Globalization Books

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

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

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Book SynopsisChina as context challenges the marginalization of Chinese-grounded ideas in academia, arguing that neglecting China distorts our understanding of global complexities. Through diverse ethnographic perspectives, this volume repositions China as a key agent in knowledge production, urging a holistic, post-global approach to the social sciences amid shifting global dynamics. -- .

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Book Synopsis‘A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal’s interpretation, but few will remain indifferent.’ – Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensRevolt is an eloquent and provocative challenge to the prevailing wisdom about the rise of nationalism and populism today. With a vibrant and informed voice, Nadav Eyal illustrates how modern globalization is unsustainable. He contends that the collapse of the current world order is not so much about the imbalance between technological advances and social progress, or the breakdown of liberal democracy, as it is about a passion to upend and destroy power structures that have become hollow, corrupt, or simply unresponsive to urgent needs. Eyal illuminates the forces both benign and malignant that have so rapidly transformed our economic, political, and cultural realities, shedding light not only on the globalized revolution that has come to define our time but also on the counterrevolution waged by those who globalization has marginalized and exploited.With a mixture of journalistic narrative, penetrating vignettes, and original analysis, Revolt shows that within the mainstream the left and right have much in common. Teasing out the connections among distressed Pennsylvania coal miners, anarchists in communes on the outskirts of Athens, neo-Nazis in Germany, and Syrian refugee families whom he accompanied from the shores of Greece to their destination in Germany, Eyal shows how their stories feed our current state of unrest. More than just an analysis of the present, though, Revolt also takes a hard look at lessons from the past, from the Opium Wars in China to colonialist Haiti to the Marshall Plan. With these historical ties, Eyal shows that the roots of revolt have always been deep and strong. The current uprisings are no passing phenomenon – revolt is the new status quo.Trade ReviewWe need to redefine the terms of our interdependence - to minimize the dangers, spread the benefits more broadly, and build a global community capable of confronting our collective challenges together. -- President Bill ClintonA well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few will remain indifferent. -- Yuval Noah Harari

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Book SynopsisAnalysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change. The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.Table of ContentsIntroduction: World Society and Its Histories: The Sociology and Global History of Global Social Change ~ Mathias Albert and Tobias Werron Every Epoch, Time Frame or Date that Is Solid Melts into Air. Does It? The Entanglements of Global History and World Society ~ Mathias Albert Periodization in Global History: The Productive Power of Comparing ~ Angelika Epple Communication, Diff erentiation and the Evolution of World Society ~ Boris Holzer Field Theory and Global Transformations in the Long Twentieth Century ~ Julian Go Organization(s) of the World ~ Martin Koch Particularly Universal Encounters: Ethnographic Explorations into a Laboratory of World Society ~ Teresa Koloma Beck From the First Sino-Roman War (That Never Happened) to Modern International-cum-Imperial Relations: Observing International Politics from an Evolution Theory Perspective ~ Stephan Stetter Nationalism as a Global Institution. A Historical-Sociological View ~ Tobias Werron States and Markets: A Global Historical Sociology of Capitalist Governance ~ George Lawson The Impact of Communications in Global History ~ Heidi Tworek The ‘Long Twentieth Century’ and the Making of World Trade Law ~ James Stafford Third-Party Actors, Transparency and Global Military Affairs ~ Thomas Müller Technical Internationalism and Global Social Change: A Critical Look at the Historiography of the United Nations ~ Daniel Speich Chassé

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Book SynopsisAnalysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change. The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.Table of ContentsIntroduction: World Society and Its Histories: The Sociology and Global History of Global Social Change ~ Mathias Albert and Tobias Werron Every Epoch, Time Frame or Date that Is Solid Melts into Air. Does It? The Entanglements of Global History and World Society ~ Mathias Albert Periodization in Global History: The Productive Power of Comparing ~ Angelika Epple Communication, Diff erentiation and the Evolution of World Society ~ Boris Holzer Field Theory and Global Transformations in the Long Twentieth Century ~ Julian Go Organization(s) of the World ~ Martin Koch Particularly Universal Encounters: Ethnographic Explorations into a Laboratory of World Society ~ Teresa Koloma Beck From the First Sino-Roman War (That Never Happened) to Modern International-cum-Imperial Relations: Observing International Politics from an Evolution Theory Perspective ~ Stephan Stetter Nationalism as a Global Institution. A Historical-Sociological View ~ Tobias Werron States and Markets: A Global Historical Sociology of Capitalist Governance ~ George Lawson The Impact of Communications in Global History ~ Heidi Tworek The ‘Long Twentieth Century’ and the Making of World Trade Law ~ James Stafford Third-Party Actors, Transparency and Global Military Affairs ~ Thomas Müller Technical Internationalism and Global Social Change: A Critical Look at the Historiography of the United Nations ~ Daniel Speich Chassé

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

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Book SynopsisOur experiences of the city are dependent on our gender, race, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation. It was already clear before the pandemic that cities around the world were divided and becoming increasingly unequal. The pandemic has torn back the curtain on many of these pre-existing inequalities. Contributions to this volume engage directly with different urban communities around the world. They give voice to those who experience poverty, discrimination and marginalisation in order to put them in the front and center of planning, policy, and political debates that make and shape cities. Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Brian Doucet, Rianne Van Melik and Pierre Filion Part 1: Working Practices Street Vendor Struggles: Maintaining a Livelihood Through the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hanoi, Vietnam ~ Sarah Turner and Nguyen N. Binh The Man and the Scooter: How the Low-Income Worker Helps Save a Locked-Down City ~ Abdellatif Qamhaieh The Hidden Inequities and Divisions Among Workers in the US: The Domestic Workers Workforce As Non-Essential Workers ~ Carolina Sternberg Reflections of Living ‘Hand-to-Mouth’ Among ‘Hustlers’ During COVID-19: Insights on the Realities of Poverty in Jamaica ~ Sheere Brooks Looking at Urban Inequalities Regarding Different Jobs in the Age of COVID-19: Who Stayed at Home, Who Did Not? ~ Ferhan Gezici and Cansu Ilhan Part 2: Life During Lockdown Ageist Transport Infrastructures: Rethinking Public Transport Amidst COVID-19 Lockdowns in India ~ Prajwal Nagesh, Ajay Bailey, Sobin George and Lekha Subaiya The Pandemic and Food Insecurity in Small Cities of the Global South: A Case Study of Noapara in Bangladesh ~ M. Feisal Rahman and Hanna A. Ruszczyk How Governments’ Response to the Pandemic Exacerbate Gender Inequalities in Belarus and Ukraine: Comparative Analysis of Minsk and Kyiv Cases ~ Olga Matveieva and Vasil Navumau Infrastructure Inequality and Privileged Capacity To Transform Everyday Life in COVID-19 South Africa ~ Charlotte Lemanski and Jiska De Groot Under Quarantine in a City Project: Stories of Food, Family, Fear and Community ~ Jeremy Auerbach, Jordin Clark and Solange Muñoz The Impacts of Socio-Spatial Inequity: COVID-19 in São Paulo ~ Roberto Rocco, Beatriz Kara José, Higor Carvalho and Luciana Royer Part 3: Migration, Migrants and Refugees Liminality, Gender and Ethnic Dynamics in Urban Space: COVID-19 and Its Consequences for Young Female Migrants (YFM) in Dhaka ~ Ellen Bal, Lorraine Nencel, Hosna J. Shewly and Sanjeeb Drong Spatial Inequality and Colonial Palimpsest in Kuala Lumpur ~ Nurul Azreen Azlan The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Travails of Rohingya Refugees in the Largest Bangladeshi Refugee Camp ~ Diotima Chattoraj, AKM Ahsan Ullah and Mallik Akram Hossain Singapore’s Pandemic Governance and Deepening Marginalisation of Migrant Workmen ~ Sallie Yea Part 4: Age, Race, Gender and Ability Experiential Equity: An Environmental Neuroscientific Lens for Disparities in Urban Stress ~ Robin Mazumder What Is the Relationship Between COVID-19 and the Movement To “Defund the Police”? ~ Richardson Dilworth and Timothy PR Weaver Following the Voices of Older Adults During the COVID-19 Crisis: Perspectives From the Netherlands ~ Jolanda Lindenberg, Paul Van De Vijver, Lieke De Kock, David Van Bodegom and Niels Bartels The Role of Social Infrastructures for Trans* People During the COVID-19 Pandemic ~ Magdalena Rodekirchen and Sawyer Phinney COVID-19 and Blind Spaces: Responding to Digital (In)accessibility and Social Isolation During Lockdown for Blind, Deafblind, Low Vision, and Vision Impaired Persons in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Rebekah Graham, Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Chrissie Cowan, Conclusion ~ Brian Doucet, Rianne Van Melik and Pierre Filion

