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Book SynopsisUrban Resilience is seen by many as a tool to mitigate harm in times of extreme social, political, financial, and environmental stress. Despite its widespread usage, however, resilience is used in different ways by policy makers, activists, academics, and practitioners. Some see it as a key to unlocking a more stable and secure urban future in times of extreme global insecurity; for others, it is a neoliberal technology that marginalizes the voices of already marginal peoples. This volume moves beyond praise and critique by focusing on the actors, narratives and temporalities that define urban resilience in a global context. By exploring the past, present, and future of urban resilience, this volume unlocks the potential of this concept to build more sustainable, inclusive, and secure cities in the 21st century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Contesting Resilience; A Historical Perspective on Resilient Urbanism; North of the Arctic Circle; Growing Resilient Cities; Before 'Resilience'; Building Resilience through Commercial Relations; Enhancing Urban Resilience After the 1995 Kobe Earthquake; Transportation as a Resilience Enhancing Tool; Urban Resilience Has a History: And a Future; Author Bios.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the radical novelty of modern polities in a functionally differentiated world society. Premodern states were at the apex of a stratified, hierarchical society. They dominated society and all its groups and strata. Modern polities have to be understood through the ecology of relations among different function systems. They have to find and incessantly redefine their place in society. They produce decisions that are collectively binding, but in preparing these decisions experience constraints and knowledge deficiencies that are related to the complexity of a functionally differentiated society. The book concentrates on six analytical perspectives that reflect how modern polities are embedded into 21st century society. These perspectives are: the concept of inclusion and the inclusion revolution constitutive of modern polities; the internal differentiation of polities that endows them with an unprecedented complexity; the fact that polities do not know anything about society and the ways in which they compensate for this; representation and responsiveness as strategies to reconnect with society; the self-restriction of some polities that brings about ever new autonomous expert organizations; the symmetrical rise of autocracies and democracies as the two modern variants of political regimes.

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Book SynopsisThe "global" is permanently made and remade by how it is envisioned in political projects, in language, and in literature. Through a range of case studies, this book shows how practices of referring to the world actually constitute the global in its many facets. It aims to provide a sense in readers of how the global is not something "out there", but that it is embedded in a wide range of the seemingly "everyday". The contributions appeal to a readership from a background in Sociology, History, Political Science, Literary Studies, and Social Work.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; List of tables; List of figures; Introduction: Envisioning the World, Mapping the Global; From Region to World, and Back Again; The World of Anti-Semitism; Envisioning a World Law; Determining the Global from a Social Work Perspective; The Revolution in Rojava and the International; Resisting World Politics on 'Migration and Development'?; 'Sovereignty' and 'Intervention'; Russia and the EU in a Multipolar World; Back from the USSR; Beyond a Global Horizon; References; Notes on Contributors.

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Book SynopsisImmanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory can help to better understand and describe developments of the 21st century. The contributors address the possibilities to reread Wallerstein's theoretical thoughts and ideas that are related to different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The presented interdisciplinary approach of this anthology thereby intends to highlight the broader value of Wallerstein's ideas, even almost five decades after the famous sociologist and economic historian first expressed them.

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Book SynopsisIn September 2021 a very special academic conference took place: T2051MCC - The 2051 Munich Climate Conference. Researchers from across the academic spectrum assembled to discuss climate change. What made it special was that everyone held their lecture as if it took place in an imagined year 2051. The theatre collective Büro Grandezza had released an open call for contributions to a conference in Munich. Almost 50 researchers wrote papers on climate narratives, geoengineering, coastal adaptation and other topics. This particular framework allowed them to break out of the constraints of the current discourse without neglecting methodology or thematic sharpness.

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Book SynopsisThe introduction of consociational power sharing as a post-war political system has become one of the international community's preferred post-conflict devices. In situations where warring polities are internally divided by ethnic, religious, linguistic, or national identity, consociationalism guarantees the inclusion of all groups in the political process and prevents a 'tyranny' of the majority over one or more minorities. However, if international actors keep intervening in the political process, the advantages of consociationalism are turned upside down. In this exceptional book, Adis Merdzanovic develops a theoretical and empirical approach to understanding consociational democracies that include external intervention. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the consociational Dayton Peace Agreement ended the three-year war between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks twenty years ago, it elaborates on the different approaches used in the past and gives practical recommendations for future state-building exercises by the international community.Trade Review"Merdzanovic's study presents a most welcome new assessment: He is the first scholar to scrutinize how the system of imposed consociationalism worked, or rather, didn't work, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a must-read for anybody interested in the history of the Balkans in general and current Bosnian politics in particular." -- Prof. Dr. Josette Baer, University of Zurich

