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Globalization - Bing News
2012-05-17T14:40:27Z
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Globalization Partners International (GPI), a provider of comprehensive document, software and website translation services, announced today the expansion of its eLearning localization ...
2012-05-01T22:59:01Z
The world really is getting smaller. I'm a 56-year-old Jewish Baby Boomer from Manhattan who became a spiritual seeker in my early 20s. Typical of so many of my generation, I looked for Enlightenment in the East, not the West. I traveled to India in 1984 ...
2012-05-20T01:15:10Z
THE acceleration of the yuan's globalization provides an excellent opportunity for Shanghai to build itself into an international financial center, the head of the city's financial services office said yesterday. "With the globalization of the yuan ...
2012-05-17T17:39:24Z
For the past five months, I've been doing extensive research on the wireless broadband industry by reading books, examining market research and studying earnings call transcripts of pure play companies in the sector. One organization I've uncovered and ...
2012-05-22T12:18:30Z
WHAT: Despite the European recession, companies looking to expand internationally are looking to London to take advantage of its cost-effectiveness, skilled workforce, convergence opportunities and easy access to world markets. London & Partners ...
2012-05-15T10:17:58Z
Fieldglass is also a pinnacle sponsor of the event. The annual CWS Summit is the only event geared for corporate buyers and contingent workforce managers. ABOUT FIELDGLASS, INC. Fieldglass is the largest Vendor Management System (VMS) provider. Its ...
2012-05-20T23:55:14Z
BURNS HARBOR, Ind.—Some steel mills are destroyed by globalization, others reborn. Left for dead a decade ago, this 50-year-old facility on the shores of Lake Michigan has been rejuvenated thanks to an unusual experiment by its owner ...
2012-05-17T18:50:59Z
Despite 2011 having been a particularly challenging year for PV cell and module manufacturers, new small-scale module manufacturing facilities continue to be implemented, especially in emerging markets. In some cases, these companies/facilities are either ...
2012-05-17T17:46:34Z
"US medical device manufacturers have been able to shorten time to market by re-locating clinical research to non-US markets like Europe and Australia, and now to emerging markets, such as South America and Asia," says Thomas M. Loarie, Executive Chairman ...
2012-05-20T07:27:23Z
Dubai, UAE: Misconceptions about infant vaccinations are commonplace, and information about the best practice for immunizing your child can be very confusing for parents. Experts at the 4th Philips AVENT Breastfeeding & Child Nutrition Conference will be ...
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Amazon.com Books: Globalization
The first full-scale textbook of its kind, Globalization provides a balanced introduction to the major topics in globalization studies. Develops a unique perspective on globalization early in the book and uses it throughout to orient and organize discussion of a wide range of topics and parts of the worldIntegrated use of a wide array of materials – empirical research, theories, newspaper and magazine articles, monographs, popular books, etcMakes extensive use of maps throughout to illustrate key points about globalizationIncludes a glossary of key termsDesigned to work either on its own or as a package with an accompanying cross-referenced reader constructed around the basic concepts of globalizationVisit www.wiley.com/go/globalization for additional student and instructor resources. 
