Christopher Leigh Connery
Globalization discourse now presumes that the "world space" is entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars ... [... more]
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Globalization and the Small Open Economy
 An informative compilation of scholarly assessments: Collaboratively edited by Daniel Van Den Bulcke (Professor of International Management and Development, University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Alain Verbeke (Professor of International Business and Public [... more]
CDN$115.38
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Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the ...
the economics of culture: Cowen's book is one of the few books to discuss free trade in the context of cultural goods. easy and fun to read. No economics background needed. You will learn a lot about the history of different cultural goods, including [... more]
CDN$24.95
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The Lexus And The Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
From Amazon.com: One day in 1992, Thomas Friedman toured a Lexus factory in Japan and marveled at the robots that put the luxury cars together. That evening, as he ate sushi on a Japanese bullet train, he read a story about yet another Middle East [... more]
CDN$34.50
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The Globalization of Poverty
"There are none so blind . . . ": With the North American governments and their media flacks noisily championing "economic liberalisation", dissenting voices are muted. The voices of those most directly affected by "globalisation& [... more]
CDN$25.99
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In Defense of Globalization
The Best of All Possible Worlds: In 1964, sociologist Jacques Ellul in his prophetic book THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY wrote: "The human being is changing under the pressure of the economic milieu; he is in the process of becoming the uncomplicated [... more]
CDN$18.95
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Transnational Urbanism: Locating Globalization
Bringing agency back into urban theory: This book brings agency back into the discourse on globalization in urban theory. This is a particularly welcome addition to a field that has been dominated for two decades by unconvincing narratives of city life [... more]
CDN$54.99
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Globalization and History: The Evolution of a ...
Interesting history 19th cent. Atlantic globalization: I am an economist working on globalization issues, interested in history and economic history. I found this book an excellent study that puts globalization discussion in historical (19th century) [... more]
CDN$38.55
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Globalization: The Human Consequences
The Spatial Division of Global Power: The process of socio-economic reform in the free-market era, facilitated under the direction of private enterprise, has created an international dichotomy in the political realm between the mobility of capital ( [... more]
CDN$28.99
Amazon CA |
Globalization and Human Rights
Scholarly analysis of the contradictions of globalization: Alison Brysk is an Associate Professor at the University of California-Irvine. Eleven of Ms. Brysk's colleagues from academia have contributed outstanding original research to this book. Most of [... more]
CDN$25.99
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The Anthropology of Globalization: Cultural Anthropology ...
great review and overview: This is an excellent introduction, summary and critique of globalization for anthropologists/social scientists/individuals interested in such topics. You'll find the text readable and accessable. The examples are good and the [... more]
CDN$34.06
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George Soros on Globalization
A Critic From Within the System: I bought this book because I wanted to learn something about the globalization debate and try to understand why it has gotten some people stirred up enought to riot in Seattle and stage mass protests elsewhere. I had at [... more]
CDN$29.95
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