"The scale, effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance lag far behind the world's needs. This path-breaking book examines how far civil society involvement provides an answer to these problems. Does civil society make global governance more democratic? Have citizen action…
This text explores the impact of globalization on the international legal system, with special reference to developing countries.
"Can citizens govern globalization? Alfred C. Aman, Jr., argues that they can, and that domestic law has a crucial role to play in this process. He proposes to redefine the legal distinction between public and private to correspond to the realities of the new role of the private…
The standard analytical category of 'national cinema' has increasingly been called into question by the category of the 'transnational'. This anthology will examine the premises and consequences of the coexistence of these two categories and the parameters of historiographical a…
Asian cosmetics play an increasingly significant role in the global cosmetics industry, exemplified by the worldwide Korean Wave and China’s emergence as the world’s second largest cosmetics market. From the Japanese Shiseido to the numerous emerging brands in China, Asian cosme…
This thesis explores the nature of internationalization activities at two Christian higher education institutions comparatively—one in South Korea and the other in Canada. A qualitative study, it examines the question of the extent to which an institution’s internationalization …
The number of U.S. higher education institutions (HEIs) that offer study abroad increased 100% between 1996-2015 while student participation rates held steady at approximately 1% of all college students during the same period. Study abroad can place significant financial demand …
Focuses on the globalization-democratization nexus and shows how governance is being restructured and democracy sometimes deepened in this new global era.
The corporate political activity field has focused on the study of political capabilities that allow firms to influence governments and regulators. Building on previous studies, this thesis examines a set of capabilities that allow host firms to adapt to rather than influence po…
"Youth Rising? traces and analyzes the significance of youth as a social category. Unlike other studies that consider youth through the experiences of individuals, this book examines youth as a collective and symbolic group, whose definition has expanded to encompass a greater r…
The second edition of this handbook contains more than 30 new and original articles as well as six essential updates by leading scholars of global environmental politics. This landmark book maps the latest theoretical and empirical research in this energetic and growing field. C…
"The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which 'things, ' ranging from commodities, to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of 'globalisation' in the early modern period. This volume traces the movements of objects through human networks of c…
The world looks far different today than it did before the global financial crisis struck. Reeling from the most brutal impacts of the recession, governments, economies, and societies everywhere are retrenching and pushing hard for increased protectionism. That's understandable,…