An introduction to the core of the biblical worldview, the Christian message on justice and human liberation in its historical context, and the challenge of Catholic social teaching.Author: Daniel G. Groody Paperback: 280 pages Company: Orbis Books (2007-05-01) ISBN: 1570756961 List Price: $28.00 Amazon Price: $16.98 Used Price: $8.00 
The contemporary era of globalization demonstrates that the local and global aspects of business and government are increasingly intertwined. This volume defines and makes sense of the workings of the global economy—and how it influences businesses and individuals. Each chapter identifies common questions and issues that have gained exposure in the popular media—such as outsourcing, the high cost of international travel, and the impact of a fast-growing China—to illustrate underlying drivers and mechanisms at work. Covering international trade, national wealth disparities (the haves vs. the have-nots), foreign investment, and geographical and cultural issues, and supported with illustrations, maps, charts, a glossary and timeline of key events,Globalization illuminates the dynamics of the global economy and informs readers of its profound impact on our daily lives. Author: Donald J. Boudreaux Hardcover: 184 pages Company: Greenwood (2007-12-30) ISBN: 031334213X List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $37.00 Used Price: $29.97 
This popular and thought-provoking reader collects interesting and insightful articles that explore the process of globalization and how it shapes societies and groups. The articles, which reflect a wide variety of concerns and perspectives, are drawn from both scholarly and popular sourcesAuthor: D. Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn Paperback: 352 pages Company: Wadsworth Publishing (2011-02-24) ISBN: 1111301581 List Price: $63.95 Amazon Price: $42.72 Used Price: $26.50 
"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In this work, Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. Arguing that the world did not turn "global" overnight, the book traces the emergence of globalization over the past seven or eight centuries. In fact, the authors write, the phenomenon can be traced back to early modern large-scale trading, for example, the silk trade between China and the Mediterranean region, the shipping routes between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and the more frequently traveled caravan routes of the Near East and North Africa--all conduits for people, goods, coins, artwork, and ideas. Osterhammel and Petersson argue that the period from 1750 to 1880--an era characterized by the development of free trade and the long-distance impact of the industrial revolution--represented an important phase in the globalization phenomenon. Moreover, they demonstrate how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. In the end, the authors write, today's globalization is part of a long-running transformation and has not ushered in a "global age" radically different from anything that came before. This book will appeal to historians, economists, and anyone in the social sciences who is interested in the historical emergence of globalization. Author: Jürgen Osterhammel, Niels P. Petersson Paperback: 200 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2009-08-03) ISBN: 0691133956 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $6.99 Used Price: $5.89 
Globalization has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time--a term that describes a variety of complex economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental forces that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. In the years since World War II, we have seen national boundaries fade as financial markets, manufacturing concerns, information services, and cultural products (including movies, music, and television shows) have spread around the earth. Immigration and tourism have exploded, Japanese cars are assembled in the United States and American hamburgers are sold in Toyko. And the Internet connects virtually everyone on the planet who owns a computer. We are indeed now living in a borderless world.In clear, accessible language, Manfred B. Steger goes beyond a narrow economic focus to cover all the major causes and consequences of globalization as well as the hotly contested question of whether globalization is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing. This new edition has been fully updated for 2009 to include recent developments in global politics and the impact of terrorism and it expands the discussion of environmental issues, devoting an entirely new chapter to this key topic. The book also examines political movements both for and against globalization, from WTO protests to the recent rise in global jihadism; considers such concepts as "Americanization" and "McDonaldization"; and explores the role of the media and communication technologies in the process of cultural globalization. Finally, Steger explains in accessible language the connection between economic globalization and multinational corporations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization. Including maps, diagrams, figures, textboxes, and a timeline, this compact book provides a wealth of information on one of the key new forces in the modern world. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. Author: Manfred Steger Paperback: 144 pages Company: Oxford University Press (2009-03-15) ISBN: 0199552266 List Price: $11.95 Amazon Price: $3.00 Used Price: $2.49 
