Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets … globalization for both developed and developing countries. The authors demonstrate how the European Single Market remains a work in … opportunities provided by integration and globalization to fragment their production processes internationally, which brings gains …

This volume investigates the relationship between economic globalization and institutions, or global governance …, challenging the common assumption that globalization and institutionalization are essentially processes which exclude each other …. Instead, the contributors to this book show that globalization is better perceived as a dual process of institutional change …

. However, the trend towards globalization incorporates a powerful force towards an international uniformity of employment … globalization in line with their cultural values. As such, this book challenges the widespread belief that global trends will lead …

in different countries around the world. Institutions such as the WTO, World Bank and the IMF will find much to engage …