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Book SynopsisThe introduction of consociational power sharing as a post-war political system has become one of the international community's preferred post-conflict devices. In situations where warring polities are internally divided by ethnic, religious, linguistic, or national identity, consociationalism guarantees the inclusion of all groups in the political process and prevents a 'tyranny of the majority over one or more minorities. However, if international actors keep intervening in the political process, the advantages of consociationalism are turned upside down. In this exceptional book, Adis Merdzanovic develops a theoretical and empirical approach to understanding consociational democracies that include external intervention. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the consociational Dayton Peace Agreement ended the three-year war between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks twenty years ago, it elaborates on the different approaches used in the past and gives practical recommendations for future state-building exercises by the international community.Trade Review"Merdzanovic's study presents a most welcome new assessment: He is the first scholar to scrutinize how the system of imposed consociationalism worked, or rather, didn't work, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a must-read for anybody interested in the history of the Balkans in general and current Bosnian politics in particular." -- Prof. Dr. Josette Baer, University of ZurichTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Acronyms 1. Introduction Part I: Nationalism 2. Theories of Nationalism-A Brief Survey 3. A Comparative Look at Western Balkan Nationalisms 4. Nationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina Part II: Consociationalism 5. A Brief Introduction to Consociational Theory 6. 'Imposed Consociation' Part III: Bosnia and Herzegovina 7. Consociationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina 8. Political Elites and Political Quarrels 9. The Office of the High Representative from 1996 to 2013 10. Bosnia-Herzegovina as an 'Imposed Consociation' part IV: Concluding Remarks 11. Conclusion Epilogue 12. A Short Postscript on Other Cases: Macedonia and Kosovo 13. Annex 14. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe cycle of production and consumption, artificially accelerated by advertising and marketing, has characterized our society for decades. This cycle has recently also taken hold of the architecture of the city, leading to a waste that is both economically and ecologically unacceptable. The destruction of buildings that are not actually obsolete is just as questionable as the production of extravagant architectures for which there is no real need. This book is a protest against the merciless globalization of the city and its dissolution into faceless, inhospitable peripheries. At the same time, it puts forward alternative strategies of urban design that can counteract this globalization and dissolution. It formulates a different approach to urbanism, one which views the city not as a carnivalesque display of vanities but as a sophisticated spatial construction that lays down the conditions for productive, peaceful, and gratifying lives.

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Book SynopsisThe recent initiatives taken from both sides have born quite productive and fruitful results, and India relation with Canada have since made a noticeable headway in various aspects of foreign trade.

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Book SynopsisIncrease in agricultural productivity is crucial globally for food security. Analyzing growth and productivity of food grains and total agricultural production through time series data is essential for planning sector growth. Detailed analysis of food security over time is also vital.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the limits to globalization. Companies are neither as international nor as open as commonly presented. Scholars of globalization have mainly concentrated on describing the global reach of companies as well as their outward openness. They have, to a large extent, neglected the other side of the coin: the strength of the companies'' national roots and the inward restrictions still widely imposed by their nation-states. The Limits to Globalization examines this neglected side of globalization. The limits are explored through four major themes. First, the enduring characteristics of national business systems are highlighted. Second, the significance of national roots and local markets in the strategies of multinational companies is illustrated. Third, cultural and social barriers to globalization are demonstrated. Fourth, the changing relations between business and politics in the interconnected world are discussed.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains the proceedings from the conference ''Changing Philologies'' together with other contributions on the same topic. The conference was organised by the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and was held on 8-9 February 2002 in Copenhagen. The contributors to this book question whether the traditional paradigm of national philology, which dominated foreign language studies for more than a century, is appropriate for meeting the challenge posed by the economic and political globalisation of today. They argue that the relation between languages and cultures will become an important field of investigation in the future, and that foreign language studies must provide linguistically skilled candidates trained in cultural translation and intercultural communication. In order to do so, the departments of foreign language studies must strengthen their interdisciplinary activities and engage in theoretical reflections upon the relation between such entities as language, culture, identity, and history, and the self-knowledge and imaginary world pictures represented in art and literature.

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the emerging global scarcities on food, energy and water; on how these are interrelated and affected by considerations and policies dealing with climate change and on how they affect the relative position of individual countries, groups of countries and the development prospects of developing countries. Experts in the field give their views on the matter. On the growing relationships and growing competition between food and bio-fuels; the consequence of rising energy prices and the geopolitical consequences of a likely further expansion of global demand for energy; Europe''s (over)dependence on oil and gas from external resources; on climate change and the growing scarcity of water in relation to increasing demand for the production of food and bio-fuels. They finally shed their light on the shifts brought about in international power relations.

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Book SynopsisDago Steenis (1925) articulates a view that explains why, at this point in evolution, humankind is on the brink of historic development. The existing cultural crisis makes it imperative that we embrace a fundamental revolution in our way of thinking, including our approach to service. This will enable us to deepen our understanding of the natural world, our role as human beings and culture. Armed with this deeper understanding we will be able to rise above our more primitive traits and create a truly humane society. The world population will need to unite politically to overcome the global problems it now faces. For only a united humanity will be able to effectively address the current global concerns. The first step towards world unity under a world government is to create a World Unity Movement.

