization growing in developed and developing societies alike, there has never been a more pressing time for this new edition. Thoroughly informed and always lucid, it illuminates the many dimensions of a powerful and contentious complex of forces. This sober and balanced analysis is the perfect antidote to the exaggerated claims and counter-claims distorting the public conversation. -- James Piscatori, Australian National UniversityA first-rate, clearly written, extremely informative, and thought-provoking text. Especially valuable for students are the way the authors have laid out the issues, provided questions at the end of each chapter, and integrated their extensive research. -- David J. Kramer, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs Senior Fellow, Florida International University; Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2008–2009Table of ContentsChapter 1: Globalization in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2: Conceptual Perspectives on Globalization Chapter 3: Market Integration Chapter 4: Growth and Development Chapter 5: Democratization Chapter 6: Sovereignty Chapter 7: Culture Chapter 8: The Environment Chapter 9: Globalization for All? Bibliography About the Authors

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and technology have created new challenges to national governments. As a result, they now must share power with other entities, such as regional and global organizations or large private economic units. In addition, citizens in most parts of the world have been empowered by the ability to acquire and disseminate information instantly. However this has not led to the type of international cooperation essential to deal with existential threats. Whether governments can find ways to cooperate in the face of looming threats to the survival of human society and our environment has become one of the defining issues of our age. A struggle between renewed nationalism and the rise of a truly global society is underway, but neither global nor regional institutions have acquired the skills and authority needed to meet existential threats, such as nuclear proliferation. Arms control efforts may have reduced the excesses of the Cold War, but concepts and methodologies for dealing with Trade ReviewJames Goodby has done us a great service in addressing the nuclear tipping point from the perspective of one engaged in nuclear diplomacy for decades while gaining a fresh perspective in Silicon Valley about the role of technology in shaping nuclear risks and opportunities. Today’s complex politics will be well informed by Goodby’s reflections on the intersection of governance, technology and nuclear security and on the need for renewed focus on avoiding nuclear catastrophe. I strongly recommend this timely contribution to the critical discussion about nuclear security in a rapidly changing world. -- Ernest Moniz, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 13th United States Secretary of EnergyA sense of urgency permeates this book. Nuclear weapons could be unleashed at any moment for any number of causes: a war in a region where bitter adversaries possess nuclear arsenals and where proximity allows little time for deliberation; miscalculations by major powers in a time of intense crisis and amidst the confusions engendered by cyber attacks by who knows whom. Simultaneously, social structures that have been stable and predictable for generations are undergoing disruptive change owing largely to the transformations wrought by the rush of new technologies. The challenge to governance is well described in this book, which not only argues strongly for international security cooperation but also offers practical suggestions for getting control of a very dangerous situation. Policy makers and concerned citizens alike will benefit from reading Ambassador Goodby's insightful analysis. -- Raymond Jeanloz, Professor, University of California at Berkeley; Chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms ControlAmbassador Goodby has a breadth of experience with the challenges of nuclear weapons that few others have. In this very important book on an existential issue he does more than tell a tale of caution - he lays out a plan to slow and then reverse our race to the nuclear tipping point. For security scholars, it is a must-read. Indeed, it poses a challenge that all of us must heed. -- William J. Perry, 19th United States Secretary of DefenseJames Goodby has played an important role in the ongoing effort to prevent the use of nuclear weapons. He tells that story with clarity and insight, explaining why we should worry while remaining optimistic that lessons learned will prevent future use. -- George P. Shultz, 60th United States Secretary of StateTable of ContentsChapter 1. Learning Survival Skills in the New World Chapter 2. Stepping Back from the Tipping Point Chapter 3. Nationalism, Globalism, and Technology Chapter 4. The Potential for Regional Cooperative Security Negotiations Chapter 5. Global Security Cooperation: An Agenda for Early Action Chapter 6. Choosing the Future

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Book SynopsisIn this powerful book, William F. Felice argues that a new range of human rights duties for individuals, nation-states, and global institutions has emerged in our modern interconnected era. He investigates the compelling ideas of ethical interdependence and new global human rights duties in four case studies: mass incarceration in the United States, LGBT rights in Africa, women's rights in Saudi Arabia, and environmental rights in China. Felice argues that in all four cases a human rights threshold has been surpassed, and urgent action is needed to address unacceptable levels of human suffering. Beginning with a primer on how the international community through the United Nations has codified international human rights law, Felice explores the conflicts between rights, problems of compliance, and the difficulties that emerge when cultural and religious rights are privileged over the rights of individuals and groups. He shows that a robust normative framework of global governance and glTrade ReviewWilliam Felice’s book shines a clear light on American citizens’ moral interdependence with those around the world. It is an exemplary blend of dispassionate analysis and clear ethical commitment. Highly recommended. -- Brent Pickett, University of WyomingThe Ethics of Interdependence brilliantly demonstrates why we should support human rights at home and abroad, framing the argument in lucid prose, enlivened by four fascinating case studies. I regard Felice's book as necessary reading for both college students and citizens of conscience everywhere. -- Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton UniversityIn this book, William Felice offers a challenging and eloquent argument for what he calls the 'ethical interdependence of human rights and duties.' In ways that reach more deeply into the issues than even the best textbooks, Felice develops four diverse case studies that illustrate how ethical principles can, and should, be applied to real world problems. These cases–typically relegated to a paragraph or two as afterthoughts in larger books–illustrate, in impressively specific terms, the range of dilemmas and duties faced by all who profess to support universal human rights. This book would be a wonderful addition to courses on justice and human rights across the liberal arts curriculum. -- Michael J. Smith, Thomas C. Sorensen Professor, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1 Global Human Rights and Duties: A Primer 2 Mass Incarceration in the United States 3 Homophobia and Anti-Gay Violence in Africa 4 Saudi Arabia and the Rights of Women 5 Environmental Rights in China Conclusion: Global Governance and Human Rights Notes About the Author

