The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law,...

The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has called into question. This book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law, economics and political...

Der Beginn des dritten Jahrtausends verspricht eine Zeit enormer Verstädterung in den Ländern des Südens zu werden. Um das Jahr 2025 werden mehr als 55% der Menschen in urbanen Zonen leben, vielfach in riesigen Stadtagglomerationen, in Megacities. Das spektakuläre Wachstum und die dominante...