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank. Particularly concerned with the plight of the developing nations, he became increasingly disillusioned as he saw the International Monetary Fund and other major institutions put the interests of Wall Street and the financial community ahead of the poorer nations. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition.Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz Paperback: 304 pages Company: W. W. Norton & Company (2003-04) ISBN: 0393324397 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $5.82 Used Price: $0.25 
Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this seminal text asks if there is cultural life after the "clash of civilizations" and global McDonaldization. Internationally award-winning author Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues that what is taking place is the formation of a global mélange, a culture of hybridization. From this perspective on globalization, conflict may be mitigated and identity preserved, albeit transformed. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of hybridization through a series of innovative conceptual tables that are bolstered by textual analysis and compelling examples from around the world. In a new chapter, the author explores East-West hybridities-the idea that globalization is a process of braiding rather than simply a diffusion from developed to developing countries. This historically deep and geographically wide approach to globalization is essential reading as we face the increasing spread of conflicts bred by cultural misunderstanding.Author: Jan Nederveen Pieterse Paperback: 196 pages Company: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2009-03-16) ISBN: 0742556069 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $17.00 Used Price: $3.53 
"A damning denunciation of things as they are, and a platform for how we can do better."--Andrew Leonard, Salon Four years after he outlined the challenges our increasingly interdependent world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offered his agenda for reform. Now in paperback, Making Globalization Work offers inventive solutions to a host of problems, including the indebtedness of developing countries, international fiscal instability, and worldwide pollution. Stiglitz also argues for the reform of global financial institutions, trade agreements, and intellectual property laws, to make them better able to respond to the growing disparity between the richest and poorest countries. Now more than ever before, globalization has gathered the peoples of the world into one community, bringing with it a need to think and act globally. This trenchant, intellectually powerful book is an invaluable step in that process. This paperback edition contains a brand-new preface.Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz Paperback: 374 pages Company: W. W. Norton & Company (2007-09-17) ISBN: 0393330281 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $6.48 Used Price: $1.23 
"Cogent, well-written . . . critiques unalloyed globalization enthusiasts, taking aim at their desire to fully liberalize foreign trade ad capital movements." —Foreign Affairs In this eloquent challenge to the reigning wisdom on globalization, Dani Rodrik reminds us of the importance of the nation-state, arguing forcefully that when the social arrangements of democracies inevitably clash with the international demands of globalization, national priorities should take precedence. Combining history with insight, humor with good-natured critique, Rodrik’s case for a customizable globalization supported by a light frame of international rules shows the way to a balanced prosperity as we confront today’s global challenges in trade, finance, and labor markets.Author: Dani Rodrik Paperback: 368 pages Company: W. W. Norton & Company (2012-03-05) ISBN: 0393341283 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $10.68 Used Price: $10.41 Amazon.com Books: Globalization
In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today. Drawing on his unparalleled knowledge of international and development economics, Bhagwati explains why the "gotcha" examples of the critics are often not as compelling as they seem. With the wit and wisdom for which he is renowned, Bhagwati convincingly shows that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem.This edition features a new afterword by the author, in which he counters recent writings by prominent journalist Thomas Friedman and the Nobel Laureate economist Paul Samuelson and argues that current anxieties about the economic implications of globalization are just as unfounded as were the concerns about its social effects. Author: Jagdish Bhagwati Paperback: 344 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2007-09-04) ISBN: 0195330935 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $9.00 Used Price: $2.55 
Shows how globalization has impacted interreligious relationships and dialogue and argues that the future of interfaith dialogue must include those marginalized voices that have not been invited to the table, especially women.Author: Kwok Pui-lan Paperback: 112 pages Company: Paulist Press (2012-03-01) ISBN: 0809147726 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $5.84 Used Price: $17.26 
Globalization defines our era. While it has created a great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many aspects of the phenomenon remain virtual terra incognita. Education is at the heart of this continent of the unknown. This pathbreaking book examines how globalization and large-scale immigration are affecting children and youth, both in and out of schools. Taking into consideration broad historical, cultural, technological, and demographic changes, the contributors--all leading social scientists in their fields--suggest that these global transformations will require youth to develop new skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind that are far ahead of what most educational systems can now deliver. Drawing from comparative and interdisciplinary materials, the authors examine the complex psychological, sociocultural, and historical implications of globalization for children and youth growing up today. The book explores why new and broader global visions are needed to educate children and youth to be informed, engaged, and critical citizens in the new millennium. Published in association with the Ross Institute Paperback: 290 pages Company: University of California Press (2004-04-05) ISBN: 0520241258 List Price: $26.95 Amazon Price: $22.15 Used Price: $10.42 
