Globalization Books
W. W. Norton & Company Globalizaiton in World History
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Penguin Putnam Inc Wonderland How Play Made the Modern World
Book Synopsis“A house of wonders itself. . . . Wonderland inspires grins and well-what-d'ya-knows” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times–bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Extra Life, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. Johnson’s storytelling is just as delightful as the inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along the journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. He introduces us to the
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The University of Michigan Press Tax Politics in Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisAnalyses the domestic and international factors that drive tax policy in Eastern Europe, beginning with a review of the greatest challenges in the initial creation of the capitalist tax systems, then turning to the evolution of specific tax forms in order to gauge the relative impact of domestic politics on tax policy.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating argument about the influence of international factors on taxation policy, and a very welcome corrective to prevailing views. The analysis is rigorous and compelling, and of great interest to scholars of post-communist politics, globalization, and fiscal policy." —Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan"Hilary Appel has written a delightful book clearly distinguishing between influences on tax policy in Eastern Europe. In a surprisingly easy read, she sorts out European integration, global competition, domestic politics, and ideology. This is an interesting, original, differentiated, and substantial piece of work." —Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics"This is the first book to systematically examine the variation in policies of Eastern European countries. There is a theoretical contribution to understandings of variation in tax policies, but just as impressive is the in-depth empirical analysis and in particular the data from interviews with key players in the process." —Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin--Madison
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Random House USA Inc Homecoming
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Progressive Politics in the Global Age
Book Synopsis* A thorough and comprehensive collection of current thought on progressive politics * Includes an introduction that lays out the different debates clearly and concisely * Incorporates pieces by many leading international commentators on third way politics.Trade Review"This symposium comes nearer to anything I have yet read to stating a coherent and convincing case for a progressive politics that is neither market liberal nor socialist. There is not a dud or tired contribution on board." Bernard Crick, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College, London University "Henry Tam has put together a stimulating collection of articles that seek to create a form of progressive politics skeptical of both free market utopias and all-powerful states" Derek Wall, DemocratizationTable of ContentsPreface. Notes on Contributors. Introduction (Henry Tam). Progressive Politics in the Global Age (Henry Tam). Part I: Progressive Ideas. 1. Cultural Resources for a Progressive Alternative (Robert N. Bellah and William M. Sullivan). 2. New Liberalism Revisited (Stuart White and Marc Stears). 3. Federalism & the Personalist Tradition (Ferdinand Kinsky). 4. Solidarity in Theory and Practice (Wlodzimierz Wesolowski and Aneta Gawkowska). 5. A Quest for Community (Philip Selznick). Part II: Families, Citizens & The State. 6. Citizenship Begins at Home: Support for Working Families in the New Social Contract (Linda C. McClain). 7. Toward a Progressive Family Policy: The Family Unity Act (David M. Anderson). 8. Family and the Politics of Community Life (Jose Perez Adan). 9. Dignity, Citizenship & Welfare (Joseph Romance). Part III: Power & Democracy. 10. Public Service and Active Citizenship (Kevin Mattson). 11. Modernizing Government (John Stewart). 12. Corporate Power in the New Gilded Age (Charles Derber). 13. The Need for More Democracy (Benjamin R Barber). Part IV: Globalization and New Challenges. 14. The Threat of Globalization to Democracy and the Environment (Mark S Cladis). 15. Rhetoric and Reality of a New Politics for the Global Age (David Donnison). 16. Beyond Growth: New Progressive Economic Thinking (David Dyssegaard Kallick). 17. Globalization, Exclusion and the Prospects For Progressive Economic Policies (Bill Jordan). 18. Navigating Through Uncharted Waters: Global Communities and Our Common Futures (Wim van de Donk, Ernst M. H. Hirsch Ballin and Richard Steenvoorde). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Limits to Globalization Welfare States and the
Book SynopsisIn this exciting new book, Rieger and Leibfried argue persuasively for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization.Trade Review'This book breaks new intellectual ground showing how the modern welfare state has served as the midwife for globalization. It offers a powerful warning to those who take globalization for granted. What the midwife nutured, she may also help strangle. In the best tradition of social science. "Limits" demonstrates how mastery of the details illuminates the big picture of a world poised between renewal and disaster.' Hugh Heclo, George Mason University, Virginia 'This is an important book in three ways. It is synoptic in providing and interrelated explanation of the post-war rise of welfare capitalism, the pressures of globalization and subsequent welfare state reforem. It is synthetic in its sensitive interweaving of a wide range of