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Book SynopsisIn The Unfinished Global Revolution, former United Nations Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch-Brown diagnoses the central global predicament of the twenty-first century—as we have become more integrated, we have also become less governed. National governments are no longer equipped to address complex global issues, from climate change to poverty, and international organizations have not yet been empowered to step into the breach. In this book, Malloch-Brown wrenches the discussion away from terrorism, nationalism and Iraq and calls for a new global politics—a bigger league, with greater opportunity for all.Beneath a spotlight rarely reserved for public servants, Malloch-Brown has been at the center of recent world events: at the World Bank, when it was under siege from activists; as a political consultant to aspiring democratic leaders and governments; and at the United Nations, where he fought off conservative critics who turned on Kofi Annan after the Ir

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Book SynopsisGlobal Cities examines the enormous changes that have been wrought on urban life in the wake of globalization.Table of ContentsEACH CHAPTER CONCLUDES WITH ENDNOTES ; 1. INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, AND PREVIEW ; Identifying global cities ; The economic and cultural background ; Cities and regions ; Appendix: The virtual workplace ; 2. PEOPLE, PLACES, AND LIFE-STYLES ; The financial services sector ; Power and oppositions ; Yuppies and dinks in gentrified areas ; International tourists and tourism ; Tourism and hyper-consumption ; Edge cities ; 3. IMMIGRATION ; Hostility and dependence ; The immigrants ; Illegal entrants ; Enclaves ; Citizenship and the nation-state ; 4. CITIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ; Global classifications ; Location of stock exchanges ; International banking and finance ; Multinational corporations and foreign investment ; Corporate service firms ; The economic hierarchy ; Post-script: Separating products and places ; 5. INEQUALITY ; Measuring income inequality ; Inequality in global cities ; Spatial reflections ; Global inequality ; Inequality conclusions ; Appendix: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ; 6. GLOBAL CULTURE AND THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES ; Globalization, culture, and identity ; Rootlessness versus multiple identities ; Cultural industries and economy ; Entertainment conglomerates ; Concluding generalizations ; 7. THE GLOBAL CULTURAL INDUSTRIES HIERARCHY ; Recorded music ; Movies ; Television ; The cultural industries hierarchy ; 8. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ; Designating global cities ; Cities and nation-states

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Book SynopsisFrederick Guy''s The Global Environment of Business offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the environment in which international business operates. International: How do multi-national corporations, nation states, regional trade blocs, markets, and global institutions interact to shape the international economic system? Who wins and who loses when the economy internationalizes? Is internationalization leading to a global world, or a regional one? How will efforts to curtail and adapt to climate change affect international business?Technological and historical: How has the business environment been shaped by production systems, new methods of business organization, information and communication technology, transport, and the process of technological change itself?Comparative: How do institutional differences affect national specialization and economic performance? How do the business systems of Europe differ from that of the United States, or those of East Asia from those of Latin America? Why do location and face-to-face contact matter in an age of high-speed communication and cheap long-distance transportation? Why have some countries grown so fast while others remain poor?The Global Environment of Business draws on extensive research by economists, political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and business historians. There is more theory and academic debate here than in most books on the subject, but it is presented and explained clearly, and illustrated with lots of examples.Trade ReviewThe author has done the student and the general reader a great favor by weaving together many contributions into a single highly readable book...I am hopeful that many lecturers will chose to stretch into disciplines outside their specialties to make the best use of this uniquely integrative approach. They will be offering the student a rewarding educational experience. * Michael H. Best, Journal of International Business Studies *The book is a remarkable effort to provide an explanation of the current configuration of international business. Namely it tries to answer two key questions: What are the roots of the global corporation? Why did the Nation State accept to enter into a system of integrated markets?...this book should be part of any modern course on international business and/or globalization. * Francesco Bogliacino, Universidad EAFIT and RISE Group writing for Journal of Economics *This thoroughly researched, well written volume provides an extensive and careful investigation of how the complex relationship between policy, technology and the international business system has evolved in time. The approach is multidimensional, blending in a successful way international economics and international business with political economy and economic history. * Francesca Sanna-Randaccio, Professor of Economics, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy *The Global Environment of Business is a fine text offering an analysis of the environment in which international business operates. From how multi-national corporations and nation states interact to shape the international economic system to how the economy internationalizes and how this can lead to a global world or a regional focus, this is packed with technological and historic assessments based on economic research and political science alike: perfect for any college-level business library. * Midwest Book Review *A unique book on international business providing all essential insights to comprehend the driving mechanisms of economic globalization. The clear presentation of the key intuitions of international trade theory makes this manuscript a main reference for all international business economists. * Cecilia Jona-Lasinio, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Luiss University, Rome, Italy15/04/2010 *I highly recommend, Frederick Guys The Global Environment of Business. It is rare to see a book that with such intellectual depth and breadth that can serve as a course textbook. * William Lazonick, Professor, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, and Director, Center for Industrial Competitiveness University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA15/04/2010 *This is really the best textbook for a graduate student who studies the world economy. I will use it in my course. * Hiroyasu Uemura, Professor of Economics, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan *Table of ContentsPART I: BACKGROUND: TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, AND POLITICS ; 1. High Fixed Costs, Mass Production, and the Origins of the Large Corporation ; 2. Globalization Comes and Goes: the End of Free Trade in the Late 19th Century ; 3. Mass Production and Lean Production ; PART II: GLOBALIZATION ; 4. Globalization ; PART III: DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS ; 5. Clusters: Location in the Global Economy ; 6. Varieties of Capitalism ; 7. Up From Poverty: Some Issues in Economic Development ; PART IV: THE FUTURE ; 8. Regionalism, the Natural Environment, and the End of Global Market Liberalization

