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19 produkter
Global Ireland
Same Difference
Av Tom Inglis
Inbunden, 2007
2744 kr
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Global Ireland offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed European backwater to the 'emerald tiger', a country with a booming economy based on knowledge and high-tech industries. Not long …
Global Ireland
Same Difference
Av Tom Inglis
Häftad, 2007
648 kr
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Global Ireland offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed European backwater to the 'emerald tiger', a country with a booming economy based on knowledge and high-tech industries. Not long …
Australia
Nation, Belonging, and Globalization
Häftad, 2004
793 kr
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In this book Anthony Moran traces the development of contemporary Australian society in the global age, focusing on four major themes: settler/indigenous relations; economics and culture since the 1980s and their impact on national identity; the effects of increasing diversity fostered by …
Morocco
Globalization and Its Consequences
Inbunden, 2006
2744 kr
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Cohen and Jaidi trace the development of contemporary Morocco in the Islamic world of North Africa, which is currently at the forefront of the clash between Western-style development and the politicized Islam that now pervades the Arab world. By applying globalization theory to detailed accounts of …
Morocco
Globalization and Its Consequences
Häftad, 2006
619 kr
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Cohen and Jaidi trace the development of contemporary Morocco in the Islamic world of North Africa, which is currently at the forefront of the clash between Western-style development and the politicized Islam that now pervades the Arab world. By applying globalization theory to detailed accounts of …
On Argentina and the Southern Cone
Neoliberalism and National Imaginations
Av Alejandro Grimson, Gabriel Kessler
Häftad, 2005
619 kr
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This book considers how globalization is impacting contemporary Argentina-via regional trading blocs, through migrations across its borders, and through the emerging transnational border regions that it shares with other Latin American nations. Overshadowing all of these trends is the current …
Global Hong Kong
Inbunden, 2005
2512 kr
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Global Hong Kong locates Hong Kong in the contemporary globalizing world. Hong Kong, as the authors argue, is an archetypal place, sitting at the intersection of East and West. It is also a major center for global capital flows and world trade. Moreover, in recent years, the island's global …
Global Hong Kong
Häftad, 2005
619 kr
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Global Hong Kong locates Hong Kong in the contemporary globalizing world. Hong Kong, as the authors argue, is an archetypal place, sitting at the intersection of East and West. It is also a major center for global capital flows and world trade. Moreover, in recent years, the island's global …
Iberian Worlds
Inbunden, 2008
1882 kr
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Iberian Worlds is an imaginative, short text that dramatically depicts important globalization themes and processes through the important flows and impacts Spain and Portugal have had with many important regions of the world for many centuries. Spain and Portugal have long histories at the …
Iberian Worlds
Häftad, 2008
472 kr
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Iberian Worlds is an imaginative, short text that dramatically depicts important globalization themes and processes through the important flows and impacts Spain and Portugal have had with many important regions of the world for many centuries. Spain and Portugal have long histories at the …
Globalization of Israel
McWorld in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem
Av Uri Ram
Inbunden, 2007
2744 kr
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This book focuses on how globalization is impacting contemporary Israel. It is a concise and originally argued introduction to Israel, but the author, Uri Ram, is careful to frame his analysis in a broader discussion of Israeli history and broader social currents. Focusing in particular on two …
Globalization of Israel
McWorld in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem
Av Uri Ram
Häftad, 2007
619 kr
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This book focuses on how globalization is impacting contemporary Israel. It is a concise and originally argued introduction to Israel, but the author, Uri Ram, is careful to frame his analysis in a broader discussion of Israeli history and broader social currents. Focusing in particular on two …
Netherlands
Globalization and National Identity
Häftad, 2007
785 kr
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The Netherlands is the first concise, authored introduction available on the topic. The Netherlands has been a key entrepot in the world capitalist system for centuries, but because of relatively recent demographic changes, it has become symbolic of the clash of European and Islamic cultures. …
Philippines
Mobilities, Identities, Globalization
Inbunden, 2008
2512 kr
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Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. …
Philippines
Mobilities, Identities, Globalization
Häftad, 2008
604 kr
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Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. …
City Life from Jakarta to Dakar
Movements at the Crossroads
Inbunden, 2009
2744 kr
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City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process – an "anticipatory politics" – that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the book is not a collection of case studies on a specific theme, not a review of developmental problems, …
City Life from Jakarta to Dakar
Movements at the Crossroads
Häftad, 2009
648 kr
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City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process – an "anticipatory politics" – that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the book is not a collection of case studies on a specific theme, not a review of developmental problems, …
Military Legacies
A World Made By War
Inbunden, 2009
2744 kr
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Landmines, cluster-bombs, chemical pollutants, and other remnants of war continue to cause death to humans and damage to the environment long after the guns have fallen silent. From the jungles of Vietnam to the arctic tundra of Russia, no region has escaped the legacy of warfare.To understand the …
Military Legacies
A World Made By War
Häftad, 2009
785 kr
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Landmines, cluster-bombs, chemical pollutants, and other remnants of war continue to cause death to humans and damage to the environment long after the guns have fallen silent. From the jungles of Vietnam to the arctic tundra of Russia, no region has escaped the legacy of warfare.To understand the …