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic was not a great ‘equaliser’, but rather an event whose impact intersected with pre-existing inequalities affecting different people, places, and geographic scales. Nowhere is this more apparent than in housing. Written by an international group of experts, this book casts light on how the virus has impacted the experience of home and housing through the lens of wider urban processes around transportation, land use, planning policy, racism, and inequality. Case studies from around the world examine issues around gentrification, housing processes, design, systems, finance and policy. Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Brian Doucet, Pierre Filion and Rianne Van Melik Part 1: Housing Markets, Systems, Design and Policies Is COVID-19 a Housing Disease? Housing, COVID-19 Risk and COVID-19 Harms in the UK ~ Becky Tunstall De-Gentrification or Disaster Gentrification? Debating the Impact of COVID-19 on Anglo-American Urban Gentrification ~ Derek Hyra and Loretta Lees ‘Living in a Glass Box’: The Intimate City in the Time of COVID-19 ~ Phil Hubbard Mardin Lockdown Experience: Strategies for a More Tolerant Urban Development ~ Zeynep Atas and Yuvacan Atmaca Towards the Post-Pandemic (Healthy) City: Barcelona’s Poblenou Superblock Challenges and Opportunities ~ Federico Camerin and Luca Maria Francesco Fabris Urban Crises and COVID-19 in Brazil: Poor People, Victims Again ~ Wescley Xavier Flexible Temporalities, Flexible Trajectories: Montreal’s Nursing Home Crisis as an Example of Temporary Workers’ Complicated Urban Labour Geographies ~ Lukas Stevens Part 2: Experiences of Housing and Home During the Pandemic Bold Words, a Hero or a Traitor? Fang Fang’s Diaries of the Wuhan Lockdown on Chinese Social Media ~ Liangni Sally Liu, Guanyu Jason Ran and Yu Wang The COVID-19 Lockdown and the Impact of Poor-Quality Housing on Occupants in the UK ~ Philip Brown, Rachel Armitage, Leanne Monchuk, Dillon Newton and Brian Robson Aging at Home: The Elderly in Gauteng, South Africa in the Context of COVID-19 ~ Alexandra Parker and Julia De Kadt COVID-19, Lockdown(s) and Housing Inequalities Amongst Families Who Have Children With Autism in London ~ Rosalie Warnock Detroit’s Work To Address the Pandemic for Older Adults: A City of Challenge, History and Resilience ~ Tam E. Perry, James McQuaid, Claudia Sanford and Dennis Archambault Ethnic Enclaves in a Time of Plague: A Comparative Analysis of New York City and Chicago ~ Amanda Furiasse and Sher Afgan Tareen Migration in the Times of Immobility: Geographies of Walking and Dispossession in India ~ Kamalika Banerjee and Samadrita Das Living Through a Pandemic in the Shadows of Gentrification and Displacement: Experiences of Marginalized Residents in Waterloo Region, Canada ~ William Turman, Brian Doucet and Faryal Diwan Cities Under Lockdown: Public Health, Urban Vulnerabilities and Neighbourhood Planning in Dublin ~ Carla Maria Kayanan, Niamh Moore-Cherry and Alma Clavin Conclusion ~ Brian Doucet, Pierre Filion and Rianne Van Melik

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Book SynopsisCOVID-19 is an invisible threat that has hugely impacted cities and their inhabitants. Yet its impact is very visible, perhaps most so in urban public spaces and spaces of mobility. This international volume explores the transformations of public space and public transport in response to COVID-19 across the world, both those resulting from official governmental regulations and from everyday practices of urban citizens. The contributors discuss how the virus made urban inequalities sharper and clearer, and redefined public spaces in the ‘new normal’. Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Rianne van Melik, Pierre Filion & Brian Doucet Part 1: What Constitutes Public Space? Public Space and COVID-19: New Social Practices, Intensified Inequalities ~ Loren March and Ute Lehrer Pandemic Pop-Ups and the Performance of Legality ~ Alexandra Flynn and Amelia Thorpe Lessons From the Lockdown: Foregrounding Non-Privileged Perspectives Into the (Post-)COVID-19 City Debate ~ Luce Beeckmans and Stijn Oosterlynck “Everybody Has To Move, You Can’t Stand Still”: Policing of Vulnerable Urban Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brussels ~ Mattias De Backer and Lucas Melgaço Parks in a Pandemic: Attachments, Absences and Exclusions ~ Julian Dobson Failure by Design? Neoliberalism, Public Space and the (Im)possibility of Lockdown Compliance in the UK ~ Conor Wilson A Place for Life: Striving Towards Accessible and Equitable Public Spaces for Times of Crisis and Beyond ~ Anaid Yerena and Rubén Casas Part 2: Public Space and Human Well-Being How Can Inequalities in Access to Green Space Be Addressed in a Post-Pandemic World? Lessons From London ~ Meredith Whitten and Peter Massini America Under COVID-19: The Plight of the Old ~ Setha Low and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Exploring Older Adults’ Experiences of Urban Space in the COVID-19 Lockdowns: Dutch and British Perspectives ~ Tess Osborne, Arlinde Dul and Louise Meijering Public Libraries in Crises: Between Spaces of Care and Information Infrastructures ~ Alice Corble and Rianne Van Melik The City and the Park in Times of Pandemic: Children’s Practices in Public Spaces Before and After the Lockdown in Porto, Portugal ~ Júlia Rodrigues, Lígia Ferro, João Teixeira Lopes and Eunice Castro Seixas The Mundane and (Extra)ordinary Public Spaces in India: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Through an Everyday Lens in Chennai City ~ Lakshmi Priya Rajendran and Aamstrong Anjumuthu The Resilience of Street Vendors in Surviving COVID-19 Crisis in Hanoi, Vietnam ~ Ha Minh Hai Thai, Phuong Quoc Dinh and Phuong Thu Nguyen Part 3: Public Space and Mobility City Cycling After COVID-19 for Interspecies Mobility Justice ~ Nicholas Scott Mobility Justice and Social Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jakarta ~ Harya S. Dillon and Deden Rukmana Pandemic and Future-Proofing Cities: Pedestrian-Oriented Development as an Alternative Model to Transit-Based Intensification Centres ~ Neluka Leanage and Pierre Filion Mercurial Images of the COVID-19 City ~ Emma Arnold Conclusion ~ Rianne Van Melik, Brian Doucet and Pierre Filion

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Book SynopsisCities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate. Drawing from case studies across the globe, this book explores how the pandemic and the policies it has prompted have caused changes in the ways cities function. The contributors examine the advancing social inequality brought on by the pandemic and suggest policies intended to contain contagion whilst managing the economy in these circumstances. Offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policymaking in the Face of Uncertainty and Inequality ~ Pierre Filion, Brian Doucet and Rianne Van Melik Part 1: COVID-19 and Urban Changes The Exaggerated Report of Offices’ Demise: The Strength of Weak Workplace Ties ~ Richard Shearmur, Manuela Parra-Lockhorst and Alastair Wycliffe-Jones Platform Labour in Urban Spaces After COVID-19 ~ Sandro Mezzadra, Mattia Frapporti and Maurilio Pirone More Cycling and Road Closures, but for Whom and Where? ~ Rebecca Mayers Governing “The Night” in Post-COVID-19 Lisbon: Challenges, Opportunities and Uncertainties ~ Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros, João Carlos Martins, Cristiana Vale Pires and Jordi Nofre Small Business Owners in Stockholm and the Anti-Lockdown Pandemic Strategy ~ Rosa Danenberg Urban Inequalities and the Lived Politics of Resilience ~ Oleg Golubchikov and Geoffrey DeVerteuil Part 2: The Pandemic, Social Inequality and Mobilization Navigating Socio-Economic Pressures in COVID-19 Urban Kenya: A Relational Geographies’ Perspective ~ Christiane Stephan, Mario Schmidt and Eric Mutisya Kioko On Standby? But for How Long? The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on the Urban Poor of Sri Lanka ~ Mohamed Minas, Dilshani N. Ranawaka and Lothar Smith Combatting Older Adult Loneliness: It Takes a (Blended) Village ~ Maxwell Hartt, Samantha J. Norberg, Julie Karns, Maliha Majeed and Barry Pendergast Kindness More Contagious Than Viruses: An Inclusive and Innovative Response to Inequalities in Ankara ~ Özgür Sayın and Savaş Zafer Şahin Resisting Disaster Capitalism During COVID-19 in Chile: People Fight Back ~ Claudia González-Muzzio, Vicente Sandoval and Carmen Paz Castro Rapid Deployment of Transport Infrastructure and Urban Social Injustice: The Case of Medellín, Colombia ~ Carlos Cadena-Gaitán, Alejandro Álvarez-Vanegas and María C. Flórez-Munoz Part 3: Municipal and Urban Policy Responses Transnational Experiences of COVID-19: Transferable Lessons for Urban Planning Between the Global South and the Global North ~ Shauna Brail, Michael Martin, Jagath Munasinghe, Rangajeena Ratnayake and Julie Rudner Urban Mobility, Working Culture and Administration During the COVID-19 Crisis: Adjustments for a Resilient City ~ Kerstin Stark, Julia Schuppan, Ariane Kehlbacher, Julia Jarass and Laura Gebharbt Public Transport Qualities and Inequalities in Pandemic Times ~ Marcus Finbom, Wojciech Kębłowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Louise Sträuli, Peter Timko, Tauri Tuvikene and Tonio Weicker COVID-19 and the Creative City: Lessons From the UK ~ Jonathan Gross, Tamsyn Dent and Roberta Comunian Urban Regional Planning Under the Pandemic: The Case of Oslo ~ Lars Böcker, per Gunnar Røe and Elling Oftedal Distributing, De-Synchronizing, Digitilizing: Dealing With Milan Transport Inequalities in Post-COVID-19 Society ~ Paola Pucci, Giovanni Lanza and Bruna Vendemmia The View From the Socio-Spatial Peripheries: Milan, Italy and Toronto, Canada ~ Lorenzo De Vidovich, Julian Iacobelli, Samantha Biglieri and Roger Keil Conclusion: The Pandemic and Beyond ~ Pierre Filion, Rianne Van Melik and Brian Doucet

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Book SynopsisThis bold new book offers an exhaustive diagnosis of global capitalism. Proposing a novel system of economic and political coordination based on a combination of market socialism and state planning, it offers crucial insights for thinking about alternatives to capitalism.