literature. And it is illuminating in its depth analysis especially of the US and German cases.' David Soskice, Duke University, North Carolina 'By locating the dilemmas of contemporary social in a broader context at once historical, comparatrive and cultural, this wide-ranging volume sets out the challenges facing policy-makers and scholars. The authors show that globalization is an opportunity and a threat. All interessted in the fate of welfare states and of open world markets will want to have this book on their shelves.' Peter A. Hall, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Non-Economic Preconditions of Globalization. Chapter 2: Welfare State Mercantilism. Chapter 3: Defensive Globalization in the Welfare State: Foreign Trade Policy and Social Policy in the US. Chapter 4: Two Worlds of Welfare Democracy: Global Capitalism and Social Policy Reform in Germany and the US. Chapter 5: The Welfare State and Social Policy in East Asia: Religion and Globalization. Acknowledgements. References. Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Making of Global City Regions Johannesburg
Book SynopsisPhatak, Sueli Schiffer Klaus Segbers, Zhongxin Sun, Richard Tomlinson, Krister Volkmann, Jorge Wilheim, Fulong Wu, and Weiping Wu.Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Global Politics and the Making of Global City RegionsChapter 2. City Regions between Their Legacies and the Global ContextChapter 3. Who Runs the City? The "Makers" of Global City RegionsChapter 4. Contested Future: Discourses and Images in City RegionsChapter 5. Comments by Senior OfficialsChapter 6. Conclusion: Challenges Ahead for the SouthernContendersList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Social Movements for Global Democracy Themes in
Book SynopsisIlluminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system.Trade ReviewSmith's book nicely illuminates the emerging world of global civil society, providing tools for its ongoing study. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs 2008 Highly recommended. Choice 2008 She mobilizes a host of secondary literature, as well as original field research, to offer a well-supported examination of the threats to, and need for, making multilateral institutions work on behalf of those who would save the world, not sell it. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Mobilization 2008 An impassioned examination of transnational social movements... provides valuable insights into the mobilization, tactics, and successes of the democratic globalization movement. -- Liam Swiss Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 This is an excellent study that shows the diversity of the democratic globalization movement. -- Agnieszka Paczynska Peace and Change 2009 Smith has gathered a very impressive collection of data on complex global processes and structures. Writing from an engaged, critical perspective, she offers a coherent, thoughtful analysis of contested processes of globalization and constructive insights on potential pathways toward global democratization. This excellent book will be of great interest to sociologists and other students of this critical issue of our times. -- Lynn R. Horton Contemporary Sociology 2009Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefacePart I: Foundations1. Contested Globalizations2. Rival Transnational Networks3. Politics in a Global SystemPart II: Rival Networks Examined4. Globalizing Capitalism: The Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action5. Promoting Multilateralism: Social Movements and the UN System6. Mobilizing a Transnational Network for Democratic GlobalizationPart III: Struggles for Multilateralism and Global Democracy7. Agenda Setting in a Global Polity8. Domesticating International Human Rights Norms9. Confronting Contradictions between Multilateral Economic Institutions and the UN System10. Alternative Political Spaces: The World Social Forum Process and "Globalization from Below"Conclusion: Network Politics and Global DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Social Movements For Global Democracy
Book SynopsisIlluminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system.Trade ReviewSmith's book nicely illuminates the emerging world of global civil society, providing tools for its ongoing study. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs 2008 Highly recommended. Choice 2008 She mobilizes a host of secondary literature, as well as original field research, to offer a well-supported examination of the threats to, and need for, making multilateral institutions work on behalf of those who would save the world, not sell it. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Mobilization 2008 An impassioned examination of transnational social movements... provides valuable insights into the mobilization, tactics, and successes of the democratic globalization movement. -- Liam Swiss Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 This is an excellent study that shows the diversity of the democratic globalization movement. -- Agnieszka Paczynska Peace and Change 2009 Smith has gathered a very impressive collection of data on complex global processes and structures. Writing from an engaged, critical perspective, she offers a coherent, thoughtful analysis of contested processes of globalization and constructive insights on potential pathways toward global democratization. This excellent book will be of great interest to sociologists and other students of this critical issue of our times. -- Lynn R. Horton Contemporary Sociology 2009Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefacePart I: Foundations1. Contested Globalizations2. Rival Transnational Networks3. Politics in a Global SystemPart II: Rival Networks Examined4. Globalizing Capitalism: The Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action5. Promoting Multilateralism: Social Movements and the UN System6. Mobilizing a Transnational Network for Democratic GlobalizationPart III: Struggles for Multilateralism and Global Democracy7. Agenda Setting in a Global Polity8. Domesticating International Human Rights Norms9. Confronting Contradictions between Multilateral Economic Institutions and the UN System10. Alternative Political Spaces: The World Social Forum Process and "Globalization from Below"Conclusion: Network Politics and Global DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Global Markets and Local Crafts Thailand and