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Book SynopsisThe word ''legitimacy'' is seldom far from the lips of practitioners of international affairs. The legitimacy of recent events - such as the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the post-September 11 war on terror, and instances of humanitarian intervention - have been endlessly debated by publics around the globe. And yet the academic discipline of IR has largely neglected this concept. This book encourages us to take legitimacy seriously, both as a facet of international behaviour with practical consequences, and as a theoretical concept necessary for understanding that behaviour. It offers a comprehensive historical and theoretical account of international legitimacy. It argues that the development of principles of legitimacy lie at the heart of what is meant by an international society, and in so doing fills a notable void in English school accounts of the subject. Part I provides a historical survey of the evolution of the practice of legitimacy from the ''age of discovery'' at the end of theTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Legitimacy in International Society is an immensely scholarly work, well researched and closely argued. * Times Higher Education Supplement, March 2006. *Ian Clark's book offers the most comprehensive analysis of legitimacy in international relations available today, in the process breathing new life into the concept of international society. Few international relations scholars today can demonstrate such range and relevance. * Perspectives on Politics *In this work, Clark achieves the objective of showing how legitimacy is intrinsically connected to international society. * Journal of Peace, May 2006 *This book constitutes a sound study of the role of legitimacy in the international realm. * Journal of Peace Research, Vol 43, May 2006 *Clark provides one of the most systematic and historically informed accounts of international legitimacy to appear in many years. * Foreign Affairs *Ian Clark's contribution is a theoretically sophisticated, historically rooted and timely work, that justly proclaims itself the most sustained treatment of the concept of legitimacy yet attempted in an International Relations context. * Cambridge Review of International Affairs *In short, this is a superb, provocative volume that has in one swoop placed legitimacy firmly on the agenda and significantly raised the intellectual bar on its study. It is essential and rewarding reading. * International Affairs *Ian Clark's Legitimacy in International Society is a timely contribution...Clark has provided us with a rich understanding of the role of this concept in IR, and in doing so has secured its place in the English Schools lexicon * Political Studies Review *Clark's book deserves a wide reading. He seamlessly incorporates history and theory into an insightful analysis of an important concept. * Politics and Ethics *Ian Clark's exceptionally interesting book should reinvigorate the debate about the nature of legitimacy in the rapidly evolving international context. This important book deserves a significant audience. * Millennium *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. International Legitimacy ; PART I: HISTORICAL INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ; 2. Europe and the Scope of International Society ; 3. Westphalia: The Origins of International Legitimacy? ; 4. Utrecht: Consensus, Balance of Power, and Legitimacy ; 5. Revolutionary and Legitimate Orders: Revolution, War, and the Vienna Settlement ; 6. Versailles: The Making of an Illegitimate Order? ; 7. Legitimacy and the Dual Settlement of 1945 ; PART II: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ; 8. Legitimacy after the Cold War ; 9. Legitimacy and Rightful Membership ; 10. Legitimacy and Consensus ; 11. Legitimacy and Norms ; 12. Legitimacy and Equilibrium ; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European Union following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last wave of enlargement that has profoundly transformed the EU. Although there are many parallels between the European integration process and state building processes, the Union is nothing like a Westphalian super state. The new emerging polity resembles a kind of neo-medieval empire with a polycentric system of government, multiple and overlapping jurisdictions, striking cultural and economic heterogeneity, fuzzy borders, and divided sovereignty. The book tries to spell out the origin, the shape, and the implications of this empire. The aim of this book is to suggest a novel way of thinking about the European Union and the process of European integration. The book shows ''two Europes'' coming together following the end of the cold war. It proposes a system of economic and democratic governance that meets thTrade ReviewEurope as Empire is an ambitious and an important book which presents a radical case for a Europe perpetually enlarging, perpetually decentralizing and finding new ways to bring accountability and legitimacy...Zielonka brings a passion for Europe along with a refreshing scepticism of its ambitions...and an ability to write clearly and elegantly, eschewing overly complex theory while also demonstrating considerable academic erudition. * EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW *Within elegant prose, through a careful balancing act of theoretical analysis and empirical data, Zielonka offers a persuasive new way of approaching issues which have become the focus of lively debate. Indeed, the care and sophistication with which the author approaches complex issues is enough to recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature - and future - of Europe. * Andrea Ott *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction: The Neo-Medieval Paradigm ; 1. Return to Europe ; 2. European Power Politics ; 3. Diversity and Adaptation ; 4. Economic Governance ; 5. Democratic Governance ; 6. Governance Beyond Borders ; 7. Implications of Neo-Medievalism ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about Washington Consensus capitalism and the controversies its encroachment causes in Japan and Germany. Many people in both those countries share the assumptions dominant today in Britain and America-that managers should be intent solely on creating shareholder value and that shareholders'' financial logic alone should determine who buys what company on the stock exchange. That way efficiency (and hence global welfare) will be maximized.The Japanese and German advocates of full-bloodied market capitalism are not having it all their own way, however. In both countries there are articulate defenders of what they consider to be a better way of life, informed by a more human, more social-solidary, set of values. Dore traces the fascinating debates which ensue on corporate governance, on worker rights, on supplier relations, on cartels and anti-trust, on pensions and welfare. He also analyses actual changes in economic behaviour-an essential means of sorting out a lot