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260 pages
Company: Gale Cengage (2010-02) ISBN: 0737747722 List Price: $28.90 Amazon Price: $27.47 Used Price: $15.04 
Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual - as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy.Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many - particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe - poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool of increasingly skilled workers in China and other parts of Asia, are driving down global wages. This poses challenges for policy makers in firms and countries throughout the world. It also challenges the very sustainability of globalisation itself. Are we about to witness the implosion of globalisation, as occurred between 1913 and 1950? Using a variety of theoretical frameworks and drawing on a vast amount of original research, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of globalization and its effects. Author: Raphael Kaplinsky Paperback: 216 pages Company: Polity (2007-03-20) ISBN: 0745635547 List Price: $28.95 Amazon Price: $24.80 Used Price: $9.10 
One subject that never fails to spark debate is globalization. The phrase is used in every possible context, and yet its origins, nature and implications - especially for developing countries - are often misunderstood. In this monograph, Lord Brian Griffiths examines the theory and practice of globalization, and underlines its positive influences on wealth-creation and its success in raising millions out of poverty. Griffiths warns, however, that the benefits of globalization are predicated on the culture that it reflects, and urges Christians to work to ensure that globalization reflects the principles of Christian anthropology, especially as articulated in John Paul II's 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus, rather than narrowly secularist alternatives.Author: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Kindle Edition: 57 pages Kindle eBook Company: Acton Institute (2012-04-04) (2012-04-04) List Price: Amazon Price: 
This third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points. With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to globalization. Fully revised and updated with new material on economic globalization, the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems Includes a wide variety of perspectives on globalization and captures some of the fault lines in current debates Stimulates discussion by including provocative contemporary works and by structuring sections around arguments that serve as connecting theme Paperback: 520 pages Company: Wiley-Blackwell (2007-11-27) ISBN: 1405155531 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $23.99 Used Price: $0.08 
In Globalization, authors Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn cut through the myths surrounding globalization and look more closely at its real impact, presenting a more accurate picture of the present status of globalization and its future consequences. Page by page, they uncover the real facts about globalization and answer the most important questions it raises, including: Will globalization increase or diminish in economic importance? Do higher living standards depend more on global or local conditions– and What are the actual implications of globalization for financial markets?Author: Bruce C. N. Greenwald, Judd Kahn Paperback: 186 pages Company: Wiley (2010-10-05) ISBN: 0470632437 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $7.22 Used Price: $2.62 
In this new and expanded edition of Chossudovsky's international best-seller, the author outlines the contours of a New World Order which feeds on human poverty and the destruction of the environment, generates social apartheid, encourages racism and ethnic strife and undermines the rights of women. The result as his detailed examples from all parts of the world show so convincingly, is a globalisation of poverty. This book is a skilful combination of lucid explanation and cogently argued critique of the fundamental directions in which our world is moving financially and economically.In this new enlarged edition - which includes ten new chapters and a new introduction - the author reviews the causes and consequences of famine in Sub-Saharan Africa, the dramatic meltdown of financial markets, the demise of State social programs and the devastation resulting from corporate downsizing and trade liberalisation. The book has been published in 11 languages. Over 100,000 copies sold world-wide.Author: Michel Chossudovsky Paperback: 376 pages Company: Global Research (2003-09-10) ISBN: 0973714700 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $15.49 Used Price: $10.67 
This is a systematically revised and updated new edition of a highly-acclaimed text which was an immediate bestseller on courses around the world. The second edition takes a broader perspective giving increased coverage of other dimensions of globalization alongside its core focus on the rise of supraterritoriality which the author argues is globalization's most distinctive feature. Author: Jan Aart Scholte Paperback: 400 pages Company: Palgrave Macmillan (2005-10-07) (2005-09-15) ISBN: 0333977025 List Price: $39.00 Amazon Price: $9.99 Used Price: $3.61 |
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