Saskia Sassen and the Sociology of Globalization
... transnational (as distinct from international) relations – emergent crossborder relations that did not involve national states as key actors: multinational corporations, tourism, international non-governmental organizations, religious associations, and so forth (see, inter-alia, Keohane and Nye, 197 ...
... transnational (as distinct from international) relations – emergent crossborder relations that did not involve national states as key actors: multinational corporations, tourism, international non-governmental organizations, religious associations, and so forth (see, inter-alia, Keohane and Nye, 197 ...
The New Global History Toward a Narrative for Pangaea Two
... is written and rewritten at this site. Very old rocks and meteorites indicate the age of our planet: rubidium-87, potassium-40, or uranium-238 provide radiometric data, and geophysicists pen the chapters on earth chronology. However, there is more to the meeting of earth and us than the benign inter ...
... is written and rewritten at this site. Very old rocks and meteorites indicate the age of our planet: rubidium-87, potassium-40, or uranium-238 provide radiometric data, and geophysicists pen the chapters on earth chronology. However, there is more to the meeting of earth and us than the benign inter ...
MWP WP Template 2013 - Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
... old paradigms rather than offering a truly new one?’2 Protagonists of the globalization paradigm have interpreted globalization as an exclusively modern affair, and yet if we look at the histories of the world produced in Europe in the Middle Ages we find many similarities.3 This article addresses t ...
... old paradigms rather than offering a truly new one?’2 Protagonists of the globalization paradigm have interpreted globalization as an exclusively modern affair, and yet if we look at the histories of the world produced in Europe in the Middle Ages we find many similarities.3 This article addresses t ...
Meeting the Challenges of Globalization
... services are exchanged more rapidly, frequently, and intensively, facilitated by the Internet, airline travel, wireless networks, and migration. As Ryan (2001) put it, “Globalization ...is the web of contacts, impacts, and connections now engulfing the basic institutions of the world in virtually ev ...
... services are exchanged more rapidly, frequently, and intensively, facilitated by the Internet, airline travel, wireless networks, and migration. As Ryan (2001) put it, “Globalization ...is the web of contacts, impacts, and connections now engulfing the basic institutions of the world in virtually ev ...
Economic Ethics - Christoph Stückelberger
... concepts of the social market economy since the 20th century and social entrepreneurs, social movements, and responsible investors for centuries have been forerunners of what is now called economic and business ethics. Economic and business ethics are heavily influenced by the philosophical and reli ...
... concepts of the social market economy since the 20th century and social entrepreneurs, social movements, and responsible investors for centuries have been forerunners of what is now called economic and business ethics. Economic and business ethics are heavily influenced by the philosophical and reli ...
globalization and state power
... regard to the concept of the ‘global’ corporation, ‘It has been preceded in the last 30 years by a string of synonyms such as: international, inter-territorial, multinational, transnational, and world-wide’ (Hu, 1992: 120). These terms, however, are not at all synonymous. One might easily envisage a ...
... regard to the concept of the ‘global’ corporation, ‘It has been preceded in the last 30 years by a string of synonyms such as: international, inter-territorial, multinational, transnational, and world-wide’ (Hu, 1992: 120). These terms, however, are not at all synonymous. One might easily envisage a ...
Full text
... authors of the three disciplinary reports have analyzed the results of the projects falling into their disciplinary category explicitly in the context of a more comprehensive knowledge of the relevant literatures. The following discussion, which is mainly based on these three reports, thus already g ...
... authors of the three disciplinary reports have analyzed the results of the projects falling into their disciplinary category explicitly in the context of a more comprehensive knowledge of the relevant literatures. The following discussion, which is mainly based on these three reports, thus already g ...
The Globalization of World Politics
... and the USA, while agricultural subsidies in the USA and the EU have significant consequences for the livelihoods of farmers in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We inhabit a world in which the most distant events can rapidly, if not almost instantaneously, come to have very profound consequ ...
