The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional...

Gängige Indikatoren zur empirischen Erfassung des Phänomens Globalisierung sind Indikatoren der ökonomischen Integration, beispielsweise der Offenheitsgrad im Außenhandel. Die Validität dieser sowie vom Autor alternativ vorgeschlagener Indikatoren zur Messung des Globalisierungsniveaus wird...

pt. 1. Global growth, inequality, saving, investment and indebtedness -- pt. 2. Regionalization and globalization of trade -- pt. 3. From centrally planned to market economy -- pt. 4. Internationalization and integration of markets -- pt. 5. Global environment and resource problems