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Book SynopsisThe world has changed dramatically since the emergence of post-Marxism, and a reassessment is needed to determine its significance in the modern world. First published as a special issue of Global Discourse, this book explores the theoretical position of post-Marxism and investigates its significance in recent global political developments such as Brexit, Trump and the rise of the far right. With valuable insights from international contributors across a range of disciplines, the book puts forward a strong case for the continuing relevance of post-Marxism and, particularly, for Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s theory of radical democracy.Table of Contents1. New Introduction – Stuart Sim 2. Democracy beyond hegemony – Mark Purcell 3. Reply: Democracy without hegemony: a reply to Mark Purcell – Ronaldo Munck 4. The post-Marxist Gramsci – James Martin 5. Reply: The post-Marxist Gramsci: a reply to James Martin – Georges Van Den Abbeele 6. The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies – Paul Bowman 7. Reply: The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies: a reply to Paul Bowman – Andrew Rowcroft 8. Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe: the evolution of post-Marxism – Philip Goldstein 9. Reply: Laclau and Mouffe’s blind spots: a reply to Goldstein – Philippe Fournier 10. Enriching discourse theory: the discursive-material knot as a non-hierarchical ontology – Nico Carpentier 11. Reply: Enriching discourse theory: the discursive-material knot as a non- hierarchical ontology: a reply to Nico Carpentier – Mads Ejsing & Lars Tønder 12. From domination to emancipation and freedom: reading Ernesto Laclau’s post- Marxism in conjunction with Philip Pettit’s neo-republicanism – Gulshan Khan 13. Reply: From domination to emancipation and freedom: reading Ernesto Laclau’s post-Marxism in conjunction with Philip Pettit’s neo-republicanism: a reply to Gulshan Khan – Andreas Ottemo 14. Spectres of post-Marxism? Reassessing key post-Marxist texts – Stuart Sim 15. Reply: Spectres of post-Marxism? Reassessing key post-Marxist texts: a reply to Stuart Sim – Richard Howson 16. Forget populism! – Frank A. Stengel

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Book SynopsisThe 21st century has been characterized by great turbulence, climate change, a global pandemic, and democratic decay. Drawing on post-structural political theory, this book explores two dominant concepts used to make sense of our disturbed reality: the state and the network. The book explains how they are inextricably interwoven, while showing why they complicate the way we interpret our present. In seeking a better understanding of today’s world, this book argues that we need to pull apart the familiar lines of our maps. By looking beneath and across these lines, an ‘unmapping’ presents new insights and opportunities for a better future.Trade Review"Michelsen and Bolt’s argument casts a new light on our perception of politics and world order through time and space, and the book certainly deserves close attention." Aleksandra Spalińska, University of Warsaw, Poland for International AffairsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Taking the Lines off the Map Chapter 2: A Great Unmapping Chapter 3: Capitalism and Imperialism Chapter 4: Thinking Like a State Chapter 5: Bureaucracy and Power Chapter 6: The Battle Swarm Chapter 7: Information and the State Chapter 8: Romance of Networks Chapter 9: Borders and Impermanence Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe 21st century has been characterized by great turbulence, climate change, a global pandemic, and democratic decay. Drawing on post-structural political theory, this book explores two dominant concepts used to make sense of our disturbed reality: the state and the network. The book explains how they are inextricably interwoven, while showing why they complicate the way we interpret our present. In seeking a better understanding of today’s world, this book argues that we need to pull apart the familiar lines of our maps. By looking beneath and across these lines, an ‘unmapping’ presents new insights and opportunities for a better future.Trade Review"Michelsen and Bolt’s argument casts a new light on our perception of politics and world order through time and space, and the book certainly deserves close attention." Aleksandra Spalińska, University of Warsaw, Poland for International AffairsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Taking the Lines off the Map Chapter 2: A Great Unmapping Chapter 3: Capitalism and Imperialism Chapter 4: Thinking Like a State Chapter 5: Bureaucracy and Power Chapter 6: The Battle Swarm Chapter 7: Information and the State Chapter 8: Romance of Networks Chapter 9: Borders and Impermanence Conclusion

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

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Book SynopsisIn a time of great gloom and doom internationally and of major global problems, this book offers an invaluable contribution to our understanding of alternative societies that could be better for humans and the environment. Bringing together a wide range of approaches and new strands of economic and social thinking from across the US, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa, Luke Martell critically assesses contemporary alternatives and shows the ways forward with a convincing argument of pluralist socialism. Presenting a much-needed introduction to the debate on alternatives to capitalism, this ambitious book is not about how things are but how they can be!Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Alternative Economies 2. Social Alternatives 3. Utopianism and its Critics 4. Socialism and its Critics 5. The Democratic Economy 6. Alternative Globalization Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn a time of great gloom and doom internationally and of major global problems, this book offers an invaluable contribution to our understanding of alternative societies that could be better for humans and the environment. Bringing together a wide range of approaches and new strands of economic and social thinking from across the US, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa, Luke Martell critically assesses contemporary alternatives and shows the ways forward with a convincing argument of pluralist socialism. Presenting a much-needed introduction to the debate on alternatives to capitalism, this ambitious book is not about how things are but how they can be!Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Alternative Economies 2. Social Alternatives 3. Utopianism and its Critics 4. Socialism and its Critics 5. The Democratic Economy 6. Alternative Globalization Conclusion

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Book Synopsis"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world. As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn:· Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty· How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings· Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know· The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people· What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication· How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2023Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical PublishingShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political WritingLonglisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingA Guardian Book of the Year'Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights' Akala'A radical, beautifully written understanding of our history' Owen Jones'You can't understand how Britain works today without reading it' Frankie Boyle'A challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you' Grace Blakeley'This book should be part of the national curriculum' Ellie Mae O'HaganBritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.In Uncommon Wealth, Kojo Koram traces the tale of how after the end of the British empire an interconnected group of well-heeled British intellectuals, politicians, accountants and lawyers offshored their capital, seized assets and saddled debt in former 'dependencies'. This enabled horrific inequality across the globe as ruthless capitalists profited and ordinary people across Britain's former territories in colonial Africa, Asia and the Caribbean were trapped in poverty. However, the reinforcement of capitalist power across the world also ricocheted back home. Now it has left many Britons wondering where their own sovereignty and prosperity has gone...Decolonisation was not just a trendy buzzword. It was one of the great global changes of the past hundred years, yet Britain - the protagonist in the whole, messy drama - has forgotten it was ever even there. A blistering uncovering of the scandal of Britain's disastrous treatment of independent countries after empire, Uncommon Wealth shows the decisions of decades past are contributing to the forces that are breaking Britain today.Trade ReviewBrilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights, Uncommon Wealth reminds us how the forgotten stories of empire and decolonisation continue to impact our daily lives in Britain - and throughout the world - up to today. -- AkalaA radical, beautifully written understanding of our history - ingeniously placing Britain's recent tumult into context -- Owen JonesYou can't understand how Britain works today without reading it -- Frankie BoyleUnflinching and lucidly written, Uncommon Wealth challenges everything you thought you knew about the British Empire and its legacy. This book should be part of the national curriculum -- Ellie Mae O'HaganA challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you . . . Stirring, rigorous and readable -- Grace BlakeleyCompelling and masterful . . . Perfectly timed for a moment when more are recognizing that the past is not past, the legacies of empire are profound, and another world is possible -- Samuel Moyn, Yale UniversityBrilliant, illuminating, often surprising and shocking, Kojo Koram's careful and sensitive telling of the stories that so many of us do not know is a masterpiece -- Danny Dorling, University of OxfordAn ambitious blend of history, memoir and current affairs - Koram's superb and combative account shows how Britain's near-past can explain its present predicament. A fascinating account of the British Empire written with an exciting blend of passion and scholarship -- David DabydeenUncommon Wealth brilliantly exposes the imperial origins of much of Britain's contemporary crisis. Koram shows how the empire ordered overseas a structure of law, property, economic institutions and citizenship, which came home -- Professor Richard Drayton, KCLBy carefully dissecting the economic legacy of the British Empire, Koram has exposed some troubling home truths about the causes and effects of the very unequal world in which we live. A fascinating history, Koram's unique perspective sheds new light on an old problem -- Robert VerkaikA superb and vivid account of the ideas, laws and economic instruments that bind contemporary Britain to its long colonial history -- Will Davies, Professor of Political Economy, GoldsmithsFantastic. Koram clearly and informatively details the links between the economic dependency imposed on Britain's former colonies after decolonisation and the crisis that 'Global Britain' now finds itself facing -- Quinn Slobodian, author of GlobalistsA tour de force by one of the most brilliant young thinkers writing in Britain today . . . Urgent and relevant -- Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, author of What If Latin America Ruled the World?A bold and brazen account of the economic afterlives of the British Empire -- Imaobong Umoren, LSEA superb account of how Britain's present crisis is intimately intertwined with its imperial past . . . Empire shapes all our lives - whether we acknowledge it or not -- Katrina Forrester, Harvard UniversityWith lucidity, clarity and global sweep, Koram diagnoses the predicament of today's Britain . . . A vital read -- Sujit Sivasundaram, author of Waves Across the South, Winner of the British Academy Book Prize 2021A clear-eyed assessment of some of the British Empire's least acknowledged legacies - offshoring, outsourcing, the unchecked sovereignty of corporations - which are now reverberating back on Britain and shredding the social fabric of British life. In the Covid era, this is essential reading -- Christienna FryarExplores the ricocheting effects of colonialism in Britain, tracing the role of empire - and its disintegration - in the rise of contemporary austerity, inequality, poverty, brutality, corruption, and the cartoon sovereignty of Brexit -- New StatesmanUncommon Wealth makes a very powerful argument that today's privatization, outsourcing, and offshoring of finance to tax havens is a boomeranging back to the United Kingdom of policies first imposed on post-colonial nations -- David EdgertonRigorous, urgent and brilliantly written. This book lays bare the human cost - then and now - of Britain's colonial economic history and demands that we never forget it -- Vicky Spratt

