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The Globalisation of Corporate Governance: The Challenge of Clashing Cultures
by Adrian DaviesThe structure of corporate governance has made significant progress in OECD countries but it remains imperfectly linked to the activities of many businesses. Its advance on the global stage will be hesitant and slow until its practice in OECD countries is more consistent and convincing. Weaknesses in corporate governance and law enforcement are impeding the investment needed to build the global economy to its full potential. The Globalisation of Corporate Governance: The Challenge of Clashing Cultures, explores the challenges of making corporate governance effective for all participants in a global economy. The tasks of: o
Globalisation of High Technology Production: Society Space And Semiconductors In Restructuring Of Modern World
by Jeffrey HendersonThis book analyses how high technology production has shifted from a regional to a global scale. Using the example of semi-conductors it illustrates the interaction of the developed industrial and developing industrialising nations. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of international economics and international business, professionals dealing with multinationals.
The Globalisation of Indian Business: Cross border Mergers and Acquisitions in Indian Manufacturing (Routledge Studies in the Economics of Business and Industry)
by Beena SaraswathyConsolidation activities such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been one of the major strategies adopted by Indian firms to withstand global competition. M&As experienced a substantial increase in value and volume during the post-liberalization era, facilitated by the presence of foreign subsidiaries in the Indian market as well as competitive pressure on domestic firms. The increased foreign investment through M&As brought new dimensions to the fore such as the implications on technological performance, efficiency, and more importantly, competition in the Indian market. The Globalisation of Indian Business: Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Indian Manufacturing provides an in-depth analysis of these issues, specifically aiming to understand whether the M&As strategies helped the firms to achieve their desired objectives in terms of improvement in technology, efficiency and market power in the context of the increase of M&As in India, using appropriate statistical and econometric techniques. The book is of additional importance in the context of the recently implemented Competition Act, replacing the thirty year old MRTP Act in India. The new Act aims to maintain competition and protect consumers’ interests without harming that of the producers’. Based on the analysis, broadly, the study cautions the regulators to rethink the efficiency defence argument and become more vigilant on the creation of monopolies. On the other side, it suggests firms should reconsider their post-merger integration strategy since consolidation has not led to a sustainable increase in market share of the surviving firms.
Globalisation, State and Labour (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context #Vol. 2)
by Peter Fairbrother Al RainnieGlobalisation, State and Labour combines a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis – ensuring that it will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with the globalization debate, the future of the state, and organized labour. It shows how although the world is undergoing enormous changes involving politics, the economy and society, the position and place of the state, and the significance of state policy in this process, is heavily contested. Presenting a timely opportunity to review and re-assess the modern state with regards to labour, the essays included in this text, written by leading researchers in the area, develop a new theoretical framework that puts work, workers and their organizations at the heart of analyzing state restructuring. Using major studies from four countries (UK, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand), the contributors challenge many preconceptions regarding globalization and labour organization - including the notions that the state is being marginalized by the processes of globalization, and that the trade unions are becoming irrelevant.
Globalisierung: Geschichte Der Internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
by Gerold AmbrosiusDieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die drei zentralen Phasen der Globalisierung in der Moderne: 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert, zweite Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg und zweite Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts bis in die 2010er Jahre. Die internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen werden anhand der Güter-, Arbeits- und Finanzmärkte, der Weltwirtschafts- und Weltwährungsordnungen einschließlich der Handels- und Geldpolitiken sowie der Organisationsformen und Marktstrategien der wirtschaftlichen Akteure, d.h. der Kaufleute, Handelskompanien und internationalen Unternehmen, dargestellt. Das Buch ist chronologisch aufgebaut, wobei die Darstellung der unterschiedlichen Epochen der gleichen Systematik folgt. Damit liegt zum ersten Mal eine Gesamtdarstellung der internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen seit dem 16. Jahrhundert vor, die einen strengen Vergleich zwischen unterschiedlichen Zeitabschnitten ermöglicht und gleichzeitig die übergreifenden Entwicklungslinien beim Handel, bei der Migration und beim Geld- und Kapitalverkehr, bei den politischen Außenwirtschaftsregimen und wirtschaftlichen Unternehmensführungen herausarbeitet.
