Globalization theory

approaches and controversies

"Understanding Globalization" is the fourth volume in the highly acclaimed Global transformations series. It follows in the footsteps of "Global Transformations", the "Global Transformations Reader" and "Governing Globalization". All these volumes have been widely adopted in courses on globalization and global governance across the world ...

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trends for the future

From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe ...

Poverty and discrimination

Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In "Poverty and Discrimination", economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature on poverty ...

Advancing development

core themes in global economies

Leading scholars and policymakers reflect on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen during the next two decades. Covering the major themes in development in an accessible way, this original and authoritative contribution highlights new and emerging issues, and shows how research ...

Adjustment policies, poverty and unemployment

the IMMPA framework

Pierre-Richard Agenor's pioneering work on Integrated Macroeconomics Models for Poverty Analysis (IMMPAs) is cataloged for the first time in this must-read volume. A class of Computable General Equilibrium models, IMMPAs are designed to analyze the impact of adjustment policies on unemployment figures and poverty ...

Comprender la globalización

Globalización es una de las palabras utilizadas con mayor asiduidad por políticos, economistas, empresarios y líderes sindicales, sin que se conozca adecuadamente su significado, su alcance y los efectos que está produciendo. Además, se ha convertido en arma arrojadiza o cabeza de turco de todos ...

Futurewise

six faces of global change. A personal and corporate guide to survidal and success in the thrid millennium

The pace of change in the past two decades has been extraordinary and it has become much harder for businesses to anticipate the environment in which they will be operating not far down the line - how markets and marketing will change, how employees and consumers ...

¿Es posible acabar con la pobreza?

Muhammad Yunus, Premio Nobel de la Paz 2006, cuenta cómo se gestó su gran proyecto de los microcréditos, orientado a erradicar la pobreza desde su raíz y la revolución que ha supuesto la aplicación de sus teorías en las ideas y prácticas económicas.

How rich countries got rich...and why poor countries stay poor

In this work, Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment. Reinert suggests that this set of policies in various combinations has driven successful development from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite ...

All politics is global

explaining international regulatory regimes

Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international governmental and nongovernmental organizations weakening the hold of nation-states on global regulatory agendas? Many observers think so. But in All Politics Is Global, Daniel Drezner argues that this view is ...

Producing security

multinational corporations, globalization, and the changing calculus of conflict

Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years. Over the centuries, analysts have generally treated the questions "Does international commerce influence security?" and "Do trade flows influence security?" as synonymous. In "Producing Security", Stephen Brooks ...

El Estado ante la globalización

Políticas macroeconómicas. Migraciones y empleo

A juicio de los autores de éste libro han llegado tiempos que demandan, por un lado, de una política económica diferente a la seguida hasta la fecha por los Estados de la mayoría de los países desarrollados y en desarrollo y, por otro, de unas ...

La globalización de la nada

El tema principla de este libro es, como su título indica, la globalización de la nada. Forman parte de un conjunto mas amplio de temas y su relación no sólo con la nada sino también con el algo. La tesis principal de este libro pondrá ...

Hacia una economía con rostro humano

Una pregunta de fondo recorre esta obra heterodoxa y no convencional: ¿ es posible una economía con rostro humano? El autor demuestra que es viable y que es la salida real a los angustiosos problemas de América Latina. Para ello cuestiona con profundidad las diez falacias ...

Bioética, justicia y globalización

La bioética centra sus habituales preocupaciones en la ética clínica (el consentimiento informado, la eutanasia, el aborto, la clonación terapéutica, etc.). Sin embargo, va siendo hora de que también se dedique a los problemas relacionados con la justicia, en una ética global de la vida ...

OECD factbook 2007

economic, enviromental and social statics

OECD Factbook 2007 is the third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/labour ...

Los conflictos y la paz

En el mundo hay tanta violencia que debemos comprender sus causas y encontrar el modo de enfrentarnos a ella. En este libro se proponen soluciones al conflicto partiendo siempre de la base que el conflicto en sí no es malo pero puede descontrolarse fácilmente y ...

An Introduction to economic geography globalization, uneven development and palce

Today's rapidly flowing global economy means the geographical economic perspective has never been more important. "An Introduction to Economic Geography" comprehensively guides students through the core issues and debates of this vibrant and exciting area, whilst simultaneously exploring the range of approaches and paradigms ...

Globalization and militarism

feminists make the link

Written by one of the world's leading feminist scholars, this masterful and provocative book takes seriously women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized as a strategy to explain how militarism is being globalized and thus what ...

Por la desobediencia cívica

José Bové saltó a las páginas de la prensa internacional cuan­do, en agosto de 1999, protagonizó el intento de demolición de un McDonald's en la localidad francesa de Millau. Aunque su labor como activista había empezado mucho tiempo atrás, a partir de entonces ...