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2023Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political WritingLonglisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingA Guardian Book of the Year'Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights' Akala'A radical, beautifully written understanding of our history' Owen Jones'You can't understand how Britain works today without reading it' Frankie Boyle'A challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you' Grace Blakeley'This book should be part of the national curriculum' Ellie Mae O'HaganBritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.Uncommon Wealth is the little known and shocking history of how Britain treated its former non-white colonies after the end of empire. It is the story of how an interconnected group of British capitalists enabled horrific inequality across the globe, profiting in colonial Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. However, the greed unleashed in this era would boomerang, now leaving many ordinary Britons wondering where their own prosperity has gone. Ranging from Jamaica to Singapore, Ghana to Britain, this is a blistering account of how buried decisions of decades past are ravaging Britain today.Trade ReviewBrilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights, Uncommon Wealth reminds us how the forgotten stories of empire and decolonisation continue to impact our daily lives in Britain - and throughout the world - up to today. -- AkalaA radical, beautifully written understanding of our history - ingeniously placing Britain's recent tumult into context -- Owen JonesYou can't understand how Britain works today without reading it -- Frankie BoyleUnflinching and lucidly written, Uncommon Wealth challenges everything you thought you knew about the British Empire and its legacy. This book should be part of the national curriculum -- Ellie Mae O'HaganA challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you . . . Stirring, rigorous and readable -- Grace BlakeleyCompelling and masterful . . . Perfectly timed for a moment when more are recognizing that the past is not past, the legacies of empire are profound, and another world is possible -- Samuel Moyn, Yale UniversityBrilliant, illuminating, often surprising and shocking, Kojo Koram's careful and sensitive telling of the stories that so many of us do not know is a masterpiece -- Danny Dorling, University of OxfordAn ambitious blend of history, memoir and current affairs - Koram's superb and combative account shows how Britain's near-past can explain its present predicament. A fascinating account of the British Empire written with an exciting blend of passion and scholarship -- David DabydeenUncommon Wealth brilliantly exposes the imperial origins of much of Britain's contemporary crisis. Koram shows how the empire ordered overseas a structure of law, property, economic institutions and citizenship, which came home -- Professor Richard Drayton, KCLBy carefully dissecting the economic legacy of the British Empire, Koram has exposed some troubling home truths about the causes and effects of the very unequal world in which we live. A fascinating history, Koram's unique perspective sheds new light on an old problem -- Robert VerkaikA superb and vivid account of the ideas, laws and economic instruments that bind contemporary Britain to its long colonial history -- Will Davies, Professor of Political Economy, GoldsmithsFantastic. Koram clearly and informatively details the links between the economic dependency imposed on Britain's former colonies after decolonisation and the crisis that 'Global Britain' now finds itself facing -- Quinn Slobodian, author of GlobalistsA tour de force by one of the most brilliant young thinkers writing in Britain today . . . Urgent and relevant -- Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, author of What If Latin America Ruled the World?A bold and brazen account of the economic afterlives of the British Empire -- Imaobong Umoren, LSEA superb account of how Britain's present crisis is intimately intertwined with its imperial past . . . Empire shapes all our lives - whether we acknowledge it or not -- Katrina Forrester, Harvard UniversityWith lucidity, clarity and global sweep, Koram diagnoses the predicament of today's Britain . . . A vital read -- Sujit Sivasundaram, author of Waves Across the South, Winner of the British Academy Book Prize 2021A clear-eyed assessment of some of the British Empire's least acknowledged legacies - offshoring, outsourcing, the unchecked sovereignty of corporations - which are now reverberating back on Britain and shredding the social fabric of British life. In the Covid era, this is essential reading -- Christienna FryarExplores the ricocheting effects of colonialism in Britain, tracing the role of empire - and its disintegration - in the rise of contemporary austerity, inequality, poverty, brutality, corruption, and the cartoon sovereignty of Brexit -- New StatesmanUncommon Wealth makes a very powerful argument that today's privatization, outsourcing, and offshoring of finance to tax havens is a boomeranging back to the United Kingdom of policies first imposed on post-colonial nations -- David EdgertonRigorous, urgent and brilliantly written. This book lays bare the human cost - then and now - of Britain's colonial economic history and demands that we never forget it -- Vicky Spratt

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Book SynopsisHow can we better resolve issues like climate change or global pandemics? When is resolution of armed conflict achievable? What impact does culture, religion or identity have on world events? Today’s world politics is complex, contested and changing fast. Sovereign states, big data, international institutions, world leaders, large companies, and citizens all have vested interests in the most momentous issues facing us. Whether it’s economic crisis, global health, nuclear deterrence or war, this text is the ideal guide to understanding the most critical issues of today, and the competing ways to interpret them. Extensively revised, the third edition takes you through the key events and changes in world politics from the 1500s, showing how historical events and developments are essential for understanding world politics today. Packed with examples from around the world, the book introduces the reader to different theories, concepts, issues, and actors in world politics.Covering all the essential topics, from international law and political economy to critical theory and security studies, this new edition includes: - 3 brand new chapters on Foreign Policy Analysis, Race and Identity, and Global Health - Fully revised historical chapters for a comprehensive historical perspective - An expanded range of topics, cases, and cutting-edge research to fully reflect the latest empirical and theoretical developments Its unparalleled breadth and clarity make it the perfect introductory text for all undergraduate students of International Relations and Global Politics. Jeffrey Haynes is an emeritus professor of politics at London Metropolitan University. Peter Hough is an Associate Professor in International Politics at Middlesex University, London. Bruce Pilbeam is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at London Metropolitan University.Trade ReviewA fascinating analysis of normative, empirical, historical and contemporary materials, this new textbook offers a remarkably comprehensive introduction to IR. The changing dynamics of world politics are introduced through the fundamental themes and theoretical perspectives in international relations as well as addressing key issues and challenges in the world today. It will be ideal for all undergraduate students! -- Yanan SongAn accessible and engaging textbook that encourages critical reflection on the main concepts, issues and theories of world politics, both historically and in contemporary times. A valuable companion for all students, especially newcomers, to the discipline of International Relations. -- Suwita Hani RandhawaTable of ContentsIR & Globalisation 1. World Politics And Globalisation Globalisation And IR: Historical Perspective 2. International Society And World Politics 3. World Politics: 19th Century To World War II 4. World Politics After World War II 5. World Politics After The Cold War IR Theories 6. Realism 7. Liberalism 8. Marxism And Neo-Marxism 9. Post-Positivism 10. Critical Theory 11. Feminism And Gender 12. Social Constructivism International Structures And Dynamics 13. Foreign Policy Analysis 14. International Organisations And Transnational Actors 15. The United Nations 16. Global Civil Society 17. International Law 18. Regionalism 19. Race & Identity 20. International Security 21. International Political Economy Global Issues 22. The Global Environment 23. Development, Poverty And Inequality 24. Contemporary Warfare 25. Global Health Politics 26. Migration 27. Human Rights 28. Terrorism And Political Violence 29. Nuclear Deterrence And Proliferation 30. Peacekeeping And Peacebuilding Conclusions 31. Conclusions And The Future Of World Politics