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Book SynopsisNations, even the most powerful, cannot cope by themselves with many of the problems confronting them. Collective efforts are needed, and diplomacy is a key element in this process. This text examines how diplomacy serves global governance, how the diverse international actors use it, and what it accomplishes. The focus is on diplomatic practice, looking at the diverse methods used by the international actors involved and how they contribute to its effectiveness. The first section examines how various levels of international actors practice diplomacy. Nation states are still key actors and they use many methods in embassies, international conferences, international organizations, summit meetings, and more. International organizations are both a forum for multilateral diplomacy and a major set of international actors still growing in significance for global governance diplomacy. In addition, a multiplicity of regional or limited membership institutions play a role in global governance. Trade ReviewGlobal Governance Diplomacy is an outstanding and highly successful effort to tie the myriad strands of contemporary diplomacy and governance together. It is extremely well-written, and gives many practical examples of the interconnectedness of world issues, It will introduce students and practitioners both effectively to the traditional bases of current problems as well as the ways world thinkers and leaders are trying to cope with exploding nontraditional global situations. -- John D. Stempel, senior professor emeritus at and former director of International Relations U.K. Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of KentuckyNo one has a better mastery of the field of diplomacy than Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux. His command of the basic facts of international diplomacy is comprehensive both in his grasp of the contemporary complexity of this field, and of its historical background. Here he sets forth the complex and interlocking networks of international diplomacy and will have applications both in the academic community and for orientation sessions for government bureaucrats and military officers. -- Timothy J. Lomperis, Saint Louis University, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Saint Louis UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. Diplomacy and Global Governance Meaning of Diplomacy Problem of Ideology Negotiation Impact of Technology eDiplomacy Geographic Information Systems Cybersecurity Humanitarian Applications of Geographic Information Technology Early Warning and Crisis Management Network Power Espionage Structure of the Book Part I. International Actors and their Diplomacy Chapter 2 Role of State Diplomacy in Global Governance Traditional Diplomatic Means Bilateral Permanent Representation in Foreign Capitals States Using International Organizations for Global Governance International Conferences Total Number of International Conferences, Worldwide. 1840-1939 Summit and Ministerial Diplomacy Treaty-Making as an Instrument of Global Governance Role of Diverse Domestic Agencies in Global Governance Diplomacy The American Embassy in Paris Transgovernmental Operations Example of Transgovernmental Work Changing Nature of the Nation State System Chapter 3. International Organizations as Instruments of Global Governance Diplomacy of National Representatives in a Multilateral Setting Diplomacy of International Organizations as International Actors International Organization Partnerships Mobilization of Resources Coordination Diplomacy Special Features of Some Organizations The Use of Courts in International Organizations New Forms of International Representation Law-making Power Inter-parliamentary Bodies in International Organizations Regional Organizations Chapter 4. Role of NGOs in Global Governance Diplomacy Consultative Association with the UN Lobbying Diplomats Access to International Conferences Parallel Forums Participation in Preparatory Committee Negotiations Participation in the Conference Itself Participation in Conference Follow-up Activities Participation in UN Policy-Making Participation in the Implementation of Field Projects Association with National Governments The Landmines Campaign Instruments of Opposition Agents of conflict Resolution Reconciliation and Peace-Building Part II. Global Challenges and the Role of Diplomacy Chapter 5. Global Governance Diplomacy for Peace and Securrity Rule of Law Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Political Means of Peaceful Settlement Judicial Means of Peaceful Settlement Preventive Diplomacy Responding to the Outbreak of War United Nations Collective Security Peacekeeping and Other Operations The Suez Crisis UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Record Peacekeeping by Regional Organizations Responding to International Terrorism Arms Control Chapter 6. Diplomacy of Economic Governance Global Governance and International Trade Regional Diplomacy to Foster Trade and Economic Integration Diplomacy of Economic Development The Millennium Development Goals Undertaking Regional Efforts for Economic Development The Multinational Corporation Issue Chapter 7. Addressing Social Issues Health Care HIV/AIDS Hunger Population Well-Being of Children Youth Aging Education, Science and Culture The United Nations University International Migration and the Plight of Refugees Disaster Relief Disaster Reduction Road Traffic Accidents Narcotic Drug Traffic International Crime Control Chapter 8. Human Rights and the Diplomatic Process Background The International Labor Organization The League of Nations The United Nations Regional Level Europe Latin America Africa Asia-Pacific Region Middle East Chapter 9. Environmental Diplomacy Initial Environmental Action 1972 Stockholm Conference Urban Settlements and the Environment Expanding Environmental Efforts Toward the Rio Summit Conference The Rio Earth Summit Four Special Issues Desertification Small Island Developing States Fish Stocks Conservation Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution More Summits Regional Activities for Environmental Protection Chapter 10. The Future of Global Governance Diplomacy

