Whether the workings of financial markets do, or should, support sustainable development is the primary question of this study. Other questions examined may become increasingly important as populations grow and developing countries enter financial markets.
EU studies increasingly recognize the salience of new regional insights. Hence, this collection of original essays provides a broad overview of regionalism, together with detailed analyses on the construction, activities, and implications of both established and emerging example…
Los líderes políticos y económicos creían en una Europa unida como fundamento de paz, prosperidad e ideales democráticos, incluso ante las advertencias de las primeras etapas de que, si bien los pilares políticos parecían fuertes, los fundamentos económicos eran débiles. Mody mu…
Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time. Buffeted by a succession of crises, it has shown a strong collective survival instinct but a poor capacity to deliver. In times when the tectonic plates are shifting and tension between global markets and national democrac…
Trenz introduces a sociological perspective on European integration by looking at different accounts of Europeanization as society building. He observes how Europeanization unfolds in ongoing practices and discourses through which social relations among the Europeans are redefin…
Explores the linkage between trade, peace and conflict in South America, Southern Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia. Highlights the significance of regional trade agreements for peace building between the countries.
"This volume takes a critical look at the current divide over immigration policies. It hopes to shed new light on the debate by bringing together papers that investigate the link between trade and factor mobility, particularly labour migration, from theoretical and empirical pe…
El autor sostiene que la globalización puede ser una fuerza benéfica siempre y cuando nos replanteemos el modo en el que ha sido gestionada. El proceso de globalización orientado por el FMI y las organizaciones internacionales ha causado un sufrimiento excesivo a los países en d…
"Discusses how democracy and national self-determination cannot be pursued simultaneously with economic globalization and instead promotes customizable globalization with international rules to achieve balanced prosperity"--Worldcat.