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with a series of topics with a primary focus on the global economy and global business, specifically within the context of Turkey. While doing so, it also delves into a globally evolving linguistic phenomenon of the English language, having already become a universal medium for practices and applications of the economic world. This book begins with globalization, described as a convergence of people by interacting economically, technologically and socially with each other, and endeavours to describe globalization with a basic approach from a historical perspective. It moves on to argue how the Zincirkıran Commissions purchase of ships heralded Turkeys appearance in a bipolar world, which emerged in the aftermath of World War II by shedding light on how the liberal bloc and trade relations within this bloc developed in the 20th century. This book also touches on the effects of globalization on the growth of the Turkish economy using data recorded from 1970-2013. Furthermore, it provides room for Weber''s Protestant Ethic, the New Institutional Economics and Human Capital Theory, which is employed as a framework to explain how social institutions might affect economic growth in the long run, and how economic success could be attained through the teaching of ethical values rooted in religion. Concepts, such as decentralization, globalization, localization, and subsidiarity are defined, and effects of globalization on local governments are examined in terms of fiscal autonomy and service delivery. A comparison of fiscal autonomy in federal and unitary states was provided with a specific focus on fiscal autonomy and decentralization in Turkey. Besides these issues, the book also investigates how Turkish foreign policy could adapt to a globalized world during the period of the Justice and Development Party. Here, as a specific point, an emphasis is laid on the period when Former Premier Ahmet Davutoglu began his Zero Problem policy with neighbors. From a political perspective, this book discusses political discourses arising from globalization, suggesting that globalization has failed to deliver its promises concerning issues such as the diminishing of nation states, expansion of democratic rule, and more peaceful international societies. As for Middle Eastern policies, the authors attempt to unpack Middle Eastern international relations during phases of globalization by particularly focusing on an ever-increasing role and impact of violent non-state actors (VNSAs). Finally, since almost all international relations and financial transactions in todays world are carried out through the English language, this book also allocates some room for research conducted on English being taught as a global language in Turkey between the period of 2000-2018.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes and discusses the various aspects of the changing "landscape" of China's industrial development within the general context of globalisation. In the past four decades, the spectacular economic growth and development of China has surprised the world. China has leapt from one of the poorest countries to the second-largest economy in the world. The development path of China's economy is different from that of any other country, thanks to its unique national system. As a country that adopted the centrally planned economy in the past, the government played a very important role in the national economy. Even until now, government planning still greatly influences many aspects of the country despite the gradual perfection of the market system. Besides the government's role, external factors coming worldwide can also be major driving forces behind the development of a national economy. For developing countries, industrial development is almost always the national priority. This book focuses its attention on the discussing of the evolution and development of China's industrial structure under the general trends of globalisation. It is always preferred that China can constantly strike a balance between its speed of overall economic growth and the soundness of the development of its industrial structure. In this book, we present the reader a true "landscape" of China's industrial development that is changing and being constantly shaped by the various driving forces coming from the current trends of globalisation. If you are one of the interested readers, we believe this book is one of the best choices for you.

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

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

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Book SynopsisThis provocative and important text offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty, both past and present. Distinguished geographer John Agnew boldly challenges the widely popular story that state sovereignty is in worldwide eclipse in the face of the overwhelming processes of globalization. He argues that this perception relies on ideas about sovereignty and globalization that are both overstated and misleading. Agnew contends that sovereignty-state control and authority over space is not necessarily neatly contained in state-by-state territories, nor has it ever been so. Yet the dominant image of globalization is the replacement of a territorialized world by one of networks and flows that know no borders other than those that define the Earth itself. In challenging this image, Agnew first traces the ways in which it has become commonplace. He then develops a new way of thinking about the geography of effective sovereignty and the various geographical forms in which sovereignty actually operates in the world, offering an exciting intellectual framework that breaks with the either/or thinking of state sovereignty versus globalization.Trade ReviewTake back control! Read and digest John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty. In this second edition, the pioneer of political geography provides an indispensable guide to the contested contours of both of these slippery terms. If only we can place it in the hands of those who really need it. -- Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London; author of Geopolitics: A Very Short IntroductionJohn Agnew is among the most important and lucid voices in studies of globalization and the reconfiguration of political space in our twenty-first century. Revealing the limits of our geographical imagination, he frees the discussion of sovereignty from the cage of the nation-state. Globalization and Sovereignty thus provides invaluable insights into the fundamental questions of governance in our contemporary world. -- Stephen Sawyer, American University of ParisJohn Agnew is among those scholars who have cut a sharp original path across histories and geographies, giving us novel interpretations. This second edition of his influential book is must reading. -- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of ExpulsionsThe preeminent political geographer John Agnew speaks to historians and social scientists alike. His Globalization and Sovereignty demonstrates how even as global processes intensify, states and nations renew their historic importance. -- Charles S. Maier, Harvard University; author of Once within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and BelongingTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Globalization and State Sovereignty Chapter 2: Sovereignty Myths and Territorial States Chapter 3: Sovereignty Regimes Chapter 4: Sovereignty Regimes at Work Chapter 5: Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis provocative and important text offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty, both past and present. Distinguished geographer John Agnew boldly challenges the widely popular story that state sovereignty is in worldwide eclipse in the face of the overwhelming processes of globalization. He argues that this perception relies on ideas about sovereignty and globalization that are both overstated and misleading. Agnew contends that sovereignty-state control and authority over space is not necessarily neatly contained in state-by-state territories, nor has it ever been so. Yet the dominant image of globalization is the replacement of a territorialized world by one of networks and flows that know no borders other than those that define the Earth itself. In challenging this image, Agnew first traces the ways in which it has become commonplace. He then develops a new way of thinking about the geography of effective sovereignty and the various geographical forms in which sovereignty actually operates in the world, offering an exciting intellectual framework that breaks with the either/or thinking of state sovereignty versus globalization.Trade ReviewTake back control! Read and digest John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty. In this second edition, the pioneer of political geography provides an indispensable guide to the contested contours of both of these slippery terms. If only we can place it in the hands of those who really need it. -- Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London; author of Geopolitics: A Very Short IntroductionJohn Agnew is among the most important and lucid voices in studies of globalization and the reconfiguration of political space in our twenty-first century. Revealing the limits of our geographical imagination, he frees the discussion of sovereignty from the cage of the nation-state. Globalization and Sovereignty thus provides invaluable insights into the fundamental questions of governance in our contemporary world. -- Stephen Sawyer, American University of ParisJohn Agnew is among those scholars who have cut a sharp original path across histories and geographies, giving us novel interpretations. This second edition of his influential book is must reading. -- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of ExpulsionsTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Globalization and State Sovereignty Chapter 2: Sovereignty Myths and Territorial States Chapter 3: Sovereignty Regimes Chapter 4: Sovereignty Regimes at Work Chapter 5: Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is the connection between globalization and social movements? How have people collectively responded to globalization’s economic, political, and cultural manifestations and challenges? And how are contemporary social movements and networks affecting the progression of globalization? This clear and concise book answers these questions by examining social movements and transnational networks in the context of globalization in all its forms—economic, political, cultural, and technological alike. Deftly combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, leading scholar Valentine M. Moghadam provides four in-depth case studies: global feminism and transnational feminist networks; global Islamism ranging from parliamentary to extremist; the global justice movement and the World Social Forum; and varieties and gender dynamics of populisms. In a new chapter, she draws attention to the emergence and growth of right-wing populist movements, political parties, and governments, not only in Europe but in the Global South as well. Defining globalization as a complex process in which the movement of capital, peoples, organizations, movements, and ideas takes on an increasingly international form, the author shows how growing physical and electronic mobility has helped to create dynamic global social movements. Exploring the historical roots of Islamism, feminism, global justice, and populism, Moghadam also shows how these movements have been stimulated by relatively recent globalization processes. She reveals their similarities and differences, internal differentiation, relationship to globalization and states, and the opportunities and challenges that the movements face. Assessing the extent to which the movements contribute to democracy, or—conversely—endanger it, she considers prospects for a renewed and more robust form of democracy. Informed by feminist, world-systems, world polity, and social movement theories in a seamlessly integrated framework, her work will be essential reading for all students of globalization.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the connection between globalization and social movements? How have people collectively responded to globalization’s economic, political, and cultural manifestations and challenges? And how are contemporary social movements and networks affecting the progression of globalization? This clear and concise book answers these questions by examining social movements and transnational networks in the context of globalization in all its forms—economic, political, cultural, and technological alike. Deftly combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, leading scholar Valentine M. Moghadam provides four in-depth case studies: global feminism and transnational feminist networks; global Islamism ranging from parliamentary to extremist; the global justice movement and the World Social Forum; and varieties and gender dynamics of populisms. In a new chapter, she draws attention to the emergence and growth of right-wing populist movements, political parties, and governments, not only in Europe but in the Global South as well. Defining globalization as a complex process in which the movement of capital, peoples, organizations, movements, and ideas takes on an increasingly international form, the author shows how growing physical and electronic mobility has helped to create dynamic global social movements. Exploring the historical roots of Islamism, feminism, global justice, and populism, Moghadam also shows how these movements have been stimulated by relatively recent globalization processes. She reveals their similarities and differences, internal differentiation, relationship to globalization and states, and the opportunities and challenges that the movements face. Assessing the extent to which the movements contribute to democracy, or—conversely—endanger it, she considers prospects for a renewed and more robust form of democracy. Informed by feminist, world-systems, world polity, and social movement theories in a seamlessly integrated framework, her work will be essential reading for all students of globalization.

