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McLaren, Margaret A. - In: Journal of Developing Societies 23 (2007) 1-2, pp. 159-173

The classical liberal theories of rights overemphasize individual autonomy. Feminists from a variety of approaches criticize this individualistic model. Other feminists argue that rights discourse is essential to help end discrimination against women. However, these proponents of international...

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Adult Education, Deliberative Democracy and Social Re-engagement in Africa

Maruatona, Tonic - In: Journal of Developing Societies 22 (2006) 1, pp. 11-27

While the western powers credit globalization with facilitating development, Africa continues to face challenges such …

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Does Greater Economic Openness Grasp the Elements of Inflation 'Surprise'? New Evidence Using Panel Data Techniques

Syed, Sarfaraz Ali Shah - In: Economie Internationale (2012) 130, pp. 33-58

globalization on inflation in both developed and developing countries, and going further for different regional clusters. The … outlier. Nonetheless, despite the mixed impact of globalization on inflation, it does not allow for inflation …

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What Separates Us? Sources of Resistance to Globalization

Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2013

With increasing sophistication, economists have been estimating gravity equations for five decades. Robust evidence shows that borders and distance impede trade by much more than tariffs or transport costs can explain. We therefore advocate investigation of other sources of resistance, despite...

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Globalization, Territory and Institutions: The Case of Barranquilla, Colombia, 1990-2010

Baca-Mejia, William R.; Parada, Jairo J. - In: REVISTA ECONOMÍA & REGIÓN (2014)

This paper studies the relationship between globalization and territory from an institutional economics perspective … impact of globalization on a specific territory. When several leaders of Barranquilla’s social and economic sectors exhibited …

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GLOBALIZATION IMPACT ON THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES: REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA CASE

Paierele, Oxana - In: CES Working Papers 3(1) (2011) March, pp. 92-98

This article focuses upon the idea of globalization and its influence on building more progressive local and regional …

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Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing?

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Meland, Frode; Straume, Odd Rune - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2005

outsourcing in many countries. We further show that globalization — interpreted as either market integration or increased product …

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Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment

Clapp, Jennifer; Dauvergne, Peter - The MIT Press

Conference of 2009. Topics covered include the environmental implications of globalization; wealth, poverty, and consumption …

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Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - The MIT Press

and poverty emerged. Globalization and the great divergence were causally related, and thus the rise of globalization over …

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Examining Students’ Perceptions of Globalization and Study Abroad Programs at HBCUs

Walker, Stevon; Bukenya, James O.; Thomas, Terrence - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

The objective in this paper is to explore students’ perceptions of globalization and study abroad programs at … globalization and studying abroad programs. The data are analyzed using factor analysis and binary logistic regression. The results … statistically significant relationships towards globalization, demographic variables and information source variables are not good …

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