Globalisierung: Voraussetzungen, Auswirkungen, Widerstände
by Joachim Betz Wolfgang HeinDieses Lehrbuch beschäftigt sich mit der fortschreitenden globalen Entgrenzung von Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, die erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsmärkte, die internationale Arbeitsteilung, die soziale Sicherung und auf die Einkommensverteilung hat. Politisch lässt sie die souveräne Gestaltungsfähigkeit von Nationalstaaten erodieren, gesellschaftlich beschwört sie das Gespenst einer zunehmenden globalen Einheitskultur herauf. Vor dem Hintergrund der empirischen Effekte von Globalisierungsvorgängen in einer Reihe von Bereichen stellt das Buch dar, inwieweit diese Befürchtungen berechtigt sind, sich nicht auch durch andere Entwicklungen erklären lassen und ob die Nutzen von Globalisierung die aus ihr resultierenden Kosten und Risiken rechtfertigen. Zusätzliche Fragen per App: Laden Sie die Springer Nature Flashcards-App kostenlos herunter, um Ihr Wissen zu prüfen.
Globalisierung: Chancen – Risiken – Antworten
by Eckart KochDie nationalen Grenzen haben ihre wirtschaftliche Bedeutung weitgehend verloren, so dass die internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen von „intraglobalen“ Wirtschaftsbeziehungen abgelöst wurden. Professor Eckart Koch analysiert und strukturiert Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen dieser Entwicklung, stellt Akteure und ihre Strategien vor und diskutiert die Folgen der Globalisierung, ihre Chancen und Risiken. Darüber hinaus skizziert der Autor Möglichkeiten der nationalen Politiken zur Beeinflussung der Globalisierung und entwirft das Modell einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung mit den Säulen Globale Sicherheitsarchitektur, Globale Wirtschaftsarchitektur und Globale Nachhaltigkeitsarchitektur. Die dritte Auflage wurde umfassend aktualisiert, ergänzt und um Überlegungen zu den Auswirkungen aktueller Krisen und Entwicklungen auf die Zukunft der Globalisierung erweitert. Dieses Fach- und Lehrbuch richtet sich nicht nur an Studierende der Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Politikwissenschaften an Universitäten, Hochschulen und Berufsakademien, sondern wendet sich insbesondere auch an Praktiker, Wirtschaftsfachleute, Journalisten und alle diejenigen, die an den wirtschaftlichen und politischen Kernfragen unserer Zeit interessiert sind, Wissen und Informationen sinnvoll strukturieren möchten sowie Anregungen und Argumentationshilfen suchen.
Globalisierung: Chancen – Risiken – Antworten
by Eckart KochDie nationalen Grenzen haben ihre wirtschaftliche Bedeutung weitgehend verloren - die internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen werden damit zunehmend von neuen, "intraglobalen" Wirtschaftsbeziehungen abgelöst. Das Buch analysiert und strukturiert Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen dieser Entwicklung, stellt Akteure und ihre Strategien vor und diskutiert die Folgen der Globalisierung, ihre Chancen und Risiken. Der Autor skizziert Möglichkeiten der nationalen Politiken zur Beeinflussung der Globalisierung und entwirft das Modell einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung mit den Säulen Globale Sicherheitsarchitektur, Globale Wirtschaftsarchitektur und Globale Sozial- und Umweltarchitektur. Das Lehrbuch richtet sich nicht nur an Studierende der Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Politikwissenschaften an Universitäten, Hochschulen und Berufsakademien, sondern auch an Praktiker, Wirtschaftsfachleute und alle diejenigen, die an den Kernfragen unserer Zeit interessiert sind, Wissen und Informationen sinnvoll strukturieren möchten sowie Anregungen und Argumentationshilfen suchen.