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of two centuries of transnational feminist efforts to produce a more just global order. Mary Hawkesworth explores how social, economic, and political inequalities between men and women of different races, classes, ethnicities, and nationalities have been transformed over two centuries of globalization. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, she demonstrates how women have forged international networks and alliances to address specific women’s issues beyond the borders of the nation-state, crafting policies to mitigate pressing abuses and devising alternatives to liberal and neo-liberal agendas. The book considers innovative feminist tactics to produce global change, carefully tracing the structural forces that constrain transnational feminist activism. Hawkesworth illuminates the complexity of feminist strategies to influence international agencies and foundations, national governments, and transnational NGOs. By providing critical new insights into the gendered nature of the global system and the gendered dynamics of international institutions and nation states, this work will be invaluable for all those engaged in the interdisciplinary fields of globalization studies and feminist studies.Trade ReviewThis cogent text is a teacher’s ‘best choice’: a comprehensive and comprehensible analysis of globalization and its raced-gendered harms, also featuring alternative visions and transformative practices. This welcome, timely new edition brings us up to date regarding empirical data, theoretical debates, gains, setbacks, conflicts, and ever-evolving challenges of pursuing transformative social justice. Hawkesworth’s depiction of globalization demands and enables critical engagement, while her survey of transnational feminist activisms makes alternatives visible and encourages action. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of ArizonaThe second edition of this volume is essential reading for those involved in all aspects of global governance. It will help them understand that ‘celebrating women as economic agents’ is not just about words but about totally new perspectives and actions. -- Gillian Youngs, Canterbury Christ Church UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Engendering Globalization 2 Feminists Go Global: Reclaiming a History 3 Feminist Transnationalism: Contestations within UN Circuits 4 Neoliberalism and Feminism: Cooptation, Entrapment, or Opposing World Views 5 Global Feminist Futures: The Continuing Struggle for Inclusion and Justice Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of two centuries of transnational feminist efforts to produce a more just global order. Mary Hawkesworth explores how social, economic, and political inequalities between men and women of different races, classes, ethnicities, and nationalities have been transformed over two centuries of globalization. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, she demonstrates how women have forged international networks and alliances to address specific women’s issues beyond the borders of the nation-state, crafting policies to mitigate pressing abuses and devising alternatives to liberal and neo-liberal agendas. The book considers innovative feminist tactics to produce global change, carefully tracing the structural forces that constrain transnational feminist activism. Hawkesworth illuminates the complexity of feminist strategies to influence international agencies and foundations, national governments, and transnational NGOs. By providing critical new insights into the gendered nature of the global system and the gendered dynamics of international institutions and nation states, this work will be invaluable for all those engaged in the interdisciplinary fields of globalization studies and feminist studies.Trade ReviewThis cogent text is a teacher’s ‘best choice’: a comprehensive and comprehensible analysis of globalization and its raced-gendered harms, also featuring alternative visions and transformative practices. This welcome, timely new edition brings us up-to-date regarding empirical data, theoretical debates, gains, setbacks, conflicts, and ever-evolving challenges of pursuing transformative social justice. Hawkesworth’s depiction of globalization demands and enables critical engagement, while her survey of transnational feminist activisms makes alternatives visible and encourages action. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of ArizonaThis cogent text is a teacher’s ‘best choice’: a comprehensive and comprehensible analysis of globalization and its raced-gendered harms, also featuring alternative visions and transformative practices. This welcome, timely new edition brings us up to date regarding empirical data, theoretical debates, gains, setbacks, conflicts, and ever-evolving challenges of pursuing transformative social justice. Hawkesworth’s depiction of globalization demands and enables critical engagement, while her survey of transnational feminist activisms makes alternatives visible and encourages action. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of ArizonaThe second edition of this volume is essential reading for those involved in all aspects of global governance. It will help them understand that ‘celebrating women as economic agents’ is not just about words but about totally new perspectives and actions. -- Gillian Youngs, Canterbury Christ Church UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Engendering Globalization 2 Feminists Go Global: Reclaiming a History 3 Feminist Transnationalism: Contestations within UN Circuits 4 Neoliberalism and Feminism: Cooptation, Entrapment, or Opposing World Views 5 Global Feminist Futures: The Continuing Struggle for Inclusion and Justice Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisNow updated with new chapters on culture and on populism, this seminal text disputes the view that we are experiencing a “clash of civilizations” as well as the idea that globalization leads to cultural homogenization. Instead, Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues that we are witnessing the formation of a global mélange culture through processes of cultural mixing or hybridization. From this perspective on globalization, conflict may be mitigated and identity preserved, albeit transformed. In a new chapter on China, the author focuses on the key issue of agency and power in hybridization. Throughout, the book offers a comprehensive treatment of hybridization arguments, and in discussing globalization and culture, problematizes the meaning of culture. This historically deep and geographically wide approach to globalization is essential reading as we face the increasing spread of conflicts bred by cultural misunderstanding.Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to the complex questions raised by globalization, culture, and hybridity. This book dismantles some of the dominant myths, offers the reader a clear vision of what is currently going on, and shows the author at the height of his powers. -- The Right Honourable Lord Parekh, Member of the House of LordsIn our politically challenging times, the new and extended edition of this classic book represents a powerful antidote against apologists of national cultures. Drawing on extensive theoretical and empirical research, Jan Nederveen Pieterse develops a relational conception of culture as a dynamic and continuing work in progress that cannot be circumscribed by national borders. -- Sérgio Costa, Freie Universität BerlinTable of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1 What Is Culture? Nation and Culture Culture Sprawl Disentangling Threads of Culture 2 Globalization: Consensus and Controversies Consensus Controversies Twenty-First-Century Globalization 3 Globalization and Human Integration: We Are All Migrants Globalization as a Deep Historical Process Utopian Visions: Human Unity as a Theme Uneven Globalization We Are All Migrants: Migration and Human Integration 4 Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms Clash of Civilizations McDonaldization Hybridization: Rhizomes of Culture Futures 5 Globalization as Hybridization Globalization and Modernity Structural Hybridization Global Mélange Politics of Hybridity Post-hybridity? Forward Moves 6 Hybridity, So What? The Anti-hybridity Backlash Varieties of Hybridity The Anti-hybridity Backlash Hybridity and the longue durée Different Cultural Takes on Hybridity Patterns of Hybridity So What? 7 Globalization Is Braided: East-West Osmosis East-West Islam-West Easternization, Westernization, and Back Again 8 Hybrid China Silk Roads New Silk Roads Hybridity with Chinese Characteristics Globalized, Globalizing 9 Populism, Globalization, and Culture Meridians of Populism Populism and Globalization Populism and Culture 10 Global Mélange Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisNow updated with new chapters on culture and on populism, this seminal text disputes the view that we are experiencing a “clash of civilizations” as well as the idea that globalization leads to cultural homogenization. Instead, Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues that we are witnessing the formation of a global mélange culture through processes of cultural mixing or hybridization. From this perspective on globalization, conflict may be mitigated and identity preserved, albeit transformed. In a new chapter on China, the author focuses on the key issue of agency and power in hybridization. Throughout, the book offers a comprehensive treatment of hybridization arguments, and in discussing globalization and culture, problematizes the meaning of culture. This historically deep and geographically wide approach to globalization is essential reading as we face the increasing spread of conflicts bred by cultural misunderstanding.Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to the complex questions raised by globalization, culture, and hybridity. This book dismantles some of the dominant myths, offers the reader a clear vision of what is currently going on, and shows the author at the height of his powers. -- The Right Honourable Lord Parekh, Member of the House of LordsIn our politically challenging times, the new and extended edition of this classic book represents a powerful antidote against apologists of national cultures. Drawing on extensive theoretical and empirical research, Jan Nederveen Pieterse develops a relational conception of culture as a dynamic and continuing work in progress that cannot be circumscribed by national borders. -- Sérgio Costa, Freie Universität BerlinTable of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1 What Is Culture? Nation and Culture Culture Sprawl Disentangling Threads of Culture 2 Globalization: Consensus and Controversies Consensus Controversies Twenty-First-Century Globalization 3 Globalization and Human Integration: We Are All Migrants Globalization as a Deep Historical Process Utopian Visions: Human Unity as a Theme Uneven Globalization We Are All Migrants: Migration and Human Integration 4 Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms Clash of Civilizations McDonaldization Hybridization: Rhizomes of Culture Futures 5 Globalization as Hybridization Globalization and Modernity Structural Hybridization Global Mélange Politics of Hybridity Post-hybridity? Forward Moves 6 Hybridity, So What? The Anti-hybridity Backlash Varieties of Hybridity The Anti-hybridity Backlash Hybridity and the longue durée Different Cultural Takes on Hybridity Patterns of Hybridity So What? 7 Globalization Is Braided: East-West Osmosis East-West Islam-West Easternization, Westernization, and Back Again 8 Hybrid China Silk Roads New Silk Roads Hybridity with Chinese Characteristics Globalized, Globalizing 9 Populism, Globalization, and Culture Meridians of Populism Populism and Globalization Populism and Culture 10 Global Mélange Bibliography Index About the Author

