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Global justice and transnational politics : essays on the moral and political…
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'…
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- 9780262271325
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- 1 online resource (vi, 320 pages).
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- Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought
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- 320 GLO
Globalization and its enemies
A provocative argument that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created and the lagging economic reality in poor countries.The enemies of globalization--whether they denounce the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones or the imposition of Western values on traditional cultures--see the new world economy as forcing a system on people who do not want …
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- First MIT Press paperback edition.
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- 9780262266628
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- 1 online resource
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- 330 COH g
Globalization and the poor periphery before 1950
"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…
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- 9780262286329
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- 1 online resource (x, 189 pages) : illustrations
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- Ohlin Lectures
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- 362 WIL g
Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance
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.
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- 9780262255509
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- 1 online resource (xix, 308 pages) :illustrations.
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Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and …
"Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, a core research project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long international research project.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262286589
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 373 pages) :illustrations
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Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the…
This work is an examination of the unique, hybrid media practices generated by Eastern Europe's accelerated transition from late communism to late capitalism.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255127
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- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages) :illustrations
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Distributed Work
Multidisciplinary research on dynamics, problems, and potential of distributed work.
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- 9780262256353
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Global Interdependence, Decoupling, and Recoupling
"One lens through which to view global economic interdependence and the spillover of shocks is that of decoupling (and then recoupling). Decoupling between developed and developing countries can be seen in the strong economic performance of China and India relative to that of the United States and Europe in the early 2000s. Recoupling then took place as developing countries sank along with the …
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- 9781461952343
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- 1 online resource.
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Dynamics among Nations: The Evolution of Legitimacy and Development in Modern…
"Liberal internationalism has been the West's foreign policy agenda since the Cold War, and the West has long occupied the top rung of a hierarchical system. In this book, Hilton Root argues that international relations, like other complex ecosystems, exists in a constantly shifting landscape, in which hierarchical structures are giving way to systems of networked interdependence, changing ever…
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- 9781461950349
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages)
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Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties
In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues -- how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is …
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- 9780262283847
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 427 pages) :illustrations, maps
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