Book SynopsisConsidering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created.Trade ReviewGlobal Markets and Local Crafts is a must read for anyone involved in a global project that relates to family survival, development of cottage industries, preservation of traditional crafts, or the impact of social, cultural, and political forces on small scaled artisans. -- Caryl Johnson Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences 2008 This thought-provoking book will help build bridges between consumption studies and the sociology of culture, economic sociology, and the sociology of development. -- Joel Stillerman Journal of Consumer Culture 2009 A particularly important and original contribution to debates on cultural production and consumption. -- Piya Pangsapa American Journal of Sociology 2009Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: Making Culture or Making Work?2. The Frames and Forces of the Market3. Same Local Traditions, Different Frames4. The Flows of Production5. Framing Authenticity6. Conclusion: The Three Fs of GlobalizationAppendix: Study DesignReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Fixing Global Finance Forum on Constructive
Book SynopsisSharply and clearly argued, Wolf's prescription for fixing global finance illustrates why he has been described as "the world's preeminent financial journalist."Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPreface1. Learning Lessons2. Blessings and Perils of Liberal Finance3. Financial Crises in the Era of Globalization4. From Crises to Imbalances5. From Crises to Imbalances6. Toward Adjustment and Domestic Reform7. Toward Global Reform8. From Imbalances to the Subprime Financial CrisisNotesReferencesIndex
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University of Arizona Press Indigenous Interfaces
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University of Arizona Press Hottest of the Hotspots
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University of Minnesota Press Fast Policy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Drawing on theory and cases, the authors present slowly matured, insightful, and agenda-setting scholarship on the accelerated development, fast cross-border transfer, and quick implementation of welfare and labor market policies."—Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK"Fast Policy is a publication full of methodological innovations, a fruitful dialogue between in-depth case study research and theory formulation, and the valiant act of discussing important substantive questions across the boundaries of various disciplines."—Journal of Economic Geography"A compelling landmark study in the heretofore insufficiently researched domain of policy transfer analysis. Moreover, it is written in a colorful, thoroughly engaging style, rare for a book on public policy."—CHOICE"Fast Policy marks an interesting new step in the research trajectory that Peck and Theodore have shared for years."—Social Service Review"Peck and Theodore have developed a rich and original approach to thinking about how transnational networks and relationships have profoundly transformed policy-making in the contemporary period."—European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Policies without BordersPart I. In Pursuit of Fast Policy1. Geographies of Policy2. Reflections: Pursuing Projects, Following PoliciesPart II. Social Policy as Practical Science3. New Ideas for New York City4. Globalizing Social-Policy Expertise5. Reflections: Tailwinds, Turning PointsPart III. Propagating Progressive Practice6. Porto Alegre as Participatory Laboratory7. Democracy on the Move8. Reflections: Headwinds, Hollowing OutConclusion: Exploring (Fast) Policy WorldsNotesBibliographyIndex
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The University of Alabama Press Yucatan in the Era of Globalization
Book SynopsisDescribes the changes to Yucatan's society and economy following the 1982 debt crisis that prostrated Mexico's economy. This work charts the accelerated change in Yucatan from a monocrop economy to a beneficiary and victim of rampant globalization.Trade ReviewThis painstakingly researched volume engagingly details Yucatan's evolving encounter with the multi-stranded process that is globalization. In the best tradition of scholarship on the region published herein, the collection works across several disciplines and is informed by analysis at different levels of the world system. In the process, it addresses the historical determinants of globalization, the diverse ways in which global processes are experienced in urban and rural contexts, and the dilemmas and opportunities that globalization portends for the region. - Gilbert M. Joseph, Farnam Professor of History and International Studies, Yale University
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Georgetown University Press The Politics of Globalization in the United
Book SynopsisApplying concepts derived from the study of international and comparative politics, this book offers an analysis of the impact of globalization on United States domestic politics. It is of interest to politicians, policymakers, and students looking for a discussion of globalization that is grounded in political history of the United States.