Globalisierung des deutschen Umwandlungssteuerrechts: Neuer Anlauf durch das KöMoG (BestMasters)
by Miles WeberMiles Weber analysiert die Auswirkungen des Gesetzes zur Modernisierung des Körperschaftsteuerrechts (KöMoG) auf das deutsche UmwStG und überprüft dieses im Hinblick auf seine Europarechtskonformität. Dabei wird zunächst auf die zunehmende Internationalisierung des Umwandlungsrechts durch das SEStEG und anschließend durch das KöMoG eingegangen. Die Aufhebung des § 1 Abs. 2 UmwStG im Rahmen des KöMoG führt zu einem globalen Anwendungsbereich des UmwStG für Kapitalgesellschaften, wohingegen § 1 Abs. 4 UmwStG ausschließlich neu formuliert wurde und Personengesellschaften in Drittstaaten deshalb weitgehend von der Anwendung des UmwStG ausgeschlossen sind. Diese Änderungen werden anhand ausgewählter Fallbeispiele in einen praktischen Kontext eingebettet und es wird aufgezeigt, welche globalen Umstrukturierungsmöglichkeiten nunmehr durch das KöMoG geschaffen werden, aber auch welche bis dato nicht steuerneutral möglich sind. Die dadurch gewonnenen Erkenntnisse bilden die Grundlage für die anschließende kritische Würdigung, in der anhand der Darlegung der Besteuerungsgrundsätze der EU wesentliche Problemfelder des UmwStG aufgedeckt werden.
Globalisierung nach der Corona-Krise: oder wie eine resiliente Produktion gelingen kann – Ein Essay
by Hartmut Frey Engelbert Westkämper Dieter BesteUnterbrochene Lieferketten, Schwierigkeiten im Nachschub einfachster medizinischer Schutzkleidung (z. B. Mundschutz) im Rahmen der Corona-Krise bieten Anlass die Globalisierung zu hinterfragen. Den gegenwärtigen Spielregeln der Globalisierung sind die Perspektiven einer digitalisierten Wirtschaftsordnung mit entsprechenden Geschäftsmodellen für die Zukunft gegenübergestellt. Es ist dargelegt, welche Prozesse und Verfahren diese Entwicklung unterstützen und es ist ein Ausblick gegeben, wie sich diese Entwicklung auch auf bildungs- und forschungspolitische Aspekte auswirken kann.
Globalisierung und Digitalisierung: Erfolgsstrategien und Toolbox für CEOs und Topmanager
by Stephan Bergamin Markus Braun Bruno GlausWie Unternehmen den digitalen und globalen Transformationsprozess erfolgreich meistern Dieses Buch erläutert, wie nationale und internationale Unternehmen in verschiedenen Branchen den digitalen Transformationsprozess erfolgreich meistern. Digitales Nutzer- und Kundenverhalten und digitale Technologien bilden zunehmend die Grundlage für neue Geschäftsmodelle.Während etablierte Unternehmen mit langjährigem Kundenverständnis und überragendem Produktions- und Forschungs-Know-how punkten, greifen neue digitale Anbieter in der Regel die profitabelsten Produkt- und Dienstleistungsangebote an. Traditionelle Unternehmen sind gefordert, sich mit Fragen wie der agilen Organisation, der möglichen Kannibalisierung ihres analog geprägten Geschäftsmodells und der App-kompatiblen Weiterentwicklung der bestehenden IT-Systeme auseinanderzusetzen. Die im Buch dargestellte Digital Business Transformation Matrix schärft das Verständnis für die digitalen und globalen Anforderungen, fördert das Zusammenspiel dieser zwei Aspekte und stellt eine Plattform für die Weiterentwicklung der Unternehmen dar.Anhand von neun Praxisbeispielen aus der Schweiz erläutern die Autoren, worauf es bei einem erfolgreichen digitalen Transformationsprozess ankommt und stellen verschiedene Managementinstrumente vor. Das Buch richtet sich vor allem an Führungskräfte aus dem Topmanagement, aber auch an Management-Studierende.Ein Leitfaden zur digitalen Transformation in fünf Kapiteln:1) Digital Business Transformation als Herausforderung Die globalen Trends Globalisierung und Digitalisierung Von evolutionärer zu disruptiver Geschäftsmodellentwicklung: ein OrientierungsrahmenDigital Business Transformation MatrixAuswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Globalisierung und Digitalisierung2) Digital Business Transformation in neun exponierten Unternehmen3) Strategische Optionen im veränderten MarktAktuelle PositionierungEntwicklungspfadeDie digitalen Wettbewerber – Nightmare Competitors4) Herausforderungen aus CEO-Sicht Haben wir Digital Transformation Awareness?Folgen wir dem Kundenverhalten vom analogen in den digitalen Raum?Nutzen wir das gesamte Spektrum von digitalen Technologien?Haben wir eine digitale Vision und Strategie?Wie gestalten wir unser Digital Business Model?Wie gestalten wir unsere Digital Leadership und Governance?5) Toolbox: Digital Radar, Digitale Technologien, Digital Governance und LeadershipDigital RadarEtablieren einer Kultur der HyperawarenessDigital Customer Experience und JourneyDigitale TechnologienDigitale Vision und StrategieDigitales Business Modell und agile OrganisationDigital Governance und LeadershipDigital Readiness und KulturDigital Transformation Management