of thTrade ReviewInsightful. * Financial Adviser *Interesting insights ... Dore has written a fascinating book on an important subject. There are so many middle-of-the-road books on the assumed merits of the Anglo-American model that it is indeed welcome, necessary and timely to see the other case made. The book deserves many readers, and they will be rewarded by highly stimulating and thought-provoking ideas and interpretations ... were it not for his commitment and involvement, we might have missed some of the most remarkable scholarship on Japan in recent decades. * Social Science Japan Journal *Professor Dore has written a thoughtful and provocative book on how global capitalism may evolve. Whether or not you agree with him - and many economists and CEOs will not - if you are interested in the future of the world economy, you should read this book. * Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management *Table of ContentsPART I. THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE MODEL ; PART II. CHANGE AND CONTROVERSY IN JAPAN ; PART III. GERMAN PARALLELS ; PART IV. CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisOne of Britain''s defining contributions to the modern world, Free Trade united civil society and commerce and gave birth to consumer power. In this book, Frank Trentmann shows how the doctrine of Free Trade contributed to the growth of a democratic culture in Britain - and how it fell apart. Far from the cold economic doctrine of today, in an earlier battle over globalization Free Trade was a passionately held ideal, central to public life and national identity. Free Trade inspired popular entertainment and advertising, in seaside resorts, shows, and shopping streets. It mobilized an alliance of elites and the people, businessmen and working-class women, imperialists and internationalists. Free Trade Nation follows the creation of this culture in nineteenth-century Britain, and its subsequent unravelling in the First World War and the depression of the 1930s, when consumers and internationalists, labour and business now attacked it for sacrificing international stability and domestic Trade ReviewTrentmann has produced a valuable guide to free trade. * Journal of Liberal History *Here we have 'a human history of Free Trade' that is at once a delight to read and a cause of profound intellectual stimulation. It graphically brings alive - with splendid colour reproductions of propaganda posters too - the popular passions and prejudices of a world that suddenly ended during the First World War...This is a book imbued with fine scholarship, but one that deserves a wide readership * Peter Clarke, Times Literary Supplement *brilliant * Sunday Telegraph *This is terrific history that will inspire economists to remember their subject really can arouse passion. * Evan Davis, BBC Economics Editor *...an inspired history...Trentmann's book unfolds a dramatic story...gripping * Neue Zuercher Zeitung *Thoughtful and well-researched. * Christopher Harvie, The Independent *[A] lucid history of free trade in Britain * David Connett, Sunday Express *a landmark in economic history and the history of ideas * La Vie des Idées *fascinating * Il Riformista *...paints a vivid picture of the ideological controversy over Free Trade that remains relevant to this day. * Luxemburger Wort *offers a fresh look at a chapter in British and world history, while at the same time providing a historical perspective on today's debate about globalisation, challenging the ways we have come to think about trade, justice and democracy. * Society Now *Frank Trentmann...has not only added a great deal to our knowledge through painstaking research but has written about it with verve and energy and produced a most readable volume. * Reviews in Economic and Business History *Free Trade Nation is history at its best: far-reaching and authoritative, its story of the rise and fall of free trade as a widely-held belief marked by justice, fairness, and peace provocatively refashions the history of early-twentieth-century Britain, reminds us of an age when popular politics exerted real power, and forces us to rethink our contemporary views of consumers, markets and morality. * Professor John Brewer, California Institute of Technology *Absorbing * History Today *a fascinating book, wide ranging, detailed, well organized, and written in an engaging style * American Historical Review *Frank Trentmann's book will be the point of departure for any future scholarship on free trade... It is a ground-breaking study * European Review of History *...original and thought provoking...Trentmann's reconstruction of consumer politics is both persuasive and authoritative * History *...this impressive study...shows how liberalism turned into social democracy and how the arguments for and against Free Trade both shaped national life and embodied current views regarding man, government and society. After this book, no study of Victorian liberalism can be conducted in quite the same way. * Contemporary Review *In writing Free Trade Nation, Trentmann set out to tell the personal histories of free trade and also to write a new political history. He succeeds admirably on both accounts...Free Trade Nation should be read by anyone interested in the history of modern Britain. * British Scholar, 'Book of the Month' (December 2008) *...a major scholarly work [that] forces the reader to grapple with basic questions relating economics to politics, consumption to democracy, and offers the tools for doing so in a comparative, global frame...deserves to be read as much by citizens...as by scholars... Trentmann offers an important contribution, both to the history of Great Britain and to political history more generally. * Journal of Consumer Policy *immensely ambitious...an important and exciting book, whose arguments will need to be seriously addressed and assessed by students of both economic and political history. * Economic History Review *a brilliant book...rich and multi-faceted...full of unexpected insights...Not only a product of wonderful scholarship but also great fun... It is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern Britain. * English Historical Review *[a] brilliant achievement * Judges' citation for the Whitfield Prize of the Royal Historical Society *an important contribution to the cultural and social history of economic controversies. * Revue d'histoire du XIX siècle *Trentmann has written an excellent book, extensively and meticulously researched, thoughtful, nuanced, and eloquent...a book of enduring importance * Journal of British Studies *the novelty of this account lies in its pioneering attempt to turn the attention of political historians away from elections and parties towards an understanding of consumption and citizenship as central to the nature of political culture ...carefully constructed, engagingly written, finely illustrated, and suitably well-marketed. * H-Albion *Extremely timely * Nikkei (Japan) *Table of ContentsPART ONE: BUILDING A FREE TRADE NATION; PART TWO: UNRAVELLING

