This text examines how contemporary global economic policies are made - by which institutions, under what ideologies, & how they are enforced. It shows that neoliberal economic policy is enforced by a few thousand unelected & unaccountable experts in the North & has failed to de…
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Bringing together scholars from around the world, the first book in this series riases the question of how we can get away from the contemporary language of globalisation, so as to identify meaningful, global ways of defining historical events and processes in the late 19th and …
Continuing Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his trademark clear, narrative style, Spring int…
"This book explores the challenges and potential of Fair Trade, one of the world's most dynamic efforts to enhance global social justice and environmental sustainability through market-based social change. This text will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, globa…
Presenting the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a constantly evolving field with direct impact on organizational strategies and success, this work links numerous subjects such as strategy, marketing and ethics, encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to this sub…
A collection of essays on keywords from political discourse, including secularism, security, indigineity, and terrorism
"On the premise that words have the power to make worlds, each essay in this book follows a word as it travels around the globe and across time. Scholars from five disciplines address thirteen societies to highlight the social and political life of words in Asia, Europe, and the…
This book is a timely insight into the internationalization of higher education institutions. The internationalization of higher education is a global phenomenon, but with substantial variation in how it is made operational in individual institutions. Comprehensive International…
"We are used to thinking about inequality within countries - about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that ineq…
Globalization and Contemporary Art is a collection of essays that charts the intersection of art and globalization since the 1980s. The volume provides an authoritative, accessible, comprehensive, and challenging account of the impact of globalization upon contemporary visual ar…
Kevin Gray places the Korean labour movement in the context of the debate on the 'global uprising of labour'. He argues that due to Korea's status as an industrialising and democratising country, the Korean labour movement has gone from a militant and revolutionary movement to o…
Over the past 2 decades, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. 'The New Global Rulers' examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses and why.
