Themes in Global Social Change – serie
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Globalization and the Race for Resources
Av Stephen G. Bunker, Paul S. Ciccantell
Häftad, 2006
406 kr
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Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials. Through ecological and …
China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism
Av Ho-fung Hung
Häftad, 2009
392 kr
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With one of the world's fastest-growing economies and a population quickly approaching two billion, China holds substantial sway over global financial, social, and cultural networks. This volume explains China's economic rise and liberalization and assesses how this growth is reshaping the …
Of Virgins and Martyrs
Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict
Inbunden, 2013
630 kr
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Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and "SlutWalk" protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. …
Of Virgins and Martyrs
Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict
Häftad, 2013
351 kr
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Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and "SlutWalk" protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. …
Mobilizing Democracy
Globalization and Citizen Protest
Av Paul Almeida
Inbunden, 2014
750 kr
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Paul Almeida's comparative study of the largest social movement campaigns that existed between 1980 and 2013 in every Central American country (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) provides a granular examination of the forces that spark mass mobilizations against …
America and the Politics of Insecurity
Häftad, 2016
423 kr
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In America and the Politics of Insecurity, Andrew Rojecki assesses the response of citizens and politicians to a series of crises that confronted the United States during the first decade of the twenty-first century. This period brought Americans face to face with extraordinarily difficult problems …
Theory of Global Capitalism
Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World
Häftad, 2004
248 kr
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In this book, sociologist William I. Robinson offers a theory of globalization that follows the rise of a new capitalist class and a transnational state. Growing beyond national boundaries, this new class comprises a global system in which Japanese capitalists are just as comfortable investing in …
Globalizing Women
Transnational Feminist Networks
Häftad, 2005
241 kr
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Globalization may offer modern feminism its greatest opportunity and greatest challenge. Allowing communication and information exchange while also exacerbating economic and social inequalities, globalization has fostered the growth of transnational feminist networks (TFNs). These groups have used …
Globalization and the Race for Resources
Av Stephen G. Bunker, Paul S. Ciccantell
Inbunden, 2006
594 kr
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Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials. Through ecological and …
Social Movements for Global Democracy
Av Jackie Smith
Inbunden, 2008
574 kr
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This groundbreaking study sheds new light on the struggle to define the course of globalization. Synthesizing extensive research on transnational activism, Social Movements for Global Democracy shows how transnational networks of social movement activists-democratic globalizers-have worked to …
Social Movements for Global Democracy
Av Jackie Smith
Häftad, 2008
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
293 kr
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This groundbreaking study sheds new light on the struggle to define the course of globalization. Synthesizing extensive research on transnational activism, Social Movements for Global Democracy shows how transnational networks of social movement activists-democratic globalizers-have worked to …
Global Markets and Local Crafts
Thailand and Costa Rica Compared
Inbunden, 2008
604 kr
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Today it is not uncommon to find items in department stores that are hand-crafted in countries like Thailand and Costa Rica. These "traditional" crafts now make up an important part of a global market. They support local and sometimes national economies and help create and solidify cultural …
Global Energy Security and American Hegemony
Inbunden, 2010
633 kr
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This analysis of the United States and energy security examines the close relationship between US military supremacy in oil-rich regions and America's maintenance of global power. Energy security generally evokes thoughts of American intervention in the Middle East to protect US interests in that …
Global Energy Security and American Hegemony
Häftad, 2010
326 kr
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This analysis of the United States and energy security examines the close relationship between US military supremacy in oil-rich regions and America's maintenance of global power. Energy security generally evokes thoughts of American intervention in the Middle East to protect US interests in that …
Mobilizing Democracy
Globalization and Citizen Protest
Av Paul Almeida
Häftad, 2014
302 kr
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Paul Almeida's comparative study of the largest social movement campaigns that existed between 1980 and 2013 in every Central American country (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) provides a granular examination of the forces that spark mass mobilizations against …