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

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Book SynopsisOther global issues books are a rather eclectic mash up of topics, headlines du jour, with an "and now this!" organizational scheme. The "hot" topics may have cooled by press time, and the presentation to students is disjointed, not clear. The approach is often a "scare 'em and leave 'em" presentation of a global horror show of problems, without clear arguments about the connections among the issues, or integrated discussions of solutions. In contrast, Global Issues Beyond Sovereignty provides a thesis and a common narrative throughout the "issue" chapters. The range of responses to manage global issues are compared and discussed throughout. Global problems move at internet speed; governments do not move so quickly. This creates gaps in what citizens expect the state to do, and what countries have the capacities to do. This paradox is a problem not only for weak or failing states; even the strongest states in the system struggle in how to effectively respond to global issues, from cybersecurity to environmental toxins. States cannot solve or manage trans-sovereign issues alone. The power of the private sector is growing (both legal and illegal, for profit and non-profit), while state power is flat or in some places declining. While private sector actors have means to impact transnational issues, they do not have a public mandate to do so. Countries increasingly must learn how to play well with others; this is easier said than done. Attempts to manage global issues flow through three channels: public sector responses, private sector responses, and mixed public-private partnerships. All three channels are explored throughout the book, uniting the issue chapters in a common discussion of challenges and responses. The conclusion presents lessons learned for theory and practice from managing global issues.Table of Contents1.Global Problems, Global Solutions 2.Nongovernmental Organizations: Popes, Celebrities, and Politics Beyond Borders 3.Multinational Corporations: Private Power and Public Problems 4.Intergovernmental Organizations: Coalitions of Countries 5.God and Global Governance: Resurgent Religion, Challenged States 6.Networked Terror 7.People on the Move: Refugees, IDPs, and Migrants 8.Global Crime Franchises 9.Defending Cyberspace 10.Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Response: Storms, Disease, and Other Crises 11.Environmental Challenges 12.Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 13.Mind the Gaps: Global Problems Outpace Institutions 14.The Future: What's Next for Sovereign States

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Book SynopsisOther Global Issues books are a rather eclectic mash up of topics, headlines du jour, with an "and now this!" organizational scheme. The "hot" topics may have cooled by press time, and the presentation to students is disjointed, not clear. The approach is often a "scare 'em and leave 'em" presentation of a global horror show of problems, without clear arguments about the connections among the issues, or integrated discussions of solutions. In contrast, Global Issues Beyond Sovereignty provides a thesis and a common narrative throughout the "issue" chapters. The range of responses to manage global issues are compared and discussed throughout. Global problems move at internet speed; governments do not move so quickly. This creates gaps in what citizens expect the state to do, and what countries have the capacities to do. This paradox is a problem not only for weak or failing states; even the strongest states in the system struggle in how to effectively respond to global issues, from cybersecurity to environmental toxins. States cannot solve or manage trans-sovereign issues alone. The power of the private sector is growing (both legal and illegal, for profit and non-profit), while state power is flat or in some places declining. While private sector actors have means to impact transnational issues, they do not have a public mandate to do so. Countries increasingly must learn how to play well with others; this is easier said than done. Attempts to manage global issues flow through three channels: public sector responses, private sector responses, and mixed public-private partnerships. All three channels are explored throughout the book, uniting the issue chapters in a common discussion of challenges and responses. The conclusion presents lessons learned for theory and practice from managing global issues.Table of Contents1.Global Problems, Global Solutions 2.Nongovernmental Organizations: Popes, Celebrities, and Politics Beyond Borders 3.Multinational Corporations: Private Power and Public Problems 4.Intergovernmental Organizations: Coalitions of Countries 5.God and Global Governance: Resurgent Religion, Challenged States 6.Networked Terror 7.People on the Move: Refugees, IDPs, and Migrants 8.Global Crime Franchises 9.Defending Cyberspace 10.Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Response: Storms, Disease, and Other Crises 11.Environmental Challenges 12.Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 13.Mind the Gaps: Global Problems Outpace Institutions 14.The Future: What's Next for Sovereign States

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Book SynopsisCountering our divisive times, this innovative book makes the conservative case in favor of international organizations and cooperation. Dalibor Rohac persuasively argues that far from undermining national sovereignty, the mechanisms of international cooperation have been instrumental to humankind’s freedom, prosperity, and peace. Moreover, he shows that unlike the caricature of international cooperation as a top-down imposition, in reality it is characterized by extreme institutional diversity. Its structures have typically emerged from the bottom up, in response to concrete challenges transcending national borders. Moving beyond empty political rhetoric, Rohac's meticulous research and clear analysis assess and explains the strengths, flaws, and relevant trade-offs of different forms of global governance. A powerful rebuttal to the temptations of nationalist populism, his work is a call to arms for thoughtful people on the center right to defend the central tenets of the post-WWII international order.Trade ReviewDalibor Rohac offers conservatives a warning: their ‘marriage of convenience’ with nationalists will end in disaster. He also offers them a way out. An alternative, cosmopolitan, internationalist conservative tradition has long been dormant on the political right, and his new book is an important attempt at reviving it. -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist, London School of Economics and Political ScienceIt has become fashionable lately to decry ‘globalists’ and ‘globalism’ for all manner of ills. With facts and logic, Dalibor Rohac argues the benefits of free trade, open societies, and democratic alliances, courageously taking on his fellow conservatives, who, whether out of opportunism or a misplaced deference to ‘the people,’ have abandoned all three. -- James Kirchick, Brookings Institution; author of The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark AgeTable of ContentsChapter 1. Global governance as an abstraction and reality Chapter 2. Sovereignty and the conservative agenda Chapter 3. Sovereignty, polycentrism, and ‘global governance’ Chapter 4. ‘Global governance’, peace, and freedom: lessons from history Chapter 5. Economics of harmonization, institutional diversity, and trade Chapter 6. Ethics of cosmopolitanism and nationalism Chapter 7. The way forward

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Book SynopsisCountering our divisive times, this innovative book makes the conservative case in favor of international organizations and cooperation. Dalibor Rohac persuasively argues that far from undermining national sovereignty, the mechanisms of international cooperation have been instrumental to humankind’s freedom, prosperity, and peace. Moreover, he shows that unlike the caricature of international cooperation as a top-down imposition, in reality it is characterized by extreme institutional diversity. Its structures have typically emerged from the bottom up, in response to concrete challenges transcending national borders. Moving beyond empty political rhetoric, Rohac's meticulous research and clear analysis assess and explains the strengths, flaws, and relevant trade-offs of different forms of global governance. A powerful rebuttal to the temptations of nationalist populism, his work is a call to arms for thoughtful people on the center right to defend the central tenets of the post-WWII international order.Trade ReviewDalibor Rohac offers conservatives a warning: their ‘marriage of convenience’ with nationalists will end in disaster. He also offers them a way out. An alternative, cosmopolitan, internationalist conservative tradition has long been dormant on the political right, and his new book is an important attempt at reviving it. -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist, London School of Economics and Political ScienceIt has become fashionable lately to decry ‘globalists’ and ‘globalism’ for all manner of ills. With facts and logic, Dalibor Rohac argues the benefits of free trade, open societies, and democratic alliances, courageously taking on his fellow conservatives, who, whether out of opportunism or a misplaced deference to ‘the people,’ have abandoned all three. -- James Kirchick, Brookings Institution; author of The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark AgeTable of ContentsChapter 1. Global governance as an abstraction and reality Chapter 2. Sovereignty and the conservative agenda Chapter 3. Sovereignty, polycentrism, and ‘global governance’ Chapter 4. ‘Global governance’, peace, and freedom: lessons from history Chapter 5. Economics of harmonization, institutional diversity, and trade Chapter 6. Ethics of cosmopolitanism and nationalism Chapter 7. The way forward