Globalising the Climate: COP21 and the climatisation of global debates (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research)
by Stefan Aykut Jean Foyer Edouard MorenaFrequently presented as a historic last chance to set the world on a course to prevent catastrophic climate change, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the Climate convention (COP21) was a global summit of exceptional proportions. Bringing together negotiators, scientists, journalists and representatives of global civil society, it also constituted a privileged vantage point for the study of global environmental governance "in the making". This volume offers readers an original account of the current state of play in the field of global climate governance. Building upon a collaborative research project on COP21 carried out by a multidisciplinary team of twenty academics with recognised experience in the field of environmental governance, the book takes COP21 as an entry point to analyse ongoing transformations of global climate politics, and to scrutinise the impact of climate change on global debates more generally. The book has three key objectives: To analyse global climate governance through a combination of long-term analysis and on-sight observation; To identify and analyse the key spaces of participation in the global climate debate; To examine the "climatisation" of a series of crosscutting themes, including development, energy, security and migration. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers of climate politics and governance, international relations and environmental studies.
Globalism and Regional Economy
by Susumu EgashiraThe book covers the results of trial and error of regional economies in Japan, Korea, Austria, New Zealand, and the UK over the past two decades. Since the end of the cold war, regional economies have been struggling to meet the demands of global change, and are trying to find a new approach based on "inter-regional cooperation" to survive and develop further. This book focuses on the circumstances of regional economies worldwide as well as three important issues of concern: commercial and policy issues, international trade, and promoting a regional approach in international tourism. The book presents case studies of five countries and examines the possibility of application to other regions. Although every region has suffered from the decline of traditional industries in the face of international competition, academic analysis of successful cases are particularly useful and relevant to the reforms of regional economies and their development. This book also discusses the current problems of FTAs, tourism, medical management, and regional management and suggests possible short-term development strategies. Regional economies have begun a number of initiatives in these fields in the globalized world. The book demonstrates the current results of such initiatives. The book also explores new patterns of collaboration between regions of different countries following their recent initiatives.
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
by Quinn SlobodianNeoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to redeploy them at a global level. Slobodian begins in Austria in the 1920s. Empires were dissolving and nationalism, socialism, and democratic self-determination threatened the stability of the global capitalist system. In response, Austrian intellectuals called for a new way of organizing the world. But they and their successors in academia and government, from such famous economists as Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises to influential but lesser-known figures such as Wilhelm Röpke and Michael Heilperin, did not propose a regime of laissez-faire. Rather they used states and global institutions—the League of Nations, the European Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization, and international investment law—to insulate the markets against sovereign states, political change, and turbulent democratic demands for greater equality and social justice. Far from discarding the regulatory state, neoliberals wanted to harness it to their grand project of protecting capitalism on a global scale. It was a project, Slobodian shows, that changed the world, but that was also undermined time and again by the inequality, relentless change, and social injustice that accompanied it.