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly globalized world, there are new economic, strategic, cultural, and political forces at work. The Political Psychology of Globalization: Muslims in the West explores how these shifts and shocks have influenced the way in which Muslim minorities in six western countries form their identities as political actors.Trade Review"At this point in global history, there could not be a more timely discussion of the social, psychological, and political consequences of globalization, cultural change, and identities lived 'in between.' Drawing on the lived experiences of Muslims in Europe and North America, Nesbitt-Larking and Kinnvall develop a sophisticated analysis of changes in modern cultures that place identity, dialogue, and human agency at the center of our understanding of and ambitions for intercultural relations, engaged citizenship, community cohesion, and societal change. I highly recommend this text to all those interested in understanding cultural change today, its politics, and its psychology." --Caroline Howarth, Lecturer, Institute of Social Psychology, The London School of Economics and Political Science "Written in a most engaging style, this book exhibits fine, empirically based scholarship and demonstrates theoretical sophistication and historical sensitivity in attending to one of the most politically volatile issues of our time. The authors' multidisciplinary approach illuminates the interplay among social, political, economic, and psychological forces. They offer us new ways of thinking about citizenship, multiculturalism, and globalization, ultimately pointing to a viable and vibrant politics of engagement." --Molly Andrews, Professor of Sociology and Co-director, Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London "Drawing on a remarkable range of scholarship, the authors address some of the most critical issues facing us today: globalization, identity, and the challenges to Western liberalism posed by sources ranging from fundamentalism and terrorism to ethnocentrism, racism, and religious prejudice. Their analysis of the political psychology of identity among Diaspora and post-Diaspora communities sets a new level of discourse and is essential reading for anyone interested in the integration of Muslim communities into Western society. Their brilliant book will remain a classic text for those interested in how people construct hybrid identities and narratives that help them make sense of a constantly changing political reality." --Kristen R. Monroe, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, and Director, Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, University of California, Irvine "Kinnvall and Nesbitt-Larking forge a unique approach to processes of globalization. Comparing identity strategies and citizenship regimes in a context of multiculturalism, they bridge traditional dichotomies of individual and society and of the local and the global." --Bert Klandermans, Professor of Applied Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam "This book fills an obvious lacuna in the field, and does so with authority and elegance... This study is both theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded, and is a most timely book for scholars as well as policy makers. Summing up: Highly recommended. All readership levels." -- A. Ahmad, Black Hills State University, CHOICE "This book is an impressive combination of thorough empirical and comparative analysis combined with an inter-disciplinary and innovative theoretical angle. Through a well-defined structure, the authors provide an impressive tour de force of the field, introducing novel empirical material and theory rooted in political psychology. The added value rests on the extent of its comparative scope; its detailed case studies and the close integration between data and theory as well as a compellingly clear writing-style. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in European Muslim politics. It establishes a laudable goal of unshackling cosmopolitanism from its Eurocentric and orientalist origins. Whether this is realistic in terms of feasible practical policy options is open for debate and further work, but the urgency of the issue cannot be denied." -- Ethnic and Racial Studies "The Political Psychology of Globalization systematically analyzes various identity strategies within different citizenship regimes. Anyone interested in the issues of multiculturalism, integration of Muslims in the West, and identity might find this book useful. In addition, this book might be of interest to those seeking to understand the changing concepts of multiculturalism and identity in general." -- Sabina Cehajic-Clancy, PsycCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I: THEORIZING CITIZENSHIP, INTEGRATION AND IDENTITIES IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS ; 2. Immigration and Citizenship Regimes in a Globalizing World ; 3. The Political Psychology of Integration and Assimilation ; 4. Dialogism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitical Citizenship ; PART II: IDENTITY CHALLENGES AND IDENTITY CRISES: MUSLIMS IN THE WEST ; 5. The Politics of Retreatism ; 6. The Politics of Essentialism ; 7. The Politics of Engagement ; 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Exit Strategies and State Building, fifteen of the world's best scholars and practitioners of peace building focus on relevant historical and contemporary cases to provide a comprehensive overview of this issue.Trade ReviewThese chapters are written by top academics in the field and high-level