... and the USA, while agricultural subsidies in the USA and the EU have significant consequences for the livelihoods of farmers in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We inhabit a world in which the most distant events can rapidly, if not almost instantaneously, come to have very profound consequ ...
Going South: capitalist crisis, systemic crisis, civilisational
... the Cold War and after 9/11 is now coming to a close, and the global economic crisis has already signalled a potentially far-reaching and longlasting reorganisation, away from a single hegemon and towards the shared hegemony of a global condominium of major economies (eg from the G7/8, to the G20, a ...
... the Cold War and after 9/11 is now coming to a close, and the global economic crisis has already signalled a potentially far-reaching and longlasting reorganisation, away from a single hegemon and towards the shared hegemony of a global condominium of major economies (eg from the G7/8, to the G20, a ...
the Report
... at hand. While discussing the issues surrounding the Arctic, the delegates must consider that the conditions set forth in the framework must be agreed on by all Arctic states and non Arctic states who have interest in the Arctic to avoid backlash and future conflicts of interest. The issue should be ...
... at hand. While discussing the issues surrounding the Arctic, the delegates must consider that the conditions set forth in the framework must be agreed on by all Arctic states and non Arctic states who have interest in the Arctic to avoid backlash and future conflicts of interest. The issue should be ...
Local, Regional or Global? Quantifying MNC
... a truly global sales dispersion, whereas a majority were oriented towards their home region. So, while adding an additional layer of complexity between the global (headquarter) level and the local (subsidiary) level, the regional approach clearly captures an important element of spatial coordination ...
... a truly global sales dispersion, whereas a majority were oriented towards their home region. So, while adding an additional layer of complexity between the global (headquarter) level and the local (subsidiary) level, the regional approach clearly captures an important element of spatial coordination ...
Back to Westphalia? The International System of States and the
... creation of binding mechanisms to enforce migration international law, or the development of common principles. Binding international mechanisms that address migration have not been received with much support, especially by major immigration countries – an example is the United Nations Convention on ...
... creation of binding mechanisms to enforce migration international law, or the development of common principles. Binding international mechanisms that address migration have not been received with much support, especially by major immigration countries – an example is the United Nations Convention on ...
The global inside the national
... the sociological study of globalization. A key proposition is, then, that existing sociological studies which may not have been concerned with globalization at all, can in fact contribute to the sociological study of globalization. This helps in overriding a key assumption in the social sciences: th ...
... the sociological study of globalization. A key proposition is, then, that existing sociological studies which may not have been concerned with globalization at all, can in fact contribute to the sociological study of globalization. This helps in overriding a key assumption in the social sciences: th ...
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an
... action. As a result, the U.S. provided unilateral support for Laos after 1962. Though sought by the U.S., involvement of SEATO in the Vietnam War was denied because of lack of British and French cooperation. Both the United States and Australia cited the alliance as justification for involvement in ...
... action. As a result, the U.S. provided unilateral support for Laos after 1962. Though sought by the U.S., involvement of SEATO in the Vietnam War was denied because of lack of British and French cooperation. Both the United States and Australia cited the alliance as justification for involvement in ...
Globalization
... communication, information processing, and transportation have brought the world closer together. The development of the microprocessor is perhaps the single, most important innovation as it increased the amount of information that could be processed by individuals and firms. The Internet has facili ...
... communication, information processing, and transportation have brought the world closer together. The development of the microprocessor is perhaps the single, most important innovation as it increased the amount of information that could be processed by individuals and firms. The Internet has facili ...
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... a. Trade barriers are falling. b. Money is flowing more freely across countries. c. Developing countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are opening themselves to international trade. d. All of the above. ANS: D AACSB Analytic, Strategy PTS: 1 2. Globalization is a. The trend of businesses expanding beyo ...