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
by Quinn SlobodianDo neoliberals hate the state? In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, Quinn Slobodian follows neoliberal thinkers from the Habsburg Empire’s fall to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to deploy them globally to protect capitalism.
Globality
by Harold L. Sirkin James W. Hemerling Arindam K. BhattacharyaGlobality primarily involves large western corporations expanding their operations and moving aggressively into new overseas markets. GLOBALITY radically defines a 'post-globalization' world, where companies from India, China, Russia, eastern Europe, Brazil and Mexico are expanding beyond their home base, entering and building new markets, creating whole industries, and competing for customers, resources, market share and attention. In short, the tide has turned. As a result, western companies need to understand these emerging new businesses and the economies they come from in order to stay ahead and stay alive.
Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything
by Hal Sirkin Jim Hemerling Arindam BhattacharyaGlobalization is about Americans outsourcing product development and services to other countries. Globality is the next step, where rapidly developing economies from around the world are now competing with us head to head. The authors present a strong case that the economic climate in which we have lived is going to change in unprecedented ways."...their insights into the competitive battle in emerging markets are so keen." -William J. Holstein of The New York Times"Many American chief executives, it turns out, are aiming at emerging markets...And they will find many insights into prevailing in those battles in this book." -William J. Holstein of The New York Times"...for any corporate strategist pondering the challenges and opportunities of globalization, this book is an indispensable guide." -John Cummings of Business Finance"While the global economy has been a hot topic for at least two decades, it is in constant need of updating ...GLOBALITY...does the job nicely." - BNET"[This] vividly detailed tome describes the latest shift in globalization from a one-way street of Western domination to an increasingly competitive global playing field, where businesses from once-discounted nations are solidifying their standing." - CIO Insight"Whatever the next New World Order turns out to be, the advice in GLOBALITY will come in useful, for multinationals and individual workers alike." -Business Pundit"A smart discourse on how local companies in developing economies, suchas China, India and Brazil, are bucking tradition and going for broke ontheir own terms..." -BNET"This book is a must-read for leaders of companies in the developed world who want to get into the globality act and stay in it." - Cecil Johnson, McClatchy-Tribune News "Get ready for a new wave of challengers, 'bursting their way onto the big stage.' So say the three authors of this smart analysis about the latest developments in global competition" - Andrea Sachs of TIME
Globalization: Prerequisites, Effects, Resistances
by Joachim Betz Wolfgang HeinThis textbook deals with the progressive global dissolution of political, economic, and social boundaries, which has significant implications for labor markets, the international division of labor, social security, and income distribution. Politically, it is eroding the sovereign ability of nation-states to shape their own affairs; socially, it conjures up the specter of an increasingly global culture of unity. Against the background of the empirical effects of globalization processes in a number of areas, the book discusses to what extent these fears are justified, whether they cannot also be explained by other developments, and whether the benefits of globalization justify the costs and risks resulting from it.
Globalization: A Key Idea for Business and Society (Key Ideas in Business and Management)
by Veronica Binda Andrea ColliGlobalization: A Key Idea for Business and Society analyzes today’s process of global integration. Globalization is seen as a complex phenomenon, the drivers of which are of a technological, institutional, cultural and, not least, political nature.The book includes a historical analysis of the rise, and fall, of the “first globalization” wave which took place between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Great War. The chapters focus on the measurement of the global integration process, on the in-depth analysis of the above mentioned “drivers”, and on some of the actors playing a relevant role in the process itself – multinational companies and governments as owners of global companies. The conclusion of the book provides a perspective on the current “globalization backlash”, its determinants and possible future alternative scenarios.This book is an ideal resource for students and practitioners interested in past, present and future globalization.