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Titletown Publishing, LLC My Job
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Taylor & Francis Global Political Economy
Book SynopsisGlobal Political Economy places the study of IPE in broad theoretical context, equally emphasizing theory and practice to provide a framework for analyzing current events and long-term developments in the global economy.Andy Hira updates this essential book and the related students and instructor resources, to cover recent global developments and shifts in scholarship.New and Updated for the Ninth Edition â Provides an economics primer on how markets, interest and exchange rates work, comparative advantage, and monetary and fiscal policy; and material on getting a job in political economy.â Includes the basic tenets of realism.â Expands coverage on China, including on bipolarity/US relations, security-economic tradeoffs, Taiwan, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the failure of TPP.â Discusses Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine and builds on the material on sanctions.â Investigates the effects of the pandemic, including post-pa
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BookBaby 2020 A Pivotal Year
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Picador USA Thank You for Being Late
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times Bestseller Los Angeles Times BestsellerOne of The Wall Street Journal''s 10 Books to Read Now One of Kirkus Reviews''s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year One of Publishers Weekly''s Most Anticipated Books of the YearShortlisted for the OWL Business Book Award and Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardVersion 2.0, Updated and Expanded, with a New AfterwordWe all sense itsomething big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can't miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at onceand it is dizzying.In Thank You for Being Late, version 2.0, with a new afterword, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to
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PICADOR The Economic Government of the World
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Random House USA Inc Fast Boat to China HighTech Outsourcing and the
Book SynopsisMost Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about the people who are actually working these jobs and how their own lives have been throw into tumult by these new economic forces. Andrew Ross spent a year in China, interviewing local employees and their managers in Taiwan, Shanghai, and the far western provinces. In this engaging and informative book, he shows how the Chinese workforce has inherited many of the same worries as American workers, such as job instability, long hours, and awareness of their own expendability. He reports on the daily reality of corporate free trade and explores the growing competition between China and India. This is an eye-opening exploration of an unseen side of our globalized world.
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Gale, a Cengage Group Truths
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Johns Hopkins University Press Of Virgins and Martyrs
Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in ArabiaPart II: How Globalization Advantages Women4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by TraditionPart III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of MartyrsPart IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Pandemics Pills and Politics
Book SynopsisThe fascinating story of Tamiflu's development and stockpiling against global health threats.orld's most prominent medical countermeasure, Tamiflu. A pill can strengthen national security? The suggestion may seem odd, but many states around the world believe precisely that. Confronted with pandemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases, governments are transforming their security policies to include the proactive development, acquisition, stockpiling, and mass distribution of new pharmaceutical defenses. What happenspolitically, economically, and sociallywhen governments try to protect their populations with pharmaceuticals? How do competing interests among states, pharmaceutical companies, regulators, and scientists play out in the quest to develop new medical countermeasures? And do citizens around the world ultimately stand to gain or lose from this pharmaceuticalization of security policy?Stefan Elbe explores these complex questions in Pandemics, Pills, and Politics, tTable of ContentsBrief SynopsisAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsDisclaimer1. Encapsulating SecurityPart I2. Discovering a Virus's Achilles Heel3. The Pill Always WinsPart II4. What a Difference a Day Makes5. Virtual BlockbusterPart III6. In the Eye of the Storm7. 'Ode to Tamiflu'8. Data Backlash9. 'To Boldly Go'10. EpilogueReferences
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an
Book Synopsis Great is no longer good enough. Beyond Great delivers a powerful new playbook of 9 core strategies to thrive in a post-COVID world where all the rules of the game are being re-written. Beyond Great answers to two fundamental questions which face business leaders today in a world shaped by daunting and disruptive technological, economic, and social change. First, what is outstanding performance in this new volatile era? Second, how do we build competitive advantage in a world with new and often uncertain rules? Supported by years of research and hands-on consulting practice, this book presents a comprehensive framework for building a high performing, resilient, adaptive, and socially responsible global company.The book begins by taking an incisive look at these disruptive forces transforming globalization, including economic nationalism; the boom in data flows and digital commerce; the rise of China; heightened public concerns about capitalism and the environment; and the emergence of borderless communities of digitally connected consumers. Distilled from the study of hundreds of companies and interviews with dozens of business leaders, the authors have distilled nine core strategies – the new winning playbook of the 21st century. Beyond Great argues that business leaders today must lead with a new kind of openness, flexibility and light-footedness, constantly layering in new strategies and operational norms atop existing ones to allow for 'always-on' transformation. Leaders must master a whole new set of rules about what it takes to be 'global,' becoming shapeshifters adept at handling contradiction, multiplicity, and nuance. This book will show them how.