... a. Trade barriers are falling. b. Money is flowing more freely across countries. c. Developing countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are opening themselves to international trade. d. All of the above. ANS: D AACSB Analytic, Strategy PTS: 1 2. Globalization is a. The trend of businesses expanding beyo ...
Report on the achievements of the Luxembourg Presidency
... and on decent working conditions. The recommendation regarding the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market was adopted by the Council in December. During the trilogue negotiations, the Luxembourg Presidency reached an agreement on the creation of a European platform against u ...
... and on decent working conditions. The recommendation regarding the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market was adopted by the Council in December. During the trilogue negotiations, the Luxembourg Presidency reached an agreement on the creation of a European platform against u ...
global cities of the future a gcc perspective
... A.T. Kearney’s methodology for the Global Cities Index is made up of two complementary indices: The Global Cities Index examines today’s performance, while the Global Cities Outlook forecasts how cities will evolve over the coming decade. Together, they tell a powerful story about how the world’s mo ...
... A.T. Kearney’s methodology for the Global Cities Index is made up of two complementary indices: The Global Cities Index examines today’s performance, while the Global Cities Outlook forecasts how cities will evolve over the coming decade. Together, they tell a powerful story about how the world’s mo ...
The World Between Wars - WerkmeisterAPWorldHistory
... • The theatre of Fascism • Fascists like Mussolini claimed that this was the wave of the future. Watched closely by Adolf Hitler- Fascist groups arose in many countries, including the United States World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns • Adas • Schwartz • Gilbert ...
... • The theatre of Fascism • Fascists like Mussolini claimed that this was the wave of the future. Watched closely by Adolf Hitler- Fascist groups arose in many countries, including the United States World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns • Adas • Schwartz • Gilbert ...
Education for Interdependence: The University and the Global Citizen
... technological and reproductive success as a species has transformed the conditions of our existence. Social norms and cultural patterns that may have been well suited to earlier historical periods, when human communities were relatively small and isolated, and when they placed minimal demands upon t ...
... technological and reproductive success as a species has transformed the conditions of our existence. Social norms and cultural patterns that may have been well suited to earlier historical periods, when human communities were relatively small and isolated, and when they placed minimal demands upon t ...
Theoretical Notes and Empirical Evidence
... describe, codify and understand its varied dimensions. Thus, “society,” “race,” “culture,” “identity,” “state,” and “nation-state” are concepts we have created to help us understand reality. They have no ontological status independent of human agency. But when we forget that the reality to which the ...
... describe, codify and understand its varied dimensions. Thus, “society,” “race,” “culture,” “identity,” “state,” and “nation-state” are concepts we have created to help us understand reality. They have no ontological status independent of human agency. But when we forget that the reality to which the ...
Slide 1
... Globalization and the North The pre-1945 divisions of labor have changed radically in the last few decades. While the richer countries of Europe and North America along with Japan still largely export industrial products, among the poorer ...
... Globalization and the North The pre-1945 divisions of labor have changed radically in the last few decades. While the richer countries of Europe and North America along with Japan still largely export industrial products, among the poorer ...
One Hundred Years of Peace
... Memorial takes the common form of the victory column, the most famous being Trajan’s Column, completed in 113 C.E. in Rome. Unlike an arch or a bridge, which both represent connection, the iconography of the victory column serves a more heroic, celebratory purpose that reflects the intention to memo ...
... Memorial takes the common form of the victory column, the most famous being Trajan’s Column, completed in 113 C.E. in Rome. Unlike an arch or a bridge, which both represent connection, the iconography of the victory column serves a more heroic, celebratory purpose that reflects the intention to memo ...
The Climate Change Battle in Paris: An initial
... The Paris Agreement adopted by the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 12 December, was the outcome of major battles on a multitude of issues, especially between developed and developing countries. Developing countries by and ...
... The Paris Agreement adopted by the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 12 December, was the outcome of major battles on a multitude of issues, especially between developed and developing countries. Developing countries by and ...