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Book SynopsisIt’s a cliché to say that diseases do not respect national borders, but the realities of this aphorism present serious and significant challenges to the global community. Health and disease are intimately connected with the movement of people, goods, and ideas that are emblematic of globalization. This book will examine the various dimensions of the intersections between globalization and health, calling attention to the challenges these relationships present and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration and solidarity.Trade ReviewYoude provides an excellent and invaluable introduction to the relationship between globalization and health. Bringing together a real depth of political insight with a thorough explanation of today’s global health challenges, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary global politics of health. -- Simon Rushton, University of SheffieldWell written and peppered with vivid examples, this is an excellent primer on how globalization has affected health. Youde aptly surveys how expanded opportunities for trade and travel have knit the world together with mixed implications for health. -- Joshua Busby, University of Texas–Austin; coauthor of AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market TransformationsFor anyone who seeks a comprehensive understanding of the links between globalization and health, this is the book to read. Youde illustrates in rich detail the influence on health of viruses, trade, advocates, international organizations, treaties, and other entities. I appreciate especially the balance and nuance in his analysis: he avoids being trapped by ideology and instead, drawing carefully on evidence, demonstrates the ways in which globalization both advances and hampers human well-being. -- Jeremy Shiffman, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Globalization of Health 2 Globalization and Health in Practice 3 Institutions and the Globalization of Health 4 Transnational Activism for Health 5 Viral Sovereignty 6 Surveillance 7 The Future(s) of Globalization and Health References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIt’s a cliché to say that diseases do not respect national borders, but the realities of this aphorism present serious and significant challenges to the global community. Health and disease are intimately connected with the movement of people, goods, and ideas that are emblematic of globalization. This book will examine the various dimensions of the intersections between globalization and health, calling attention to the challenges these relationships present and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration and solidarity.Trade ReviewYoude provides an excellent and invaluable introduction to the relationship between globalization and health. Bringing together a real depth of political insight with a thorough explanation of today’s global health challenges, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary global politics of health. -- Simon Rushton, University of SheffieldWell written and peppered with vivid examples, this is an excellent primer on how globalization has affected health. Youde aptly surveys how expanded opportunities for trade and travel have knit the world together with mixed implications for health. -- Joshua Busby, University of Texas–Austin; coauthor of AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market TransformationsFor anyone who seeks a comprehensive understanding of the links between globalization and health, this is the book to read. Youde illustrates in rich detail the influence on health of viruses, trade, advocates, international organizations, treaties, and other entities. I appreciate especially the balance and nuance in his analysis: he avoids being trapped by ideology and instead, drawing carefully on evidence, demonstrates the ways in which globalization both advances and hampers human well-being. -- Jeremy Shiffman, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Globalization of Health 2 Globalization and Health in Practice 3 Institutions and the Globalization of Health 4 Transnational Activism for Health 5 Viral Sovereignty 6 Surveillance 7 The Future(s) of Globalization and Health References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a lively, accessible and informative introduction to surveillance through the lens of globalization, and globalization through the lens of surveillance. The story that unfolds is wide-ranging, taking a thoroughly multidimensional and transdisciplinary approach that brings clarity to a complex subject. Drawing a long historical arc, and freely crisscrossing the Global North/South divide, Timothy Erik Ström traces a narrative beginning with colonial land surveys. He convincingly shows how surveillance and capitalism are inextricably linked, illustrated through in-depth studies on Google and China’s Social Credit System and the broader reconfiguration of everyday life. Drawing on a wealth of empirical examples and historical context, his book is a theoretically informed but accessible example of engaged scholarship that provides a provocative and critical examination of the uneven and contradictory subjective and material social meanings and consequences of surveillance and globalization.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a lively, accessible and informative introduction to surveillance through the lens of globalization, and globalization through the lens of surveillance. The story that unfolds is wide-ranging, taking a thoroughly multidimensional and transdisciplinary approach that brings clarity to a complex subject. Drawing a long historical arc, and freely crisscrossing the Global North/South divide, Timothy Erik Ström traces a narrative beginning with colonial land surveys. He convincingly shows how surveillance and capitalism are inextricably linked, illustrated through in-depth studies on Google and China’s Social Credit System and the broader reconfiguration of everyday life. Drawing on a wealth of empirical examples and historical context, his book is a theoretically informed but accessible example of engaged scholarship that provides a provocative and critical examination of the uneven and contradictory subjective and material social meanings and consequences of surveillance and globalization.

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Book SynopsisRather than reaching the “end of ideology” predicted only three decades ago, we find ourselves in the throes of an intensifying ideological struggle over the meaning and direction of globalization. Noted scholar Manfred B. Steger introduces readers to the clashing political belief systems of our time: market globalism, justice globalism, and religious globalism. He shows how these “globalisms” have developed and how their competing ideas articulate and legitimize particular political agendas. He focuses especially on the ways this battle of ideas has been extended through the unexpectedly powerful surge of antiglobalist populism, an ideological contender that stands in tension to pluralist values of liberal democracy. Explaining the origins, impacts, and consequences of the recent populist challenge, Steger considers the future prospects for the established globalisms in what promises to be a tumultuous decade—as global problems such as climate change, pandemics, transnational terrorism, financial crises, and cyber-warfare threaten humanity’s collective future.Trade ReviewIn this newly revised edition, Steger examines the relatively rapid rise of national-populism and its anti-globalization rhetoric. Anti-globalist populism is emerging as the latest ideological force to counter the hegemony of neoliberal market globalism. While it is too early to predict its cumulative impact, Steger proposes possible scenarios of the populist backlash. This is an important and timely analysis of an increasingly hostile ideological global battle—a disturbing but essential read. -- Eve Darian-Smith, University of California IrvineManfred Steger offers a thoughtful and well-written analysis of globalization, focused on a frequently overlooked side of the process—the role of ideas. He shows how advocates of the contemporary `market globalism’ use language that makes it appear, falsely, as the only possible option. He points out the contradictions of that form of globalization, which proclaims the ideal of individual freedom while relying on state coercion and newly footloose financial capital to impose cutbacks in wages and social programs on unwilling populations around the world. Steger provides insight into the prospects of the alternatives to market globalism coming from the political left and from the religious and the nationalist right. -- David M. Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst; author of The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal CapitalismTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Ideology and the Meaning of Globalization 2 The Academic Debate over Globalization 3 The Dominance of Market Globalism in the 1990s 4 First-Wave Challengers in the 2000s: Justice Globalism and Religious Globalism 5 Second-Wave Challengers in the 2010s: Antiglobalist Populism 6 Globalisms in the 2020s: Three Future Scenarios Notes Guide to Further Reading Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisRather than reaching the “end of ideology” predicted only three decades ago, we find ourselves in the throes of an intensifying ideological struggle over the meaning and direction of globalization. Noted scholar Manfred B. Steger introduces readers to the clashing political belief systems of our time: market globalism, justice globalism, and religious globalism. He shows how these “globalisms” have developed and how their competing ideas articulate and legitimize particular political agendas. He focuses especially on the ways this battle of ideas has been extended through the unexpectedly powerful surge of antiglobalist populism, an ideological contender that stands in tension to pluralist values of liberal democracy. Explaining the origins, impacts, and consequences of the recent populist challenge, Steger considers the future prospects for the established globalisms in what promises to be a tumultuous decade—as global problems such as climate change, pandemics, transnational terrorism, financial crises, and cyber-warfare threaten humanity’s collective future.Trade ReviewIn this newly revised edition, Steger examines the relatively rapid rise of national-populism and its anti-globalization rhetoric. Anti-globalist populism is emerging as the latest ideological force to counter the hegemony of neoliberal market globalism. While it is too early to predict its cumulative impact, Steger proposes possible scenarios of the populist backlash. This is an important and timely analysis of an increasingly hostile ideological global battle—a disturbing but essential read. -- Eve Darian-Smith, University of California IrvineManfred Steger offers a thoughtful and well-written analysis of globalization, focused on a frequently overlooked side of the process—the role of ideas. He shows how advocates of the contemporary `market globalism’ use language that makes it appear, falsely, as the only possible option. He points out the contradictions of that form of globalization, which proclaims the ideal of individual freedom while relying on state coercion and newly footloose financial capital to impose cutbacks in wages and social programs on unwilling populations around the world. Steger provides insight into the prospects of the alternatives to market globalism coming from the political left and from the religious and the nationalist right. -- David M. Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst; author of The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal CapitalismTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Ideology and the Meaning of Globalization 2 The Academic Debate over Globalization 3 The Dominance of Market Globalism in the 1990s 4 First-Wave Challengers in the 2000s: Justice Globalism and Religious Globalism 5 Second-Wave Challengers in the 2010s: Antiglobalist Populism 6 Globalisms in the 2020s: Three Future Scenarios Notes Guide to Further Reading Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDespite China's clear and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey, the most current and authoritative introduction available, vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors show contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces. They consider historical and current successes and difficulties, including economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges, while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming an aggressive major regional and global player. Through clear prose and 160 insightful maps, tables, and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great economic, political, and social differences found throughout China's many regions.Accompanying the book is a companion website that provides a wealth of additional materials, including sample lectures, color versions of all the graphics, time series and provincial data files for student projects in Excel, lists of favorite films and websites, and public domain maps for student use.

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Book SynopsisDespite China's clear and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey, the most current and authoritative introduction available, vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors show contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces. They consider historical and current successes and difficulties, including economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges, while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming an aggressive major regional and global player. Through clear prose and 160 insightful maps, tables, and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great economic, political, and social differences found throughout China's many regions.Accompanying the book is a companion website that provides a wealth of additional materials, including sample lectures, color versions of all the graphics, time series and provincial data files for student projects in Excel, lists of favorite films and websites, and public domain maps for student use.

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