Frontiers of Globalization – serie
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31 produkter
Globalization and Emerging Societies
Development and Inequality
Av Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Boike Rehbein
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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This upper level textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts ofsocial processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a widerange of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art populismand political economy.Rather than …
Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies
Av B. Rehbein
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism.
Gaze of the West and Framings of the East
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization.
Ideology in a Global Age
Continuity and Change
Av R. Soborski
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This book challenges the popular view that established ideologies no longer make sense in today's globalizing world. Considered from a broad historical perspective, major ideological traditions have not become destabilized and incoherent by globalization, but remain meaningful political beliefs …
New Middle Class in China
Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy
Av E. Tsang
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.
Globalization and Emerging Societies
Development and Inequality
Av Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Boike Rehbein
Häftad, 2009
552 kr
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This upper level textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts ofsocial processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a widerange of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art populismand political economy.Rather than …
Re-Imagined Universities and Global Citizen Professionals
International Education, Cosmopolitan Pedagogies and Global Friendships
Inbunden, 2014
1067 kr
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Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries, this book outlines new directions for universities and the need to rethink the education that they provide based on the experiences of schools of …
Mediated Citizenship
The Informal Politics of Speaking for Citizens in the Global South
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the state through third party intermediaries. The studies show that mediation is both widely practiced and multi-directional and that it has an important role …
Border Shifts
New Mobilities in Europe and Beyond
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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Border Shifts develops a more complex and multifaceted understanding of global borders, analysing internal and external EU borders from the Mediterranean region to the US-Mexico border, and exploring a range of issues including securitization, irregular migration, race, gender and human trafficking.
Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of intercultural communication and relations, however, still relies on culture to examine interculturality and this volume provides a comprehensive examination of the problems …
Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia
Challenges, Responses and Alternative Futures
Av Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo, Boike Rehbein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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This book questions why Southeast Asian nation states are struggling to adopt full-fledged liberal democracy and attempts to better understand the relationship between globalization and models of democracy. Country studies are covered mostly by native Southeast Asian scholars who analyse recent …
Managing Chineseness
Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore
Av Daphnee Lee
Inbunden, 2016
989 kr
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This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French multi-national firm, the author explores the evolving social constructions …
Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies
Av B. Rehbein
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism.
Gaze of the West and Framings of the East
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization.
Ideology in a Global Age
Continuity and Change
Av R. Soborski
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
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This book challenges the popular view that established ideologies no longer make sense in today's globalizing world. Considered from a broad historical perspective, major ideological traditions have not become destabilized and incoherent by globalization, but remain meaningful political beliefs …
New Middle Class in China
Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy
Av E. Tsang
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
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Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.
Re-Imagined Universities and Global Citizen Professionals
International Education, Cosmopolitan Pedagogies and Global Friendships
Häftad, 2014
1067 kr
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Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries, this book outlines new directions for universities and the need to rethink the education that they provide based on the experiences of schools of …
Mediated Citizenship
The Informal Politics of Speaking for Citizens in the Global South
Av L. Piper
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
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Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the state through third party intermediaries. The studies show that mediation is both widely practiced and multi-directional and that it has an important role …
Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia
Challenges, Responses and Alternative Futures
Av Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo, Boike Rehbein m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1098 kr
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This book questions why Southeast Asian nation states are struggling to adopt full-fledged liberal democracy and attempts to better understand the relationship between globalization and models of democracy. Country studies are covered mostly by native Southeast Asian scholars who analyse recent …
Middle Classes in Africa
Changing Lives and Conceptual Challenges
Av Lena Kroeker, David O'Kane m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1102 kr
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This volume challenges the concept of the ‘new African middle class’ with new theoretical and empirical insights into the changing lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diverse middle classes are on the rise, but models of class based on experiences from other regions of the world cannot be easily …
Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa
Beyond Class
Inbunden, 2019
1210 kr
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This book contends that conventional class concepts are not able to adequately capture social inequality and socio-cultural differentiation in Africa. Earlier empirical findings concerning ethnicity, neo-traditional authorities, patron-client relations, lifestyles, gender, social networks, informal …
Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa
Beyond Class
Häftad, 2020
1210 kr
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This book contends that conventional class concepts are not able to adequately capture social inequality and socio-cultural differentiation in Africa. Earlier empirical findings concerning ethnicity, neo-traditional authorities, patron-client relations, lifestyles, gender, social networks, informal …
Climate, Chaos and Collective Behaviour
A Rising Fickleness
Inbunden, 2022
1643 kr
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This book introduces principles of Chaos theory (and Complex Adaptive Systems) to social science, in a lively and elegant way. It applies it to the twin disciplines of mass psychology (under social psychology, mostly in Europe) and collective behavior sociology (mostly in North America) that deal …
Climate, Chaos and Collective Behaviour
A Rising Fickleness
Häftad, 2023
1643 kr
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This book introduces principles of Chaos theory (and Complex Adaptive Systems) to social science, in a lively and elegant way. It applies it to the twin disciplines of mass psychology (under social psychology, mostly in Europe) and collective behavior sociology (mostly in North America) that deal …
Extractive Bargains
Natural Resources and the State-Society Nexus
Av Paul Bowles, Nathan Andrews
Inbunden, 2023
1541 kr
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This book is the first to focus on state-led ‘extractive bargains,’ designed to reach a social consensus on the extent of extractive activities, how they should be governed and their negative consequences mitigated. These state-led ‘bargains’ have taken a number of different forms and offer varying …
Extractive Bargains
Natural Resources and the State-Society Nexus
Av Paul Bowles, Nathan Andrews
Häftad, 2024
1541 kr
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This book is the first to focus on state-led ‘extractive bargains,’ designed to reach a social consensus on the extent of extractive activities, how they should be governed and their negative consequences mitigated. These state-led ‘bargains’ have taken a number of different forms and offer varying …
Pax Americana
Unending War on Iraq
Av Jacqueline S. Ismael, Tareq Y. Ismael m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1474 kr
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This book surveys the testimony of international organizations of the impact of American foreign policy on Iraq. Each reveals a fragment of Iraq’s mosaic of misery and desolation, but lacks the context to permit our understanding why this has happened. A parallel lack of context characterizes most …
Pax Americana
Unending War on Iraq
Av Jacqueline S. Ismael, Tareq Y. Ismael m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1474 kr
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This book surveys the testimony of international organizations of the impact of American foreign policy on Iraq. Each reveals a fragment of Iraq’s mosaic of misery and desolation, but lacks the context to permit our understanding why this has happened. A parallel lack of context characterizes most …
Middle Classes in Africa
Changing Lives and Conceptual Challenges
Av Lena Kroeker, David O'Kane m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1534 kr
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This volume challenges the concept of the ‘new African middle class’ with new theoretical and empirical insights into the changing lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diverse middle classes are on the rise, but models of class based on experiences from other regions of the world cannot be easily …
Work and Play of the Mind in the Information Age
Whose Property?
Inbunden, 2017
859 kr
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This book tells a series of living stories about a domain of social activity, “the work and play of the mind,” in a particular historical epoch: the “information age.” The stories concern political processes and movements as varied as the World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of …
