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This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
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This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary reviews of the relationship between services, globalisation and trade liberalisation as we enter the twenty-first century. Written by academics and policymakers, it contains a detailed analysis of the characteristics of service trade and of...
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Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...
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'globalization' of economic activities is fully achieved, where 'post-Fordist' regulation has overcome the crisis of Keynesian …
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This Handbook deepens and extends the engagement between research concerned with work and employment and labour geography. It links fundamental concepts concerning the politics of place that human geographers have developed in recent years with the world of work
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Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
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pt. 1. Conceptualizing the influence of information technology on globalization -- pt. 2. Pro-poor modes of technical … globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …
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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 …
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north, the south and globalization …
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Globalization is widely regarded as a means not only of ensuring efficiency and growth, but also of achieving equity … and development for those countries operating in the global economy. The book argues that this perception of globalization …pt. 1. Globalization, instability and path dependence -- pt. 2. International capital flows -- pt. 3. Equity …
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