£22.40
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Global Imperialism and the Great Crisis: The
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Autonomedia The Violence of Financial Capitalism: Volume 2
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£11.69
Lantern Books,US An Introduction to Veganism and Agricultural
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£12.59
Dartmouth College Press Dwelling in American
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£999.99
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and
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£14.36
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit
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£15.15
Chelsea Green Publishing Co Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding
Book SynopsisWith a new epilogue about Bill Gates’s global agenda and how we can resist the billionaires’ war on life “This is what globalization looks like: Opportunism. Exploitation. Further centralization of power. Further disempowerment of ordinary people. . . . Vandana Shiva is an expert whose analysis has helped us understand this situation much more deeply.”—Russell Brand Widespread poverty, social unrest, and economic polarization have become our lived reality as the top 1% of the world’s seven-billion-plus population pushes the planet―and all its people―to the social and ecological brink. In Oneness vs. the 1%, Vandana Shiva takes on the billionaire dictators of Gates, Buffet, and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as other modern empires like Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Ag, whose blindness to the rights of people, and to the destructive impact of their construct of linear progress, have wrought havoc across the world. Their single-minded pursuit of profit has undemocratically enforced uniformity and monocultures, division and separation, monopolies and external control―over finance, food, energy, information, healthcare, and even relationships. Basing her analysis on explosive facts, Shiva exposes the 1%’s model of philanthrocapitalism, which is about deploying unaccountable money to bypass democratic structures, derail diversity, and impose totalitarian ideas based on One Science, One Agriculture, and One History. Instead, Shiva calls for the resurgence of: Real knowledge Real intelligence Real wealth Real work Real well-being With these core goals, people can reclaim their right to: Live Free. Think Free. Breathe Free. Eat Free.Trade Review“All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting, degrading and ultimately destroying the natural world.”—Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace“Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world.”—Ms. magazine“A rock star in the worldwide battle against genetically modified seeds.”—Bill Moyers“Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power.”—The Progressive“One of the world’s most prominent radical scientists.”—The Guardian
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Mosaic Press Africa.com: Digital, Economic, Cultural
Book SynopsisA pioneering work, full of detail and depth of knowledge about Africa ... a must read! Two powerful forces converged to shift global development in the last three decades from the West to the East and Asia. These same forces now make Africa the "construction site of the century." Africa in the decade 2040- 2050 will have a population of 2.5 billion people. Together with China and India, Africa will surely affect our planet's future! "Africans are and will continue to be the beneficiaries of two dramatic global transformations: first, the shift of wealth from the West to the East and the South; second, the impact of the universalization of the digital age. The OECD stated that the first transformation is " ... the most important shift in the history of humanity; "the second marks the emergence of new forms of human civilization ... This book documents these transformations now taking hold in Africa, however incomplete , unequal and difficult. But these changes are robust and decisive. In Africa, like everywhere else in the world, strategies and actions must be put into place to seize the moment which is so unique in global history." —Jean-Louis Roy, from the Introduction
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Verso Books Land Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism
Book SynopsisTo the governments and corporations that are currently buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is called "land leasing." To its critics this new era of colonization is nothing more than "land grabbing." In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile soil are being stolen to feed the wealthy thousands of miles away, journalist Stefano Liberti takes us from a Dutch-owned model farm in Ethiopia to an international conference in Riyadh, where representatives of Third World governments compete to attract the interest of Saudi investors; from institutional and commercial meetings in Rome to the headquarters of the Landless Workers' Movement in São Paulo.Trade ReviewExemplary reportage ... accurate, engaged, honest. * Corriere della Sera, in praise of A Sud Di Lampedusa *Liberti writes with the curiosity and passion of the great journalists of the past. * Internazionale, in praise of A Sud Di Lampedusa *
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Verso Books Disaster Capitalism Making a Killing Out of
Book SynopsisA “keenly observed and timely investigation” of how capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe—“a potent weapon for shock resistors around the world” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine)Disaster has become big business. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. He discovers how companies cash in on organized misery in a hidden world of privatized detention centers, militarized private security, aid profiteering, and destructive mining.What emerges through Loewenstein’s reporting is a dark history of multinational corporations that, with the aid of media and political elites, have grown more powerful than national governments. In the twenty-first century, the vulnerable have become the world’s most valuable commodity.
