International trade at unprecedented levels, millions of people migrating yearly in search of jobs, the world's economies more open to one another than ever before--such was the global economy in 1900. Then as now, many people considered globalization to be inevitable and irreve…
Modern social theory: an introduction
Introduction: The struggle for human rights in Africa, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. Part I: Universalism and relativism in human rights discourse 1. Restraining universalism: Africanist perspectives on cultural relativism in the human rights discourse, Bonny Ibhawoh. 2. Toward a theor…
Panorama des relations politiques internationales depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'auteur aborde l'ascension des deux blocs constitués par les États-Unis et l'Union soviétique, la guerre froide, les colonies et la décolonisation, la fin de la guerre froide, l'hégém…
Postcolonial studies and beyond
Featuring scholarly perspectives from around the globe and drawing on a legacy of television studies, but with an eye toward the future, this authoritative collection examines both the thoroughly global nature of television and the multiple and varied experiences that constitute…
Financial capital continues to dominate Western economic organisations, despite major financial and economic crises. While these have not affected Latin American countries in the same way, other economic problems emerged after the reversion of loose monetary policies that debili…
Financial capital continues to dominate Western economic organisations, despite major financial and economic crises. While these have not affected Latin American countries in the same way, other economic problems emerged after the reversion of loose monetary policies that debili…
Security/Mobility
Mobility and security are key themes for students of international politics that assume a globalized world. This book brings together research that looks into the political regulation of movement with research that engages the material enablers of and constraints on such movemen…