Globalization: Past, Present, Future
by Manfred B. Steger, Roland Benedikter, Harald Pechlaner, and Ingrid KoflerA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Since the end of the Cold War, globalization—the process and the idea—has been reshaping the world. Global studies scholarship has emerged to make sense of the transnational manifestations of globalization: economic, social, cultural, ideological, technological, environmental, and postcolonial. But a series of crises in the first two decades of the twenty-first century has put the neoliberal globalization system of the 1990s under severe strain. Are we witnessing a turn toward "deglobalization," intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine or a moment of "reglobalization," spearheaded by digital technology? The contributors to this book employ transdisciplinary research to assess past developments, the current state, and future trajectories of globalization in light of today’s dynamics of insecurity, volatility, and geopolitical tensions.
Globalization: The Return of Borders to a Borderless World?
by Richard W. Mansbach Yale H. FergusonWritten by two leading scholars of global politics, Globalization: the return of borders to a borderless world? is a major new book for students of globalization. It describes and explains globalization and its origins, and examines its future in light of key recent political and global trends and events. The text: identifies the different political, economic, technological, and cultural meanings of globalization examines its historical origins from the ancient past through the Cold War and into the twenty-first century describes the multiple attributes and consequences of globalization including its effect on the sovereignty of the nation state discusses recent trends such as the increased use of social media and events like the Arab Spring assesses the normative implications of globalization analyzes the challenges to globalization posed by contemporary events such as the global financial crisis. This book will be essential reading for all students of globalization, and will be of great interest to students of global politics and global governance.
Globalization: A Short History
by Jürgen Osterhammel Niels P. Petersson"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In this work, Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. Arguing that the world did not turn "global" overnight, the book traces the emergence of globalization over the past seven or eight centuries. In fact, the authors write, the phenomenon can be traced back to early modern large-scale trading, for example, the silk trade between China and the Mediterranean region, the shipping routes between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and the more frequently traveled caravan routes of the Near East and North Africa--all conduits for people, goods, coins, artwork, and ideas. Osterhammel and Petersson argue that the period from 1750 to 1880--an era characterized by the development of free trade and the long-distance impact of the industrial revolution--represented an important phase in the globalization phenomenon. Moreover, they demonstrate how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. In the end, the authors write, today's globalization is part of a long-running transformation and has not ushered in a "global age" radically different from anything that came before. This book will appeal to historians, economists, and anyone in the social sciences who is interested in the historical emergence of globalization.
Globalization
by M. PanicGlobalization and National Economic Welfare makes an original, powerful and timely contribution to a highly topical issue that affects all countries by showing why globalization is unsustainable in the long term without fundamental changes in existing attitudes and institutions. The book analyzes one of the most important aspects of economic policy at the beginning of the twenty-first century: how to overcome the growing threat that inequalities created by globalization pose to economic progress and political stability both nationally and internationally. Economic problems, from corporate fraud and bankruptcies to the high social costs of the adjustments that globalization imposes on individual countries, are becoming increasingly international and, consequently, demand action at the supranational level. Yet the effective institutional framework for dealing with these problems remains national. In contrast to the neo-liberal approach, the author argues that the state, as the only form of organization that has the power to reconcile conflicts of interest nationally and internationally, has a critical role to play in ensuring that globalization does not end in failure and war.
Globalization: State of the Art and Perspectives (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy #84)
by Stefan A. SchirmGlobalization is the first volume which systematically encompasses the debates and the results of research of political scientists on all core aspects of the interrelation between politics and economics in the process of globalization. This volume shows how research on globalization has reached a degree of differentiation and depth that makes it necessary and attractive to assess the state-of-the-art and perspectives for further research. With contributions from international experts including Andreas Busch, Nadine Haase and Edgar Grande.
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Third Edition)
by Manfred Steger'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic - and thisVery Short Introduction has been fully updated for a third edition, to include recent developments in global politics, the global economy, and environmental issues. Presenting globalization in accessible language as a multifaceted process encompassing global, regional, and local aspects of social life, Manfred B. Steger looks at its causes and effects, examines whether it is a new phenomenon, and explores the question of whether, ultimately, globalization is agood or a bad thing.