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Oxbow Books Mediterranean Archaeologies of Insularity in the
Book SynopsisRecently, complex interpretations of socio-cultural change in the ancient Mediterranean world have emerged that challenge earlier models. Influenced by today's hyper-connected age, scholars no longer perceive the Mediterranean as a static place where "Greco-Roman" culture was dominant, but rather see it as adynamic and connected sea where fragmentation and uncertainty, along with mobility and networking, were the norm. Hence, a current theoretical approach to studying ancient culture has been that of globalization. Certain eras of Mediterranean history (e.g., the Roman empire) known for their increased connectivity have thus been analyzed from a globalized perspective that examines rhizomal networking, cultural diversity, and multiple processes of social change. Archaeology has proven a useful discipline for investigating ancient "globalization" because of its recent focus on how identity is expressed through material culture negotiated between both local and global influences when levels of connectivity are altered. One form of identity that has been inadequately explored in relation to globalization theory is insularity. Insularity, or the socially recognized differences expressed by people living on islands, is a form of self-identification created within a particular space and time. Insularity, as a unique social identity affected by "global" forces, should be viewed as an important research paradigm for archaeologies concerned with re-examining cultural change.The purpose of this volume is to explore how comparative archaeologies of insularity can contribute to discourse on ancient Mediterranean "globalization." The volume's theme stems from a colloquium session that was chaired by the volume's co-editors at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in January 2017. Given the current state of the field for globalization studies in Mediterranean archaeology, this volume aims to bring together for the first time archaeologists working ondifferent islands and a range of material culture types to examine diachronically how Mediterranean insularities changed during eras when connectivity increased, such as the Late Bronze Age, the era of Greek and Phoenician colonization, the Classical period, and during the High and Late Roman imperial eras. Each chapter aims to situate a specific island or island group within the context of the globalizing forces and networks that conditioned a particular period, and utilizes archaeological material toreveal how islanders shaped their insular identities, or notions of insularity, at the nexus of local and global influences.Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Abstracts 1. Introduction Jody Michael Gordon and Anna Kouremenos 2. Nuragic Networking? Assessing Globalization and Glocalization in a Late Bronze Age Sardinian Context Anthony Russell 3. Mobility and Globalization: The View from the Bronze Age Cyclades Evi Gorogianni 4. Globalization Processes and Insularity on the Dalmatian Islands in the Late Iron Age Charles Barnett and Marina Ugarković 5. Apollo Archegetes as a Globalizing Divinity: Numismatic Iconography and the Memory of Sicilian Naxos Leigh Anne Lieberman 6. Balearic Indigeneity in a Global Mediterranean: Considering Circular Domestic Structures of Late Iron Age Menorca Alexander Smith 7. Fashioning a Global Goddess: The Representation of Isis across Hellenistic Seascapes Lindsey A. Mazurek 8. Globalization and Insularity in (Dis)Connected Crete Jane E. Francis 9. From the Land of the Paphian Aphrodite to the Busy Christian Countryside: Globalization, Empire, and Insularity in Early and Late Roman Cyprus Jody Michael Gordon and William R. Caraher Afterword P. Nick Kardulias Index
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Verso Books Extractive Capitalism
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University of Pennsylvania Press Globalization: The Crucial Phase
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