Unsere Welt ändert sich rasant. Während die Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft immer schneller voranschreitet, sich Technik, Wissenschaft und Massenkultur nach globalen Standards über den Erdball verbreiten, verharrt die politische Welt in nationalstaatlichem Denken. Die bestehenden...

This monograph reports and compares''desirable'' leadership traits, and leadershiptraits actual exhibited by managers andsupervisors as defined by responses on theoriginal English and a Chinese languagetranslation of the Ohio State Universityl e a d e r s h i p behaviour de s c r ipt...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The New Geography Hypothesis -- 1. Massive Global Income Inequality: When Did It Arise and Why Does It Matter? -- 2. The Reversal of Historical Inequality Trends -- Part II: Measurement -- 3. How Is National Income Measured, and Can We Trust the Data? --...

Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations. Infrastructure investment became a central part of the region's nation-building initiatives and fueled strong competition....

Inthis new work, Pascariu and Duarte, along with an international group ofacclaimed scholars, delve into key challenges currently facing the EuropeanUnion. They Analyze the effect ofperipherality across the EU regions which will be of great interest to thosecountries and regions facing a process...

Addressing a number of 'missing links' in the analysis of labour and its geographies, this volume examines how theoretical perspectives on both labour in general and the organizations of the labour movement in particular can be refined and redefined. Issues of agency, power and collective...

Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, a companion volume to the World Development Report 2009, brings together noted scholars to address the spatial distribution of economic growth in Asia. It reveals how the new economic geography is reshaping development objectives: from initiatives to...