Globalization in question

the international economy and the possibilities of governance

Respect

In a world of inequality

The Big Mac index

applications of purchasing power parity

PPP is one of the most widely researched areas in international finance and one of the most controversial in the theory of exchange rate determination. This book demonstrates the applications of Purchasing Power Parity in exchange rate determination as well as more practical applications of ...

Globalization and the poor

La globalización que nos quieren vender

una visión cultural

Globalization: theory and practice

This volume brings together many leading figures from different disciplines to present a range of contributions covering key dimensions of globalization. These contributions reflect on the limitations of existing theoretical approaches and indicate possible future directions for development. This second edition includes a new introduction ...

Clases, castas y jerarquías

Después de la caída del Muro y el "fracaso" de los proyectos comunistas, las tesis marxistas de la lucha de clases han sufrido una notable desvirtualización ante la ideología liber-capitalista imperante. Aun así, negar que siguen existiendo diferencias de clases, sería tratar de ver la ...

¿Qué nos esta pasando?

el dolor de la sociedad

Alternative capitalisms

geographies of emerging regions

This book aims to examine the effects of globalization and economic and political transformations in the 'emerging regions' of Latin America and the Caribbean, East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union and East Asia by looking at development trajectories and the pathways of both ...

Poverty and exclusion in North and South

essays on social policy and global poverty reduction

Since 1990 there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialized countries of the "North", while many of the developing countries of the "South" have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North ...

Global markets and the developing economy

E.V.K. FitzGerald takes a fresh approach to the macroeconomics of developing countries, based on the influence of global markets on domestic savings, private investment, firm behaviours, employment levels and income distribution. He suggests that a Keynesian approach is still relevant today when reformulated ...

La cara oculta de la prosperidad

economía para todos

Las condiciones de vida han mejorado más en el último siglo que en todo el resto de la humanidad. Vivimos tiempos en los que la riqueza mundial, las conexiones internacionales y la capacidad tecnológica son mayores que nunca. Y sin embargo, al mismo tiempo, es ...

The other war

global poverty and the millennium challenge account

The globalization of nothing

George Ritzer theorizes in his provocative new book, The Globalization of Nothing, that the "grand narrative" or social story of this period is a movement from "something" to "nothing." Building on but going beyond his renowned McDonaldization thesis, Ritzer contends that societies around the globe ...

Pobreza, desarrollo y globalización en el sur del sur

Maukaku propugna que sean los africanos quienes diseñen y protagonicen su propia evolución, estableciendo unas relaciones democráticas en un entorno de libertad. En el aspecto económico defiende la potenciación del mercado interior africano (globalización interna) para así poderse incorporar en condiciones de igualdad al comercio ...

La globalización de los Derechos Humanos

La tan llevada y traída globalización no tiene como propósito que todos los habitantes de la tierra se benefiecien de ella, sino que es, en realidad, un proceso sistemático de exclusión que permite a la economía de mercado mundial quedarse con la parte del león ...

The limits of convergence

globalization and organizational change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain

This work challenges the notion that globalization encourages economic convergence and cultural homogenization across national borders. A systematic comparison of organizational change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain since 1950 finds that global competition forces countries to exploit their distinctive strengths, resulting in unique development ...

Urban world/global city

This study identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyses the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioural characteristics of urban living INDICE Preface 1. Global Patterns and Perspectives 1.1 Introduction 1 ...

Mujeres y desarrollo

respuestas a la globalización

Globalization under construction

governmentality,law,and identity

kaleidoscopic look at the intersections of globalization and governance. The future outlines of the new global order are the constant object of speculation#economic, political, and metaphysical. From the sunny new world proclaimed by global free marketers to the rebellion against globalization unleashed in the ...