EU enlargement and the environment

institutional change and environmental policy in Central and Eastern Europe

This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes - capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed ...

Neoliberalism

a critical reader

Bravo! Some of the most incisive students of neoliberalism gather together to present a stunning indictment of the destructiveness of the already discredited right-wing economic regime." Professor Michael Perelman, California State University, Chico / "Across its thirty chapters, covering theoretical, empirical, policy and political aspects for ...

Economies of the World

This new title provides up-to- date information on the economies of the world. Listed by country, Economies of the World details of each country's trade, finance, and industries.

The plain language guide to the world summit on sustainable development

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates with the goal of mapping out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting 54-page technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), outlining government priorities and ...

Doing business with Russia

a guide to investment opportunities and business practice

At a time when the global economy has experienced a slowdown, Russia's GDP has expanded for 5 consecutive years with growth estimated at 6.6 per cent in 2003. The leadership of President Putin has brought the promise of a period of stable growth ...

The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy

an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy takes the reader on a fascinating, around-the-world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas cotton field ...

The dynamics of european integration

why and when EU institutions matter

Global encounters

international political economy, development and globalization

Globalization and the international financial system

what's wrong and what can be done

Brand new justice

how branding places and products can help the developing world

Tourism and hotel development in China

from political to economic success

Tourism and Hotel Development in China: From Political to Economic Success is a comprehensive guide to the development of the tourism industry in Mainland China following the end of the Cultural Revolution. Conceived as a textbook but equally valuable as a professional resource for consultants ...

Logros, iniciativas y retos institucionales y económicos

la Unión Europea del siglo XXI

Esta obra analiza, por un lado, algunos de los logros institucionales y económicos más recientes de la Unión Europea: la arquitectura institucional, la toma de decisiones, la justicia, el desarrollo rural, la autonomía financiera o las finanzas comunitarias y, por otro lado, examina las actuales ...

África y desarrollo

La realidad de la ayuda 2005-2006

"Un año de cambio y expectativa". Bajo este significativo título se repasa en La realidad de la ayuda 2005-2006 el intenso período comprendido entre julio de 2004 y julio de 2005, en el cual la cooperación española ha experimentado cambios trascendentales en su orientación política ...

El marco de los negocios en China

aspectos prácticos

El auge de China como potencia económica mundial, es uno de los fenómenos globales de mayor importancia en el presente siglo. Sin embargo, China presenta una serie de peculiaridades que es necesario conocer por todo aquel que desee realizar negocios en el país: la existencia ...

La empresa multinacional

gobernanza y responsabilidad social

ÍNDICE: Prólogo.- 1. Inversión directa en el exterior y alianzas internacionales.- 2. Internacionalización de la producción. Estrategias de integración.- 3. Estrategia y estructura de la empresa multinacional.- 4. La promoción de inversiones exteriores.- 5. El ámbito cultural de la empresa multinacional.- 6. La responsabilidad social ...

El mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada

INDICE: Descubrir el mediterráneo. Nuevo valor estratégico del mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada. La custión chipriota. Diversidad religiosa ¿ choque cultural?. Solidaridad grupal e individualismo universal: un conflicto entre culturas. Mitos, leyes de extranjería y migraciones internacionales en el mediterráneo. Las relaciones de la UE ...

Fair trade for all

how trade can promote development

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They ...

Global politics of regionalism

theory and practice

Examines 'regionalism' - countries working together in small trade groups, instead of the 'free' market of globalisation Shows that regionalism is growing, as a result of the pressures of globalisation Multidisciplinary - ideal for students in economics, globalisation, geography and international studies Explores issues including security, money ...

Entendiendo el agro

trayectorias sociales y reestructuración productiva en el noroeste argentino

Mirando las dos últimas décadas del siglo XX, Carla Gras va desplegando la historia de la consolidación del tabaco. Sus ricos datos y sus análisis nos permiten ir entrando al proceso a través del cual se constituyen y cambian los agentes presentes en la estructura ...