If globalization is to be a benefit and not a burden to humankind, it must be governed by global institutions that are perceived by all people to be democratic and just. But before we can create such institutions, we must imagine them, and that requires a rethinking and extension of normative political theory. Global Justice and Transnational Politics encourages and advances that work.The book'…
"In Globalization and the Poor Periphery before 1950 Jeffrey Williamson examines globalization through the lens of both the economist and the historian, analyzing its economic impact on industrially lagging poor countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Williamson argues that industrialization in the core countries of northwest Europe and their overseas settlements, combined wi…
Volume sumbangan ini menyajikan makalah penelitian terpilih dari lokakarya ke-8 tentang Logistik dan Manajemen Rantai Pasokan, yang diadakan pada bulan Oktober 2013 di Berkeley, California. Buku ini berfokus pada isu topikal pendekatan kuantitatif dalam logistik dan manajemen rantai pasokan, terutama yang mencakup lokasi fasilitas dan perutean lokasi; perutean dan penjadwalan kendaraan; desain …
Buku pertama yang sepenuhnya dikhususkan untuk filsafat kuantifier, Membahas pentingnya kuantifikasi di berbagai bidang logika dan filsafat, Menampilkan esai asli oleh sarjana junior dan senior
Here, experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A comprehensive analysis of racial disparities and the determinants of entrepreneurial performance--in particular, why Asian-owned businesses on average perform relatively well and why black-owned businesses typically do not.Thirteen million people in the United States--roughly one in ten workers--own a business. And yet rates of business ownership among African Americans are much lower and hav…
Presents results of collaborative research projects of the European Community's Information Society Technologies Programme about service-oriented computing.Service-Oriented Applications and Architectures (SOAs) have captured the interest of industry as a way to support business-to-business interaction, and the SOA market grew by $4.9 billion in 2005. SOAs and in particular service-oriented comp…
This is an examination of the awareness of environmental and social justice issues in the former Soviet republics - from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic region to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia - and the resulting activism in those states.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
This is an examination of how the availability of low-end information and communication technology has provided a basis for the emergence of a working-class network society in China.
The authors assess the influence of scientific advice in societies that increasingly question scientific authority & expertise. This paradox is explored through an ethnographic study of the scientific advisory committee, one of the key sites for the interaction of science, policy & society.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.