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Bhagwati, Jagdish N. - 2004

In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills … Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed … Samuelson and argues that current anxieties about the economic implications of globalization are just as unfounded as were the …

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Global collective action

Sandler, Todd - 2004

This book explains why the global community has been successful in correcting some recent large-scale problems, but has failed in addressing others. The analysis reaches from antibiotic-resistant microbes to greenhouse gases, from civil wars to international terrorism, and from the polluted...

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Impact of globalization on the wine industry

Guibert, Nathalie (contributor); Campbell, Gwyn (contributor) - 2006

competitive environment in the wine industry created by globalization …

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The politics of trade and industrial policy in Africa : forced consensus?

Soludo, Charles Chukwuma (contributor); … - 2004

This book maps the policy process and political economy of policymaking in Africa. Its focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique in the literature. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to...

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State institutions, private incentives, global capital

Sobel, Andrew Carl - 2002 - 1st pbk. ed. 2002

. Domestic Policy, State Institutions, and Financial Globalization -- 4. Global Capital Markets and the Command Economies -- 5 …

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The World Bank and HIV/AIDS : setting a global agenda

Harman, Sophie - 2010

Examines the relationship between the World Bank and civil society organisations within its HIV/AIDS policies in sub-Saharan Africa and argues that the Bank is using HIV/AIDS to reform state systems within sub-Saharan Africa from national to community level

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Internationalization, technological change, and the theory of the firm

De Liso, Nicola (contributor); … - 2010

Focuses on three areas, each of which is central to economic theorising: firms' organisation and behavior, technological change and the process of globalisation. This book looks at various questions surrounding firms' organisation, including why we can observe ordered paths of production, and...

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Heritage and globalization

Long, Colin (contributor); Labadi, Sophia (contributor) - 2010

Analyzes the politics, policy and practice of cultural heritage at the global level, identifying the major directions in which international heritage practice is moving, and exploring the key issues likely to shape the cultural heritage field well into the twenty-first century

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Europe, Canada and the comprehensive economic partnership agreement : taming globalization?

Hübner, Kurt (contributor) - 2011

The Great Recession and the turn towards all forms of protectionism stress the relevance of international trade policy. With the global economy undergoing deep structural changes, the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) present a...

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The challenge of labour in China : strikes and the changing labour regime in global factories

Chan, Chris King-chi - 2010

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in export industries. However, there has been growing concern about wages and labour standards in China. This book examines how wages are bargained, fought over and determined in China, exploring how the...

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