practitioners with extensive experience on the ground during these missions. Readers will also appreciate the brief concluding chapter, which reflects on the policy lessons from the study. The importance of the topic and the wide range of contemporary cases make this a welcome addition to the field and a valuable resource for scholars and students. ... Highly Recommended. * Choice *This superior collection does an excellent job of defining and analysing a research agenda for this neglected area and sets a high standard against which future works on the subject should be compared. * Steven Curtis, The Times Higher Education Supplement *Richard Caplan's book, Exit Strategies and State Building, is an important, thought-provoking, and compelling addition to what has become quite a substantial body of literature on international peace-building missions. * Mona Fixdal, H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsContributors ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Exit Strategies and State Building: Richard Caplan ; Colonial Administrations ; 2. Exit and Colonial Administrations: John Darwin ; 3. Senegal: Tony Chafer ; 4. Indonesia: Hendrik Spruyt ; Peace Support Operations ; 5. Exit and Peace Support Operations: William J. Durch ; 6. Sierra Leone: A. Sarjoh Bah ; 7. Haiti: Johanna Mendelson Forman ; International Administrations ; 8. Exit and International Administrations: Dominik Zaum ; 9. Kosovo: Ben Crampton ; 10. East Timor: Anthony Goldstone ; Military Occupations ; 11. Exit and Military Occupations: Gregory H. Fox ; 12. Gaza: Joel Peters ; 13. Iraq: Toby Dodge ; Thematic Issues ; 14. Competing Normative Visions of Exit: Ralph Wilde ; 15. The Political Economy of Exit: Michael Pugh ; 16. After Exit: The UN Peacebuilding Architecture: Richard Ponzio ; 17. Policy Implications: Richard Caplan ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities.Trade Review"Skillfully navigating the pitfalls of reading soft drinks as either a pat story of unmitigated coca-colonization on the one hand or autonomous local resistance on the other, Foster presents a persuasive case for both the openness and the constraints of the processes he traces." - Comparative Studies in Society and History "This is a great book. It is definitely worth incorporating in your teaching if you are a professor, and in your thinking if you are a human being who cares about people and our environment. Foster pulls together many strands of cultural anthropology to create a compelling story about how soft drink corporations are attempting to take over the world not just in terms of sales but also in terms of government and citizenship." - anthropologyworks.com "Neither a politically-correct polemic against corporations nor a paean to the glories of free trade, Coca-Globalization is a thoughtful look at how products can take on extraordinary meaning for human beings and how shareholders and soft drink consumers can have an impact on business decisions. - Mark Pendergrast, author of For God, Country & Coca-Cola and Uncommon Grounds "A profound, scholarly study that doggedly tracks down and records in detail the way Coca-Cola inhabits our world today. Foster s riveting presentation and analysis of Coca-Cola in Papua New Guinea is matched by his sensitivity to global issues of value, shareholder activism, and the environment. A firm foundation for a genuinely informed politics of consumption." - Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, Department of Anthropology, University College London "The book is simply one of the most eloquently argued and clearly written texts on globalization that I have ever read." - Paige West, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University "Foster's retelling of the story of Coke asks that we not be lured into alarmist opposition to globalization simply because of the power and reach of an immense profit-driven global agent. Nor does his account prompt us to see the global relations of Coke as benign or ethically attuned to the fragility and creativity of local culture. Rather, it suggests that the sources of Coca-Cola's expansive power to affect politics, culture and material conditions can also be instruments for progressive consumer action - for the reformist political action of peoples as consumers." - Socialism and Democracy "The book brilliantly pursues [its] objectives . . . [Foster s] discussion is of such historical depth and analytic breadth that I cannot summarize it here" - American Anthropologist "Well beyond area specialism, the interest of Foster s book lies in the impressive details of his tracking of Coke along global commodity networks. Its originality lies in the sustained application of an approach to value formation that is derived from Callon et al. s (2002) notion that a product is the contingent outcome of a constant process of qualification." - Journal of Consumer CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction: Cola Connections and Worldly Things PART 1: SOFT DRINKS AND THE ECONOMY OF QUALITIES The Social Life of Worldly Things: Commodity Consumption and Globalization Globalizing Coca-Cola: The Multilocal Multinational Corporation Qualifying Products: Trademarks, Brands and Value-Creation A Network of Perspectives: The Meanings of Soft Drinks in Papua New Guinea PART 2: GLOBALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION Corporations, Consumers and New Strategies of Citizenship Shareholder Activism: Consumer Citizenship Inside the Corporation Pouring Rights: Politics, Products, Agency and Change Conclusion: Product Networks and the Politics of Knowledge References