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

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Book SynopsisDrastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems toexemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation. A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women's entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the growth of work-style' businesses A vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on culture and creative industries which often ignores the significant roles taken by women as entrepreneurs and designers rather than mere consumers Introduces fashion scholars and economic geographers to a paradigmatic example of the new designer fashion industries emerging in a range of countrieTrade Review“Fashioning Globalisationprovides a comprehensive and fascinating view of an industry which provides new insights into the ways in which globalization proceeds and provides an alternative and authoritative account of the role of the fashion design industry in a globalising world.” (New Zealand Geographer, 24 April 2015) Table of ContentsList of Figures and Credits ix Preface xi Series Editors' Preface xiv Acknowledgements xv 1 What We Saw and Why We Started this Project 1 2 Global Aspirations: Theorising the New Zealand Designer Fashion Industry 19 3 Policy for a New Economy: 'After Neoliberalism' and the Designer Fashion Industry 43with Richard Le Heron and Nick Lewis 4 Cultivating Urbanity: Fashion in a Not-so-global City 69with Alison Goodrum 5 Gendering the 'Virtuous Circle': Production, Mediation and Consumption in the Cultural Economy 99 6 Creating Global Subjects: The Pedagogy of Fashionability 125 7 Lifestyle or Workstyle? Female Entrepreneurs in New Zealand Designer Fashion 153 8 Conclusion: An Unlikely Success Story? 179 Index 191

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

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Book SynopsisThe Globalization of Wine is a one-stop guide to understanding wine across the world today. Examining a broad range of developments in the wine world, it considers the social, cultural, economic, political and geographical dimensions of wine globalization. It investigates how large-scale changes in production, distribution and consumption are transforming the wine that we drink. Comprehensive background discussion is complemented by vivid case study chapters from a variety of international contributors. Many different countries and regions are covered, including China, the USA and Hong Kong, as are key themes, debates and controversies in contemporary wine worlds. Innovative, up-to-date and interdisciplinary, The Globalization of Wine illustrates the diversity and complexity of wine globalization processes across the planet, both in the past and at the present time. It is essential reading for academics and students in food and drink studies, sociology, anthropology, Trade ReviewThis book shows us that the art, science, and business of wine continues to grow new branches of globalization - thus creating new histories to explore and new trends to look forward to. -- Bailey McAlister, Georgia State University, USAWhile this edited volume is certainly not exhaustive on the topic of wine and globalization, it does cover a wide range of interesting and thought-provoking topics. I have some experience and knowledge of some classic topics when I was part of the wine field/world/culture ... such as Burgundy and Bordeaux wine ... But the chapters urged me to think differently about what I know of them. * FoodAnthropology *Table of ContentsList of Contributors 1. Introduction: The Travels and Tendencies of Wine David Inglis (University of Exeter, UK) and Anna-Mari Almila (University of the Arts London, UK) 2.Wine Globalization: Longer-term Dynamics and Contemporary Patterns David Inglis (University of Exeter, UK) 3.Reflexive Imbrications: Burgundy and the Globalization of Terroir Marion Demossier (University of Southampton, UK) 4. Building and Sustaining Legitimacy in an Emerging Wine Region: The Case of North Carolina, USA Ian Malcolm Taplin (Forest University, USA) 5. From Post-Socialist to Pre-EU: The Globalized Transformation of the Republic of Macedonia’s Wine Industry Justin Otten (University of Kent, UK) 6. Globalization and Reputation Dynamics: The Case of Bordeaux Wines Pierre-Marie Chauvin (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 7. Fluid Modernity: Wine in China Bjorn Kjellgren (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) 8. The Globalization of the Wine Industry in Hong Kong: A Local and Global Perspective Hang Kei Ho (University of York, UK) 9. Enduring Wine and the Global Middle Class Peter J. Howland (University, New Zealand) 10. Natural Wine and the Globalization of a Taste for Provenance, Jennifer Smith Maguire 11. Wine, Women and Globalization: The Case of Female Sommeliers Anna-Mari Almila (University of the Arts London, UK) Bibliography Index

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