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Book SynopsisWe live in a world that is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization. This book examines how the cultural component of second- and foreign-language education has been informed by Western notions of cultural assimilation, cultural pluralism, and cultural hybridity.Trade Review"[T]his volume is a must read for serious language instructors who aspire to give their students better tools with which to understand the increasingly globalized world in which we live."—Rosemary Sands, The NECTFL Review -- Rosemary Sands * The NECTFL Review *

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Book SynopsisShows how globalization is best understood in terms of a power inherent in social relations, which he calls network power. This book demonstrates how our standards of social coordination both gain in value the more they are used and undermine the viability of alternative forms of cooperation.Trade Review"'Excellent.' Roger Cohen, International Herald Tribune"

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Book SynopsisJAN AART SCHOLTE is Professor of Politics and International Studies, and Co-Director for the Study of Globalsation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, UK.

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Book SynopsisThis is one of the first books to explore the nexus between civil society, religion, and global governance, their impact on human security and well-being, and significance for current debates in international politics.The contributors examine salient aspects of the secular state whose monopoly on, and control of, institutional violence has reified its use of power to such an extent that the modernistic separation of church and state is being called into question, as institutional limits are sought to the abuse of that power. The volume is clearly divided into six key sections: human security and human rights the politics of civil religion the ethics of civil development civil society and global governance cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society international civil society. Within these sections the illuminating case studies span a wide geographical extent from Central and ETable of ContentsPreface Lawrence Cram 1. Introduction: Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance - The Power and Persuasiveness of Civil Society Helen James Part 1: Human Security and Human Rights 2. National Security: Proportionality, Restraint and Commonsense Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG 3. Human Security, Identity Politics and Global Governance: From Freedom from Fear to Fear of Freedoms Amitav Acharya 4. A Transcivilisational Perspective on Global Issues: A Way to Overcome Euro-America-Centric Discourse on World Affairs in the Twenty-First Century Yasuaki Onuma Part 2: The Politics of Civil Religion 5. The Anglican Church, the State and Modern Warfare Philip Towle 6. Religion and the Destruction of Aboriginal Society: The Paradox of Australian Indigenous Civil Societies Gordon Briscoe, AO 7. Church-State Relations in Post-Communist Countries: The Idea of Path Dependency May Have Something Useful to Tell Us Robert F. Miller Part 3: The Ethics of Civil Development 8. War and the Role of Religion in a Global Civil Society Joseph Runzo 9. Citizenship as Consumption or Citizenship as Agency? The Challenge for Latin American Civil Society Philip Oxhorn 10. Corruption, Governance and Transcultural Interaction Seumas Miller Part 4: Civil Society and Global Governance: Panacea or Problematique? 11. Post-Secular Civil Society Wayne Hudson 12. Christian Custom and the Church as Structure in ‘Weak States’ in Melanesia Bronwen Douglas 13. Governance, Civil Society and Economic Development: A View from the Pacific Ron Duncan Part 5: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Institutional Development for Civil Society 14. Community Development and Globalisation Isagani Serrano 15. Confronting Burma/Myanmar’s Security Dilemma: An Integrated Approach to National and Human Security Issues Zar Ni 16. The Iranian Fertility Transition: The Influences of Religion and Ethnicity Peter McDonald and Md Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi 17. Faith, NGOs and the Politics of Secularism in Bangladesh Bina D’Costa Part 6: International Civil Society: Prospects for Enhancing Human Security 18. Global Civil Society and the International Trade Regime He Baogang and Hannah Murphy 19. Kifaya as Political Culture: The 7 September 2005 Elections in Egypt Jacky Angus 20. Civil Society, Religion and Good Governance: The Indonesian Case Azyumardi Azra 21. Conclusion: Paradigms of a More Civil Society Helen James

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